Here are some ideas based on my experience over the last few days. I’m well aware that many people are under severe financial stress currently and that some of the shops and groceries that I’m suggesting are premium. So feel free to disregard what doesn’t fit your circumstances. Many of the tips are free or cheap to implement. Neither is this an exhortation to stockpile. … Continue reading How to Buy & Store Food During COVID-19
Stop resisting it. It’s happening; accept what is. Resistance is the biggest source of our emotional pain and a huge waste of energy. Use that energy to stay healthy instead. Focus on what’s going right in life, and feel good about. The virus isn’t so pervasive that we can’t enjoy many, many other things. For me it’s focusing on the emergence of blossoms and daffodils, … Continue reading Covid-19: 10 Tips for Managing Emotional Resilience
I feel compelled to write this after a session with my functional doctor this week (Dr Suman Gupta at the Hale Clinic). After an hour with her, I exited her clinic feeling incredibly grateful and, at the same time, extremely pissed off. I was grateful because I was armed with a fantastic array of detail about my health across so many areas, detail that will … Continue reading Why Functional Medicine is Just So Empowering! Seriously.
I wrote this post in conjunction with my TRE® provider, Courtney Baxter. Courtney holds 1×1 sessions at her home in Esher, Surrey. She was recommended to try TRE® after she and her two young daughters were held up at gunpoint in their car in Johannesburg. She noticed that her younger daughter had ongoing trauma from the event and this trauma was triggered when the car … Continue reading An introduction to the wonder of TRE ® with practitioner Courtney Baxter
I only review books that have blown my mind, helped me grow and taught me things I couldn’t possibly have figured out for myself. My reviews are bulleted for easy consumption. You can read my full notes on this book here. REASONS I ADORED THIS BOOK: It’s the Law of Attraction explained as quantum physics by a neuroscientist. For those of us who desperately want … Continue reading Book Review: Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza
My “full” notes don’t cover 3 areas of the book: (1) the lengthy description of how quantum physics work, (2) the lengthy description of how our neural networks work, (3) the details of Dispenza’s meditation process The way to mastery is PHILOSOPHY (learning intellectual info) —> INITIATION (initiating that knowledge into life by applying it enough times until you MASTER it If you wait for … Continue reading Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza – my full notes
I have just finished The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory by Dr Stephen Porges. I found it a really tough, technical read. That said, I persevered because I found its messages to be incredibly important. This book has profoundly changed the way I understand my nervous system (admittedly off a very low base!!). My previous understanding of my nervous system: I need to spend … Continue reading Polyvagal Theory: how our nervous system really works
Breathing is one of the simplest tools we have at our disposal to combat stress, anxiety, rage, and whatever other negative emotions crop up at work, home or in the car. Breathing properly has a host of benefits, from delivering more oxygen to the brain to stimulating the parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) nervous system, lowering blood pressure and making us feel more present. These can … Continue reading 4 breathing techniques you can do at work or anywhere
Many friends to whom I’ve waxed lyrical about functional medicine have not been familiar with the concept. If you too are unfamiliar, here is a short post to lay out the fundamentals of this amazing approach. I’ll be writing a lot more on this subject in other posts so please consider this an introduction only and skip it if, like me, you are a convert! … Continue reading An introduction to functional medicine
We are getting sicker, and our planet is getting sicker. This is a double crisis for mankind but it is not a coincidence. The above should read: We are getting sicker because our planet is getting sicker. The need-to-know Nutrient-rich soil provides vital health benefits through the crops it nurtures Depleted soil produces crops that are far less nutritious for us, even if we’re eating … Continue reading Why I’ve found myself obsessed by soil
