Living a good life doesn’t need to be as complicated as some of the gluten-free baking recipes out there (looking at you, sourdough). Strip away the noise, the nonsense, and the 400-step skincare routines, and you’re left with a few key ingredients that make the whole thing feel worthwhile.
🧡 1. People Who Get You
Whether it’s your partner, your child, or a mate who doesn’t flinch when you rant about invisible gluten in “gluten-friendly” menus — the right people make the difference. Support, love and laughter. Gold.
🍲 2. Food That Nourishes (and Doesn’t Try to Kill You)
A genuinely good life includes food you can enjoy without fear. For us coeliacs, that means meals that are safe, satisfying, and don’t require a 30-minute debate with the waiter. A warm bowl of gluten-free pasta or a crusty bit of homemade garlic bread can do more for the soul than most self-help books.
🎯 3. A Reason to Get Up
This doesn’t have to be world-changing. It can be your child’s laugh, a hobby you love, a project you’re building, or the sheer promise of coffee. But purpose? That’s the yeast in the gluten-free dough of life. Without it, things fall flat.
🌱 4. Space to Grow
A good life needs wiggle room — mentally, emotionally, even physically. A place where you’re allowed to evolve, fail, try again, and occasionally cry into a gluten-free biscuit. Personal growth isn’t always pretty, but it’s necessary.
🤪 5. A Sense of Humour (Especially Dark, Dry or Self-Deprecating)
Because let’s be honest: sometimes life hands you lemons… and other times it hands you gluten at a party buffet. If you can’t laugh — especially at yourself — you’re missing out on one of the best survival tools there is.
Final Thought:
A good life doesn’t have to be big or flashy. It can be quiet, slow, safe, and silly. It’s not about having everything — it’s about having the right things, the things that fill you up without leaving you bloated (physically or emotionally).
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