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Eating out, recipes, coeliac life admin, and the midlife bits nobody warns you about — written honestly, from experience.

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Coeliac and perimenopausal: nobody warned me about this combo

Two things happening to your body at once, and almost nothing written about what it's like when they overlap.

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Latest stories

Eating Out

Eating out without the awkward waiter conversation

You don't need to give a TED talk about your gut to get a safe meal. Here's what I actually say.

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Coeliac Life

The first year: what I wish someone had told me

Nobody hands you a manual when you're diagnosed. Here's the stuff I had to work out the hard way, so you don't have to.

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New to all this?

Just diagnosed, or figuring it out for someone you love?

Start with the things I wish someone had handed me on day one — the eating-out scripts, the first-year mistakes, and the small wins that make it all feel normal again.

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