Where you can, try to buy organic so you eliminate the negative influence of toxins and chemicals that will promote the damage casued by free radicals leading to premature ageing and disease They say beauty is only skin deep. Well actually it's much deeper than that. Flicking through a popular magazine at a friend's house I couldn't believe the …
Label free life
Over the years of working with both mental health and nutrition, labelling has often raised its ugly head. In mental health a diagnosis can be a helpful thing that provides comfort and a method of treatment. In other circumstances labelling can be self-limiting, discriminating and oppressive. After studying nutrition and life coaching, the detrimental effects of …
7 ways to de-stress everyday
Everyday stress in common place in our society. But over time this can have a detrimental effect to our health and even shave years off our life. Life is not a constant state of calm and no matter who we are we experience stressful situations throughout our lives in different forms. We can not change that, but …
Feed a bigger brain!
Did you know the human brain has actually shrunk over the last 100 years due to our poor Western diet? Worrying isn't it? BDNF (Brain-derived neurotrophic factor) is a protein that tells cells the brain to make more connections. BDNF decreases when we eat a poor western diet full of processed foods but increases when we …
Eat to beat anxiety & depression
A combination of Omega 3 fatty acids, B-Vitamins and Magnesium can relieve the symptoms and decrease the risk of mental health problems including depression and anxiety, schizophrenia, autism and ADHD. If you suffer with any of the following you could benefit from just a few simple nutritional changes: Depression Anxiety Insomnia Nervousness Stress Mental health disorders PMS …
How I ended up here
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are -Anais Nin Have you ever had that horrible thought that your crazy and no one's telling you? That everyone knows something you don't? Like your the only one looking in from the outside? Is it me or the world that's going crazy? …
Life lessons from Mexico
Before our trip to Mexico we spent 3 weeks in the USA where we picked up our old Californian van. During this time we received many 'warnings' from the Americans. Neither of us could deny that the horror stories and concerns hadn't left a small imprint of anxiety, but ultimately it was all part of the adventure and …