The Mindful Baker

We have become deeply suspicious of anything that takes time. If a business has not taken off within a year, we assume the idea must be wrong. If a fitness plan has not transformed our body within six weeks, we lose interest. If a child is not reading, sleeping, speaking or behaving according to some imaginary timetable, we worry that something has gone awry. We plant a garden in spring and feel vaguely cheated when it does not resemble Chelsea Flower Show by June. We have be

There’s something slightly ironic about the fact that sourdough becomes wildly popular every winter. The clocks go back. It gets dark at 4pm. Everyone suddenly remembers they own an oven. Social media fills with people posting photos of vaguely circular loaves that look somewhere between artisan bread and a geological event. And thousands of people decide this is finally the year they’re going to “master sourdough.” Which is brilliant. Except winter is actually one of the har

Mindfulness is a growing trend in the corporate world and it's no surprise why. Practicing mindfulness has been proven to reduce stress,...