Someone said to me the other day that anxiety was something she lived with, it was part of her that she didn’t care to get rid of it, like this was her personality now.  I was floored! Why would anyone want to hang onto anxiety?! Then I realised, maybe she din’t know what anxiety keeps out of your […]

I’m hosting a new webinar tomorrow on how to soothe anxiety without quitting your job or having to meditate with monks! (sign up here).    I’ve chosen this topic because I see so many women suffer with anxiety and because I’m more than qualified to talk about it…having struggled with this for a big portion of […]

The domino effect of stress, nutrition, lifestyle and disease When I hear what people eat day to day, I get a lot of insight into what is going on in their lives.  How we spend time and money on ‘food, glorious food’ is quite revealing. Statistics show that as much as 85-95% of all all disease […]

Years ago a graduate student earning her Ph.D made one the most influential discoveries of the 20th century in neuroscience, the body’s opiate receptor, from here she was known as the endorphin doctor. She went on to rub shoulders with some big wigs and become chief of brain chemistry at the institute of Mental Health in Washington. It […]

That’s what my friend said the other day when talking about her new gym program… It’s not uncommon to gain a couple of kilos in winter, you may find yourself wanting more sleep, feel less active, and have more nights curled up with a wine and stodgy meals. I see it as semi-hibernation time, we […]

Yesterday I spent the day with a good friend, working and having fun. Afterwards  we went to dinner and laughed our bellies off! I’m sure the people next to us though we were drunk, but we weren’t. It was one of those moments when everything was funny, really funny – like tears streaming down my face funny! […]

The Healthy Eating Pyramid in Australia has been updated for the first time in 15 years!  The updates such as avoid sugary drinks, eat more good fats, go for whole-grains, and have more veggies – aren’t really mind-blowing unfortunately. While we all know what healthy eating should look like, why isn’t it making a difference to obesity, cholesterol, […]

I mentioned in my last post how illness, stress, frustration and hormonal problems can be a call to step up, or begin an adventure. If you haven’t read my last post, find it here Could following a dream or passion be your prescription? Or maybe allowing love back into your life could sort you out? What if you did […]

  As I mentioned in my previous post, stress and it’s hormones, are the underlying trigger for many conditions causing problems with energy, weight, digestive health, concentration, menstrual health, mental health and happiness. If you haven’t read it yet, you can read it here: Part 1 We often treat stress as something to manage. We use […]

The other day I was explaining to a new client how her Adrenal Fatigue and thyroid complications was part of a bigger picture about her life. That her symptoms had more meaning than just high cortisol, low progesterone and thyroid hormones. Most of the women I see today have hormonal imbalances, even young teenagers, women in […]