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Aug 1, 2024
NAVIGATING HEAT EXPOSURE AND HOW MENOPAUSE CAN MAKE YOU HOTTER (not in a good way!)
Menopause is a significant transition in a woman's life, marked by the end of menstrual cycles and a decline in repro...
Mar 13, 2024
SPRING SELF CARE: APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, HAVE YOU TRIED IT?
Spring Renewal With Apple Cider Vinegar: A Chinese Medicine Approach
Spring is all about rejuvenation, and one power...
Mar 11, 2024
WHAT DO YOUR KIDNEYS HAVE TO DO WITH HOT FLUSHES IN MENOPAUSE? EVERYTHING!
In Chinese medicine the kidneys are the root of life and the seat of our fertility. Ancient scriptures written thousa...
Dec 12, 2023
THE BENEFITS OF YOGA NIDRA IN MIDLIFE
Yoga nidra is sometimes described as yoga sleep, it's a wonderful state of being somewhere between being awake and b...
Nov 14, 2023
WINTER SELF CARE FOR PERIMENOPAUSE AND BEYOND; THE BENEFITS OF FOOTBATHING
Chinese medicine sees everything as connected using the word correspondences it connects winter with water and the or...
Jul 24, 2023
DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE 7 TYPES OF REST? IT’S NOT JUST LOUNGING AROUND IN YOUR BED.
According to US Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith there are 7 types of rest that humans need to feel fully rested. I love her q...
Jun 30, 2023
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF ‘RETREATING’ IN MIDLIFE?
Have you ever been on retreat?
It’s a word that gets bandied around a lot these days and I’m wondering whether we’ve ...
Apr 6, 2023
HOW TO STAY HEALTHY IN SPRING: A CHINESE MEDICINE PERSPECTIVE
Probably the most awaited season of the year (for many people!) and often the hardest to transition into. After the c...
Jan 16, 2023
THE BENEFITS OF GONG BATHING IN MIDLIFE
Gong baths are a form of sound therapy, emanating from China. Their sound produces many benefits to issues experien...
Dec 2, 2022
WELCOME WINTER SOLSTICE; NATURAL WAYS TO HELP WITH MENOPAUSE IN WINTER
Winter solstice marks the longest night of the year, the deepest dark which gives way to the start of lighter evening...
Nov 4, 2022
OPTIMISE YOUR HEALTH WITH THE CHINESE CLOCK
My patients sometimes ask me about the Chinese clock, have you heard of it? It’s one of those things that you come ac...
Oct 24, 2022
CAN MENOPAUSE AFFECT YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM?
In a nutshell ‘yes’. It’s a combination of the natural changes to the mind and body that affect us all as we age, tog...