‘Pain dis-engages us from the world. It complicates our sense of time, sense of space and erases our sense of self. It robs us from what is meaningful as it paints the world in immutable colours’ - Sanja Maretic
It is not uncommon to see patients coming to the clinic with persistent and reoccurring pain. Pain is a scary thing. We don’t know how long it will be around for and how bad it will be.
Read MoreUsing Reiki or receiving a Reiki treatment regularly will help you raise your vibration, reduce stress and anxiety and attract what you need into your life.
The higher the frequency of your energy or vibration, the lighter you feel in your physical, emotional and mental body. You can experience greater personal power, clarity, peace, love, joy and abundance. You have little if any, discomfort or pain in your physical body and your emotions are easily dealt with.
Read MoreClaire O’Berry meets people at the end of their lives, but she says it can also be a time of joy. She tells Ara Jansen there’s also happiness in a task which might seem impossible to some.
Being thrust into an unexpected situation gave Claire O’Berry the skills to take into her next career.
Read MoreUsing essential oils is invaluable during palliative care as they provide numerous benefits in a palliative care setting. Essential oils are made of hundreds of botanical compounds, some of which have been scientifically proven to act in specific ways. Essential oils with antibacterial, antiviral and deodorising properties are important for keeping offensive odours at bay, as well as illness.
Read MoreCould it work for you? We get that sometimes you just want a therapeutic massage for some stiff and sore bits that may not require any great level of physiotherapy assessment or movement prescription, OR that getting into the clinic can be an absolute headache for those of you with chronic conditions, transport issues, etc
Read MoreI had the honour of being a panellist on the Living Mindfully panel, at the 2020 South West Wellness Symposium, Living in Balance within Community. This was my first public speaking event since 2013, and I was terrified! Being a relatively new health professional to the south west (we moved here at Christmas 2018), this seemed like such a huge risk to take.
Read MoreNow a days it seems that everyone is always on the go. Children are subjected to busy lives, with parents rushing to get them to school and then bringing them to a myriad of lessons, sports, play dates, activities, homework, and other social engagements. We don’t usually think of these routines as stressful for our kids but a lot of the time they are.
Read MoreWho do you think you are? What is your role here on this earth? Do you even think you have one or is that something that should be left for others, for all those who are brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous, not for you… for ordinary you or ordinary me? What a great time of the year to sit down and consider these questions.
Read More“What is spiritual health?” I hear you ponder. My definition of spiritual health is having a sense of your purpose in life, knowing your place in the world, having an understanding that you are part of something bigger than yourself.
Read MoreAnxiety disorders are one of the most common mental health disorders and it is estimated up to 33.7% of the population will be affected by an anxiety disorder in their life. Anxiety, however, can just be a symptom of another underlying condition within your body.
Read MoreHave you ever been to an energy healer?
If you've ever seen a brilliant counsellor, gifted massage therapist, devoted yoga teacher or compassionate family doctor, you've been in the presence of an energy healer. That's right, energy healing isn’t just the domain of Reiki masters, acupuncturists, kinesiologists or practitioners working in fields such as Quantum Touch, The Bars, Feldenkrais, Bowen Therapy... The list is long.
Read MoreHave you ever thought what happens to the brain and how your thought patterns change when you are on a diet?
Dieting causes us to feel deprived of the food we want, foods we love and crave, make us feel guilty when we eat what we are not allowed, and remorseful when we have eaten the ‘forbidden fruits’. So, does dieting really help us or hinder us in our endless quest to lose weight and reach the Armageddon of the ‘perfect body?’
Read MoreA woman is like a diamond, she is enthralling, beautiful, exquisite and unique.
Just like the diamond, she has many facets and she is hard to break…
Today I would like to share with you the wonders of you and offer some insights for you to know that all you are is enough and that all you do is enough.
Read MoreThere is a huge difference between the quality of various pregnancy supplements, and this is a time when it is even more important to consult with a practitioner to make sure you are not only spending your money on a worthwhile product, but to make sure you are taking the best products possible for you and your child.
Read MoreThere is still a perception dearly held by many people that to seek out counselling is to somehow be giving in or admitting to some sort of weakness or character flaw of not being able to cope, and they hold up being able to cope as the Holy Grail of life. It’s the pinnacle of being in control and having some mastery of this thing called life. The bitter irony is, of course, that most of the masters would say control is the last thing you want. In fact, the very notion that you’re ever in control of anything other than your own mind is one of the grandest illusions of all
Read MoreThe average Australian consumes around 14 teaspoons or 60 grams of free sugars per day. Recently the World Health Organization recommended that for optimal health we should restrict our added ‘free sugar’ intake to less than half of that, at just 6 teaspoons.
But what is ‘free sugar’? Where is it found? And, how can you work to reduce your intake? This article helps you start that journey.
Read MoreProlapse, Pelvic Floor and Diastasis were 3 things I knew little about. I had always been a fit and strong person, I loved high intensity exercise and competitive sport but had also discovered Pilates and working on core strength. But no one, during my pregnancy asked me if I was doing my Pelvic Floor exercises or even better, if I was doing them correctly.
Read MoreHow often do you start to yawn at 10am or 2pm in the afternoon? You think you’re tired. Your not tired, you're dehydrated. Most Australians are chronically dehydrated. When we hit the fatigue point maybe we go and get a coffee, energy drink or chocolate, something to stimulate us, then we come back to our desk or work we feel better
Read MoreAt last year’s Wellness Expo, I did a talk on thyroid health and had thyroid focus on my stall and got to talk to many women living with a thyroid condition. Quite a few women, when I asked if they had a thyroid condition, replied, “Doesn’t everyone have a thyroid condition??” I’ve heard this in clinic many times also and 70% of my clients present with a thyroid condition.
Read MoreEndometriosis is so much more than just heavy and painful periods. It is a condition in which endometrial tissue (that should be lining the uterus) grows outside the uterus, commonly on the ovaries, bowel, pelvic ligaments, bladder and endometrial tissue has even been found in patient’s lungs. Because oestrogen promotes the growth of endometrial tissue, symptoms will often fluctuate within a women’s menstrual cycle, however, it is important to notes oestrogen is not the cause, it just aggravates and drives the condition.
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