Health and Wellness Articles

Awareness and the choice to live your best life How awake are you? No, I’m not talking about how much energy you have today or if you slept well last night, although that might influence your state of alertness. What I am referring to is how aware you are of your surroundings, of yourself and others. Take a look around the room you are in right now. What do you see? How do you feel in the space? Are there any scents or aromas that you can make out? Take a moment to observe the things around you. Now, close …

7 Strategies for Warding off Depression in Retirement We talk about the ‘darker side of retirement’.  This  can occur when you neglect to plan for our retirement lifestyle – all aspects of your life, not just the financial – resulting in a meaningless, socially isolated life which can spiral you into depression and early aging.  Research is finding that the risk of depression in retirement is on the increase.  We are seeing that the honeymoon phase of well-being and life satisfaction directly after retirement is giving way to a sharp decline and parallel increase in depression a few years later.  …

The Benefits of Hypnotherapy for Children  In your mind, take yourself back to when you were a child. What did you need? You might recognise that you needed food, a roof over your head, a bed to sleep in, clothes to wear, toys to keep you stimulated, friends to have fun with and to improve your social skills, and so on and so forth. Did you acknowledge that you needed love, acceptance, understanding and meaningful connection? If you didn’t, you are not alone. We get so caught up in worrying about meeting the physical and mental needs of children that …

Roles and Identities – Where does Hypnotherapy fit in?  Who are you? To answer this question, after mentioning your name, you might find yourself saying things like, “I am a teacher” or “I am a cyclist,” “I am a brother” or “I am an Accountant.” You might include somewhere lower down on the list that, “I am a dog lover” or “I am a cat person.” What you are doing, in essence, is describing how you make use of your time and what your preferences are. Too often you will get asked what you do for a living, if you …

STRESS AND ANXIETY ARE ENERGY KILLERS — HERE’S HOW TO ELIMINATE STRESS, FIX THE PROBLEM, AND GET YOUR ENERGY BACK Anxiety and stress are literally energy killers, where severe anxiety or stress can rob you of your vitality, your energy levels within hours. Chronic anxiety and stress for weeks, months, and longer causes long term health problems. Research indicates stress is the underlying principle found in disease. Learning to manage yourself and to discover and embrace ways to re-claim your power in relation to anxiety and stress is essential to your health and well-being. Within your brain, behind your neocortex …

Don`t go without this supplement – Vitamin D Vitamin D prevents: depression, osteoporosis, influenza, cardio vascular disease, Diabetes 1+2, cancer, autoimmune thyroid diseases, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis Deficiency signs: Joint pain or stiffness, backache, tooth decay, muscle cramps and hair loss Deficiency reasons: less sun because of climate change, lifestyle and skin cancer Blood result range: 30 – 100ng/ml with an optimal level of 50-60ng/ml Vitamin D  is made from cholesterol and the sun High risk patients: low sun countries, no sun exposure, dark skin people, elderly patients, overweight & lacto-vegetarians (no eggs) Vitamin D and Disease Prevention Cancer: …

Hypnotherapy and the role of consciousness in the healing process Raise your hand if you have ever experienced some form of trauma. The sad truth is that most of us have experienced trauma at some point in our lives. The interesting thing about trauma is that it’s different for all of us. For some, it may be falling off your bike as a child; whereas, for others, it may be something more sinister. Either way, we are all affected by it. What we need to determine is how best to deal with it. We need to become aware of the …

Why is it so hard for people to achieve their resolutions? Making a decision activates the ‘’feel good’’ chemical dopamine and sharing your decision with a friend releases oxytocin, the ‘’bonding neurochemical’’ which can explain to some extent, why people continue to make New Year’s resolutions each year, because it feels great to make a decision and share that with another. The experience is pleasurable. However, when we choose to stop something or start something new, we are engaging with other parts of the brain, which if you are unaware and or you do not have a process to assist …

Detoxification – Glyphosate (Roundup) and Aluminium   Man-made toxins tend to compartmentalize in body compartments and will reach a certain threshold of toxicity.   Because of that your immune system is not functioning optimally anymore and you have microbial growth in that area. These become the areas where the microbes live, whether it’s Bartonella, Lyme, Babesia or herpes viruses. It becomes difficult because you can no longer distinguish between the toxicity and the infection. Retroviruses are immune-disturbing.   Some aspects of the immune system can be upregulated, others are downregulated. That makes us hugely vulnerable for Lyme’s, mycoplasma and Bartonella and Detoxification …