Photo via I Quit Sugar Cookbook, shot by Marija Ivkovic HERE’S a winner! Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar Cookbook has landed and it is stunning! It arrived in my inbox and had me ooh’ing and arh’ing, not to mention drooling...
Read moreFacial acupuncture – the natural alternative to botox (guest post)
Lucy (one of our wonderful practitioners at The Pagoda Tree) wrote a guest blog here several weeks ago about skin and hormone imbalances and the feedback was ‘more please!’ Not one to shy away from giving the readers what they want...
Read moreWhy plastic ain’t so fantastic
Plastic is everywhere, and as much as we try to avoid it, every corner we turn, there it is again. And as convenient as it is to pop last nights leftovers into a plastic container ready for tomorrow’s lunch – it might be time to start...
Read more6 tips to tip top your day
I am loving all this media coverage about sugar – positive, negative or undecided, it seems we’ve all gone a bit nuts about it in some shape or form. Whilst some sit in camp A (you’re crazy – everything is good for you in...
Read moreWhy acupuncture works
image by CJ Photography People are always asking me – ‘exactly why does acupuncture work?’. The idea of pressing small needles into the body probably isn’t everybody’s idea of a good time, however we see wonderful...
Read moreThe therapeutic chef – meet Sam Gowing
In my theme of people that I love – I want you to meet Sam. Same is a therapeutic chef and woman extraordinaire. I asked her the questions. Here’s what she had to say. At what point did you realise you needed to make necessary changes...
Read moreThe holistic nutritionalist – Cinzia from Nutrition Darling!
Last week I shared a post ‘do you solve or patch up?‘ which encouraged you to take charge of your own health – because really, you know exactly how your body feels and how it best responds to everyday stress and various...
Read moreDo you solve or patch up?
Original image via Flickr A chat with a friend last week got me thinking about how each of us approach our healthfulness, and our wellness. As a body, and as a practitioner, I have started to wonder if we fall into two camps = those who solve...
Read moreGiving without expectation of reward
I’ve been challenged over recent months to give more back to the community. One way that I contribute is through my blog and making the most of my opportunity to talk to patients, but I have been feeling the urge to get out amongst it. My...
Read moreTalking fake stuff : artificial sweeteners
If you think about it, nothing fake is ever that great. Fake tans are bad. Fake handbags, not so great. Fake chesticles (aka breasts), very often bad! I’m yet to come across anything good that is pretending to be something else. At the top...
Read moreNutritious v New-trick-ious.
I’ve just watched the umpteenth breakfast cereal advertisement selling foodstuffs (I love that word) promoted as highly nutritious, full of this and that, promising you can travel to the moon and back and then some. Well, I have one word...
Read moreAre you disposable?
Giving my body the respect it deserves allows me to believe it will look as good as this vintage fridge. It might be old, you can see it’s old, but its well looked after and will probably last a very long time. Over the holidays I had a...
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