Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Pam from the South West asks: "I am feeling anxious with the pandemic and now Christmas on top. What can I do to calm my anxiety down?" In this video, I'll take you through my top 5 tips to calm acute and long-term anxiety. We'll go over why the vagus nerve and amygdala are important …
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News from the Gupta Programme here for you, and I have also managed to negotiate a discount for you if you think the programme might help you. New Study Shows Neuroplasticity “Brain Retraining” Program Is An Effective Treatment For Fibromyalgia It is believed that around 10m people in the USA, and 2m people in the …
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With so much uncertainty and chaos happening all around us, there has never been a better time to take your health into your own hands. How would you like to get all the benefits of yoga and meditation from just ONE effortless practice that takes just minutes a day? Many of you know I started …
Our ability to weather storms like COVID-19 is crucial to our ongoing mental and physical health. It's called being resilient. This is one I've struggled with over time. Thanks to my ACE disorder, my symptoms come back with a vengeance with any major stress, mostly probably because my amygdala - the old part of the …
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American researchers have coined the term ‘neurobics’ for brain exercises that can help us build new neural pathways, change habits and strengthen our cognition. I love that name! It's important stuff, though, as we know that people with better mental processing and agility tend to have slower rates of mental decline and cognitive issues like …
Lovely words for you today from Rick Hanson on the subject of being kind. Rick does the really excellent Foundations of Wellbeing programme which I highly recommend in my Stress factsheet. RICK'S REFLECTION: KINDNESS, A BEAUTIFUL TWO-WAY STREET Some years ago I was invited to give a keynote to the largest audience I'd ever faced. …
Exercise is another great way to boost immunity, but you need the right amount – not too much! In effect, after exercise you get a rise in inflammation, but also a rise in antioxidants. The inflammation comes down pretty quickly but the antioxidant boost (to offset free radicals produced during the inflammatory response) continues …
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“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu What we all need is a bit of hope right now. Hope is the direct opposite emotion of fear, and there is plenty of that around at the moment! This new 21 day meditation on Hope in Uncertain …
Here's the next practical tip for you this week. Some good reminders about what foods to increase from Nutrigold. I've added some extra comments for you, of course....and, in case you missed it, here is Nutrigold's Anti-Viral supplement protocol. Top Tips for Coronavirus & Strengthening Your Immune System! Wash your hands frequently with soap and …
One thing we do know about all this coronavirus stuff is that stress and anxiety suppresses immunity. So, by encouraging a calm, healing state, we are much less likely to succumb to infections or get them as severely. With that in mind, following on from Deepak's meditation on the subject here, I thought it might …
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