Life is so fast. One day we are being that confident and challenging teenager and then before we know it, we are all grown up and running our own life! I'm well passed my teenage years and at 51 years of age, I can put my hands up and say I have learnt a lot. Learning the Hard Way It's unfortunate that most of us tend to learn by doing. We put our two hefty feet into a big mess, generally of our own creation and then jump about a little - just to make sure we really suffer as much as we possibly can! I used to ask; 'Why?'  Why do we continuously put ourselves through such stressful lear ..read more

Wellness can so often be attributed to the thoughts we think and their impact on our health. But in order for us to be truly well, we need to take a 360 degree look at wellness. What does that mean? Wellness is relies on our mental, physical, chemical and soulful health. Unfortunately when I mention the word health or indeed wellness, one now automatically seems to think of the medical model. But I would like to reclaim wellness as a traditional healing way. What do I mean by that? We are energy beings. Cut open one of our trillions of cells and you will find, as science has, that 99.9999999 ..read more

You may have heard of Season Affective Disorder or SAD for short - a medical condition defined by the Mayo Clinic in America as a form of depression that is directly affected by the seasons. But what if it is actually not a form of depression? What if it is actually a natural and normal occurrence that can be harder for those who are prone to stress related conditions like depression and anxiety. We are energy beings one of some millions of species on this planet who are naturally connected to the ebb and flow of all life on this planet, including the seasons. Just as we need day and ni ..read more

Last week I was on a flight from Lanzarote. There were a number of children on the flight, but one caught my eye or should I say ear.  The gorgeous little girl would burst into wails of pain from time to time from not long after take-off, and each time she would cry I would be on the verge of getting up when she would stop, so I would tell myself that she had managed to clear the pain in her ears. I had also put in earbuds and was listening to music so I honestly hadn’t heard the crying for a while.  At one point I took out my earbuds and could hear that the poor little mite was in distres ..read more

It's that time of year again when the dreaded cold and flu virus are flying around the place  rapidly infecting everyone that happens to innocently get in its way.  Or do we innocently get in its way.  Consider this train of thought.  Holiday seasons like Halloween and Christmas or birthday parties are times when we eat, drink and be merry leave us more susceptible to catching the cold and flu.   Why? Well basically because at these times we eating foods that we wouldn't normally eat, and drink more sugary or alcoholic drinks than we normally would. We tend to see times like Christmas as ..read more

I woke early this morning and as I was pondering life it dawned on me that we were fast approaching the winter solstice. Immediately I began to think of the turning sun. I love this idea of beginning to turn away from the darkness into the light again. It just fills my entire being with hope and joy. I feel energized and grateful that I get another chance to grow in the light. Our Celtic ancestors celebrated this time of turning sun with great reverence and joy. They were making it through another winter and they wanted the sun to know how much they wanted and needed it to shine strong a ..read more

Did you know that most of our auto immune system is pretty much managed by our Small Intestine? Not only that but around 95% of our serotonin is produced and managed in the gut. Some would say that the gut is the first brain as so much happens here. What does that mean for us? Well, simply put, what we eat and drink will have a direct bearing on our immune system.  And there's more!  It's not just what we eat and drink, what we think and feel will also compromise our immune system.   We only get what we eat and absorb! Our ..read more

Did you know how important your mind is in actually having and maintaining your health and wellbeing?  ​Turns out that it is all in our mind.  I remember as a child being told 'mind over matter'. This phrase was put to me when  I would say those dreaded 'I can't do it' words.  I am sure you can think of times when you uttered those words out load or inside as you were faced with what you felt was an insurmountable challenge.  Sometimes you may well have been proven right. Sometimes you may well have been proven wrong. Either way, right or wrong, your brain would have formed a belief bas ..read more

Did you know that it has been scientifically proven that activities like gardening are good for you.   Last week I found a window in the weather, and my calendar, to get out into the garden.  Some herbs needed a little tender care  and the sunflowers had well passed blooming thanks to our recent visits from storms Ophelia and Brian.    I had old growth from last year to pull up, some plants I wanted to rearrange and overgrown areas to claim back.  The sun was shining for most of the time, and while it was cold I wrapped up and set to my work.   Gardening helps to ground us.  I find tha ..read more

I was browsing through Face Book, as one does and came across this article that helps give some validity to the whole area of Muscle Response Testing, or as I just call it Muscle Testing.  Muscle Testing is basically how Kinesiologists and other therapies can check if something can weaken your muscle and thus your body or indeed strengthen it.   If you have had previous experience of Kinesiology then you know that during a typical session the Practitioner will use what is known as a 'Strong Indicator Muscle' (SIM) to check for example of certain foods are overloading and thus weakening your s ..read more