Most of us have experienced trauma at some stage in life because trauma is simply an event in which we have become overwhelmed. Our nervous system kicks in well before our rational thinking brain comes online and activates us to fight, flee or...
Christmas time is such a collective time of joy and festivity. There is no other time in the year that is as busy with communal celebration than Christmas. Yet this time of year can bring as much pressure as it does joy. Amidst celebration there...
I continually tell my three year old that our body has an amazing ability to heal itself, this is usually followed up by my lecture on the importance of eating fresh fruit and vegetables to fuel our body’s ability to heal and her eyes...
I have struggled with appointments to the dentist for as long as I can remember. So much so that I have needed to take 2 Valium just to get myself into the chair for a check up and clean. I have tried to establish a rational connection to my...
The irony does not escape me that one of my favourite songs, albeit tragically cheesy, has provided a secret clue to the most powerful healing modality that I have come across in decades. You are going to have to stick with me a while before I...
Recently the World Health Organizations released research indicating that depression is now the leading cause of disability worldwide. Little known symptoms of anxiety and depression include dizziness, difficulty concentrating, pain of unknown...
Here we are in April already, Easter is upon us and whilst we are a quarter of the way through the year it seems like it has passed in the blink of an eye. Traditionally Easter is a religious celebration and regardless of whether you are actively...
Shutting down our stress response only delays our potential to deal with it. read on to discover how stress affects the body and mind
I purposefully split this blog into 2 posts as it’s all too easy to recognise that we need to make ourselves a priority and in the next minute move on and forget our good intentions. If you missed the first 7 ways to love your body and love...
I’m not sure about you but I barely feel like I have recovered from the Christmas holidays and it’s already shaping up to be a jam packed year. In the meantime all of my regular self-care and self-nurturing practices seem to have...
Most people think therapy involves rehashing the pain of the past in order to make peace with it. Good therapy is so much more! Read on to discover what is truly possible with expert and enthusiastic guidance
I know it’s only November but I am done with 2016! For so many this has been a year of incredible loss and difficulty. Curve balls out of the blue and they just keep on coming. Solid relationships have disintegrated, healthy people have...
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