Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
I was looking at essential oils for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) the other day and noticed that one of my all-time favourite oils is a goodie. Most people have never heard of Eucalyptus Staigeriana, but it is the one I use the most in my office as it is so head-clearing and uplifting. It's quite …
Great piece from our friend, Michelle at FoodsMatter today on studies showing the importance of trees if you're feeling depressed. Check it out. https://michellesblog.co.uk/being-around-trees-helps-with-depression/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=being-around-trees-helps-with-depression
That's the number one question I have been asked - only about 20 times a day for the last 10 years, ha! So, I thought a kind of cheat-sheet based on my experience might help. What tests should you do - for an MOT (40s and 50s take note!), for preventing illness (20s and 30s), …
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. …
Great TEDx video here for you today with a chap who has interviewed some of the leading experts across the world on anxiety and depression. He wanted to know why so many people are seemingly not coping with life as well on a day to day basis, why mental health issues are on the rise. …
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Great piece from Dr Kharrazian today on email which gives me my latest gut tip for you. (If you missed any, you can catch up here). Is your chronic gut problem really a brain problem? Read on... How could the gut possibly affect mood? While they may be far apart on an anatomy diagram, the …
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I've been brushing up on my neurotransmitters and mental health conditions knowledge the last week or so, rather enjoying myself a little too much watching training videos etc! It really is fascinating stuff. The main test I do is the Labrix NeuroBasic. It's a goodie because it measures the key neurotransmitters (NTs). It used to …
The next post in Julie's series on hypnotherapy for us today; this time on anxiety. I found that actually I didn't think of myself as anxious at all when I first started my healing stuff! It was only when I saw a practitioner for something - on Skype - and one of the first things …
Interesting snippet today for you from Food for the Brain: Time to put that smartphone down! Social media use leads to increased anxiety in teenagers Over the last few years the accessibility and usability of our tablets and phones as extensions of our social lives has increased and many of us use our phones and …
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Really useful article from Food For The Brain in my messages recently on the natural alternatives to drug therapy for anxiety and sleep problems. An excellent run-down I thought. I've included the references for you too in case they are useful. Anxious about tranquillisers? There are alternatives One in twelve people in Britain suffer from …
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