It’s that time of year again when you may be starting to worry about whether you are going to get a cold or flu this winter. It is also a time when the pharmaceutical industry will prosper from the surge in the need for antibiotics along with cold and flu remedies. However with the worrying news that we are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics due to its overuse, now is a good time to start thinking about measures that we can all take to improve our immune system, naturally. Did you know that you have a whole arsenal of ammunition in your body to fight off disease and infection but you just need to create the right environment for your immune system to prosper? I’m sure you’ll agr

Life can be so fast paced and there doesn’t seem to be any sign of it slowing down. Your mind may be filled with thoughts about work & career, kids, relationships, the house, bills, education, planning things etc. etc. Then there’s the information overload we get from the tv, radio, the internet. There just seems to be no getting away from it all. How often do you think I just need to give my mind a rest and get away from it all? Holidays are of course a great way to get away from it all but even then there’s no guarantees that the holiday won’t be stressful. Do you know you could have a holiday in your mind every day by following a Mindfulness practice? Mindfulness seems to be the buzz wor

Do you think positive or negative thoughts? How good do you feel about yourself and your life? Are you happy most of the time or sad or depressed? The way you feel about yourself and your life depends on the thoughts that you think. If you think happy thoughts you feel happy, if you think sad thoughts you feel sad; it stands to reason. Every minute of the day you are making judgements, affirming things to yourself, making decisions about the world around you. etc These can be positive or negative depending on your state of mind, mood, what’s going on in your life or your predisposition to seeing the best or the worst in things. When you were younger, if your parents or carers were generally

Did you know that your skin is the biggest organ in the body? It has the ability to excrete waste products as well as absorb substances you put on your skin. Think about nicotine and drug patches which are applied to the skin so that they can be absorbed into the blood stream. The same is true for any product you put on your skin; perfume, body lotion, soap, bubble bath, makeup etc. Many of the ingredients used in beauty products now-a-days are derived from the petrochemical industry. The type of chemicals used in popular beauty and household products include 1,4-dioxane, acrylates, benzophenone, butylated compounds, formaldehyde, diethanolamine to name a few. These chemicals have been shown