Rima’s Cooling Summer Tea
Rima’s cooling summer tea I’ve posted about this delicious herbal tea before that I make every year once the temperature goes up. It really helps me with my temp regulation and keeps me hydrated and feeling cool. In my garden I grow a variety of plants, including some herbs like…
Do you Digital Detox?
Do you Digital Detox? The term ‘Digital Detox’ (Digital cleanse, tech free time or similar) seems to be everywhere at the moment. It’s basically giving yourself time away from your screens and tech or limiting it. Is this something you are aware of or something that you do already? I found myself spending…
5 Top Tips for Summer Allergies
The summer sunshine brings a smile to most faces. However, it can also bring along some misery for a few particularly those who suffer from seasonal allergies such as hayfever. Luckily, there are a great number of things you can do to help naturally reduce the irritations that come with the seasonal allergies. 1) Aromatherapy…
Detox – is it healthy or not?
I first wrote this blog post a whopping 10 years ago in February 2013 – how time flies. I’ve updated it a bit below and taken a few things out that I now know is not the best. There’s so much more research and detailed information available for us regarding our gut health and microbiome…
Coping with Grief
It was national grief awareness week from 2nd to 8th December 2021, run by The Good Grief Trust. I was going to do a few social media posts, but then didn’t do them. Part of me stopped for my own reasons and part of me had so much to say that it was too much…
So this is 50
Here we are, we’ve reached August 2022. This is also my birthday month, but it’s not just any old birthday this year. This is my landmark half a century birthday. 50 years old. Not that long ago (late 20s) I remember always thinking that anyone who was 50 was pretty old, but I’m not…
Is Massage dangerous?
Back in 2012 I wrote a blog post about the safety of massage following a well publicised court case against a male massage therapist in North London. In that post I wanted to highlight that this sort of thing is not common place and also what you as a member of the public should be…
The Power of Scents – Aromatherapy Awareness Week
Aromatherapists worldwide are celebrating and participating in Aromatherapy Awareness Week this June, raising awareness and promoting the health benefits of aromatherapy. Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains. Diane Ackerman The Federation of Holistic Therapists…
Tinnitus Awareness week – The noisy problem
First posted – 7th February 2012 From 6th to 12th February 2012 it is National Tinnitus Awareness week. So what is Tinnitus? Tinnitus is where a person can hear sounds or noises in their ears without there being an external cause for this noise. The sounds themselves seem to be within the ear channels themselves…
It Takes Two – male preconception
Conception = (1) Penetration of an ovum by a spermatozoon, with the initiation of a new individual and the state of pregnancy. The formation of a zygote. (2) the individual zygote or embryo so formed. – From Collins Dictionary of Medicine. Working with clients who are looking to conceive is a wondrous and eventful journey…
Breast Cancer journey – Priya’s story
Post is written by Priya Malde (my sister) to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness month 2 weeks after I turned 40 during the Summer of 2018 I got diagnosed with stage 2 LCIS breast cancer. 45 years ago, long before I was born my eldest sister died from leukaemia aged 4. 40 years…
Are you experiencing unconscious bias?
When I say “unconscious bias” what do you immediately think of? I’m pretty sure it will be related to the Black lives matter movement which is running a fabulous campaign at the moment. They’ve used unconscious bias as a way to make everyone aware of thoughts and opinions that are so deeply ingrained in them…