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Box Breathing: A Simple Breathing Technique to Reduce Stress and Calm Your Nervous System

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Many of us underestimate the incredible power of our breath.

Breathing is something we do automatically every day, yet it has a direct and constant connection with our nervous system. In fact, when we experience stress, anxiety, or overwhelm, Read more

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Why Change Feels Uncomfortable: Understanding the Psychology of Growth

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There’s a Fault in Our Nature

All of us, at some point, want change.

We want healthier habits, stronger relationships, greater confidence, improved wellbeing, or simply a different direction in life. Yet despite wanting these things, Read more

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Language and Health: How the Words You Use Affect Wellbeing

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Most of us rarely stop to think about how the words we use – both aloud and in our minds – affect our health. Yet language plays a powerful role in shaping our mindset, emotions, and overall wellbeing.

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Turn Dreams Into Reality With Achievable Plans

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Do you dream of a fitter body?A healthier, more balanced life?Or perhaps something entirely different that’s been quietly sitting in the back of your mind?

Whatever your dream may be, one thing is certain: dreams only become reality when Read more

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The Benefits of Exercise for a Healthier Life

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When you make a search on google for reasons to exercise the number one in almost every search is to lose and maintain weight WRONG!

This is an outdated belief. The number one reason to exercise is for your Read more

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Burnout Symptoms: How to Recognise and Manage Stress

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Burnout is a term we hear more and more often, yet surprisingly it is not officially recognised as a medical diagnosis. That doesn’t mean it isn’t real. In fact, many of the symptoms of burnout closely mirror recognised physical Read more

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A Heart to Heart About Your Health and Wellbeing

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Our hearts work tirelessly from the moment we’re born — beating over 100,000 times a day without us even noticing. Yet for many, heart health is something we don’t think about until something goes wrong. Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) remains Read more

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How to Support Lifelong Bone Health Naturally

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As women, we often start thinking about bone health only when we approach menopause – but the truth is, we should be building awareness much earlier. Our teenage years and early twenties are prime time for strengthening bone quality Read more

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How Mindful Eating Supports Healthy Habits

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Soup might seem like an unusual topic, but stay with me — there’s more to it than you might think. Soup is more than comfort food — it’s a mindful, nourishing way to support your health and reduce waste.

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Vitamin D Deficiency: Signs, Benefits and Support

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Did you know that Vitamin D isn’t actually a vitamin? Chemically, it’s more closely related to a steroid hormone — a little twist that might surprise you! But now that the elephant in the room has been unveiled, let’s Read more

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Progress Over Perfection: Building Healthier Habits

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Back in the late 1980s, I worked in a duty-free fashion buying office as a merchandiser. It was a busy, buzzing environment where the buying team and we merchandisers worked closely together to make sure each shop had the Read more

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Exercise for Weight Loss: Building Healthy Habits

You absolutely can lose weight without exercise – but movement plays a huge role in keeping our bodies and minds healthy, strong, and happy.

Now, I know the word exercise can bring up some not-so-fun images of being hot, Read more

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Batch Cooking: The Benefits for Health and Wellbeing

Batch cooking means preparing large quantities of food when you have time, making meals quicker when you are busy later.

It’s a great way to ensure you know what is in the food you are eating too. Especially important Read more

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Juggling the Plates of Wellness -The Vicious Circle of Health

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Achieving and maintaining wellness and good health isn’t a destination – it’s a dynamic, lifelong process. It involves juggling three interconnected “plates”: chemical (metabolic), emotional (mindset), and physical (fitness/lifestyle).

Drop one, and the whole system can begin to Read more

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So what is mindset?

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Mindset is defined as – ‘the established set of attitudes held by someone’

We use many phrases that in truth are referring to our mindset:

  • Being in the right frame of mind.
  • Having the right mentality.
  • It’s not in Read more
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Finding opportunity in adversity – the power of reframing

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Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. No matter how much we plan, things don’t always go the way we want them to. However, the key to happiness and success often lies not in what happens to us Read more

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Lethargy or Procrastination – The stealer of time and dreams!

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Lethargy or Procrastination? The two often get muddled up in our minds as the outcomes are often very similar.

Lethargy is more of a medical condition which is characterised by feelings of fatigue as well as a lack of Read more

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The catalyst to making changes

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My life changed dramatically surrounding my mother’s health and her eventual death in 2022. It propelled me into making changes to look after myself and improve my own health needs.

After her passing, I looked for a ‘Programme’  Read more

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Christmas hours and service availability

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If you think you might need a session before Christmas and you are not already booked in, please do so quickly.

My consulting hours over Christmas:

Last working day 20th December 2024 Return to work 3rd January 2025Phones Read more
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