Today I want to spend just a few minutes sharing some insights and tips into technology – specifically how and what to change in order to upgrade your well-being. Let’s call this a brief lesson in how to improve your presence in your own life (and reduce stress – let’s not forget stress). Tech is …

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Recently I did something that felt amazing. I sat at my kitchen table and wanted to squeal with delight – you know, that feeling when you’re so excited you can’t contain yourself? But I was alone and that felt weird so instead I just enjoyed the buzz. In front of me lay one pair of …

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“Don’t cry, it’ll be OK”, “calm down, there’s no need to be upset”, “chill out/get over it”. Did you hear these and similar sentiments growing up? As parents, we discourage our children from tantrums, sadness and anger. I can’t tell you how much time my daughter spent in the naughty corner (thanks to the powerful …

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You may have heard the phrase ‘rest and digest’. It’s the opposing state of ‘fight and flight’. These are two arms representing our autonomic nervous system (The Autonomic nervous system, ANS, actually has three arms – the third being the enteric nervous system, but here we’ll talk about the two more commonly discussed). The ANS …

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About a year ago I did a positive parenting course – being a single mum to a powerful tween I felt there were areas I could strengthen in my parenting game before things got too hairy. It turned out to be a wonderful course and as far as takeaways go, I got plenty. Like with …

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When it comes to healthy digestion, what does your environment, mindset and the way that you perceive and consume your food have to do with it? A lot, it turns out. We all have an autonomic nervous system. Autonomic meaning self-governing/autonomous. What we know about the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) is that we don’t consciously …

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Have you ever thought about how you can use technology to support your health journey? We’re now living in a time when pretty much all of us own some sort of mobile device. They’re here and it seems, they’re here to stay. So, whilst we know that EMFs are problematic and there are social issues …

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Today I’m going to give you my 5 favourite ‘failsafe’ strategies for keeping your health on track when you want to go out and enjoy the frills and fun of life. The thing about upgrading your health is that it often requires a change – and often this change is dietary. When food plays such …

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When we experience pain or discomfort, over time we create and attach emotions to those sensations. Your physical experience might be a cramp in your tummy, but the emotional story might be one of fear (“what is this pain – have I got cancer?”), uncertainty (“why am I the only one who gets this pain”), …

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We are all familiar with the idea of doing a ‘detox’, and yet while it is often poo-pooed, there is legitimacy to it. At its most basic, detoxification is the process of transforming, neutralising, and eliminating toxins and by-products that the body finds to be unhealthful or unnecessary; a constant, ongoing, natural process to clean …

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If you are like most of our patients, you engage with us because your health is sub-par, or because you want it to be optimal. In both of these situations, what we really want to do is figure out how we need to live to get the health we desire; a confluence of four factors: …

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Thanks to the wonders of modern medicine, no longer are we keeling over in droves from acute infectious diseases. Instead, we of the modern world, are rapidly becoming ridden with conditions of a more chronic nature, and not for a lack of attention and effort. With spending on healthcare in the USA being greater than …

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The only person who knows exactly how much sleep you need, is you. We find that around eight hours is the magic number for most people. Evidence suggests that too little (less than 6.5 hours), and too much (more than 8.5 hours) sleep can have negative health implications. We have a ball-park for what constitutes …

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If there is a word that personifies modern life, it would be: ‘busy’. Busy is something we pride ourselves on; no matter the arena. To be the first to arrive at work, and the last to leave, is glorified. A mum who manages to hold the family together, while doing all the home-life stuff, including …

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Today let’s get a little controversial and talk about water. Are you aware that your water is medicated? Although there are many water treatment processes, fluoride is unusual in that it doesn’t treat the water itself, but rather the person consuming it. The Food & Drug Administration accepts that fluoride is a drug, not a …

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I’ve recently started tracking my time – taking note of what I get up to and for how long. The goal is to become more effective and efficient by figuring out where the gaps are. Where am I losing valuable time by being side tracked? What jobs can I combine and in which environment am …

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Are you like me when it comes to eating out? I’ll go out and have an amazing meal and thoroughly enjoy it and the next time I’m trying to think of somewhere to go….blank. Nothing! I’m the same with movies – I’ll get excited to watch a movie and then half way through realise I’ve …

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When it comes to adrenal fatigue, have you simply earned your exhaustion (or is it something more)? Lets contextualise for a moment. If you were to rise with the sun and your day was spent performing a series of physical tasks – gardening, home tending and other tasks that involve lifting, pushing, squatting etc – …

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If you are into health, then you may have heard about MTHFR, and if you’ve dared to dig into it, you are probably thoroughly confused. Let’s break it down simplistically. What is MTHFR? To understand about MTHFR, we first need to understand about folate (vitamin B9), which is an umbrella term, encompassing: folic acid, folinic …

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Organic produce is often seen to be relatively expensive, less accessible and goes ‘off’ quickly, so why would you eat organic? For many the choice to eat organic produce has less to do with the improved nutrient density (which may be not in fact be all that significant) but rather on what is NOT in …

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Whenever you want a different outcome, you need to do something different. Fact. We know that change can be one of the most difficult and confronting elements of the healing process but without it, everything will either stay the same or slowly degrade even further. Here’s what we know about change: it’s difficult but not …

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To be resolute means to be “admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering” and a resolution is something that you make a firm decision to do, or not to do. We think it’s fair to say that we all understand the premise behind a New Year’s Resolution – we identify an area (or two) of our lives …

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There’s no need to warn you that Christmas is fast approaching (and if it wasn’t Christmas it would be New Years, Easter, birthdays, Anzac Day, weddings, engagement parties…the celebration list goes on). As the invitations roll in do you find yourself feeling apprehensive about how you’re going to stay social and have fun while sticking …

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Carrie Thomson-Casey, from The Abnormal Psychologist podcast, interviews Jabe, who pontificates about change styles, habit anchors, weight loss hormones, mindfulness, and juggling! Listen here for a great overview of Jabe and the way he thinks.  

Cholesterol from food finally found not to be guilty after all! This from the US government: “available evidence shows no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol and serum (blood) cholesterol… Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” Via CNN, read more here. Unfortunately saturated fat is still being demonised, while whole grains are deified. …

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Modern food just ain’t what it used to be. This statement should be read quite literally. Many of the packaged products available, should more accurately be described as ‘food-like products’, than food in the true sense, you know, the kind that provides you with valuable nutrition; the stuff of life. As far as the body …

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Leo Pruimboom writes on resoleomics in his article entitled: ‘The evolutionary origins of inflammation’, which I summarise here: Resoleomics is the body’s response to potential or actual damage, inclusive of injuries, pathogenic exposure and oxygen deficit. The physiological response includes primary inflammatory production of substances, which, in turn, trigger production of substances that stop this …

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Paleo – A Simple Truth You, dear reader, really are an amazing organism; a work of art, say some; a beautiful machine prefer others. Either way, the problem is that your body is now outdated. We have simply not had enough evolutionary time for our DNA to adapt to the current modern lifestyle. Heck, our …

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