For years, mornings were chaos for Orla Vane. Between rushing to get her daughter to school and catching early Zoom calls, breakfast was usually an afterthought—sometimes a sugary granola bar, sometimes nothing at all.
“I didn’t realize how much that affected my mood,” Orla says. “By 10 a.m., I was crashing.”
That changed when she began experimenting with clean eating—not just for dinner, but starting first thing in the morning. “I thought, what if I gave myself 15 minutes to actually enjoy a meal?” That simple shift transformed not just her energy levels, but her whole relationship with food.
Now, breakfast is her daily reset button. She sticks to real, whole ingredients—oats, bananas, chia seeds, eggs, avocados—but doesn’t follow rigid rules. Some days she’ll make a warm bowl of porridge with cinnamon and apples. Other mornings, it’s a veggie scramble with toast. “It’s not about being perfect,” she insists. “It’s about being intentional.”
Within weeks, Orla noticed fewer cravings, better focus, and a more stable mood. “I used to start my day in a fog,” she reflects. “Now I feel grounded before I even open my inbox.”
