Here in Los Angeles plastic surgery is all the rage. So are botox injections and so many other things that people who partake in them falsely believe will make them more perfect. I remember an episode of The Twilight Zone (“Number 12 Looks Just Like You”...
With the world speeding up we increasingly need to be organized to get all the things done that we want to do. Yet all this “busyness” can lead to us not paying enough attention to our health. So perhaps it is time to be organized about your wellbeing. This will be...
Last year I wrote an article about screening of four year olds for illness to see if they are “fit” to start school. The notion that children were not fit until screened to be, so turned the normal notion of healthy until there is some reason to think otherwise on its...
Winter has arrived in the southern hemisphere and Perth has had its worst storms in a long time this past weekend. Winter is associated with colds and other illnesses. Whilst viruses are present in the environment all year round more cases are seen in winter. Some...
Your liver works hard to remove toxins from your body! But are you working hard to help it? Most of us are not. We bombard it with an overload of toxins that take their toll over time. And the very thought of a detox nearly terrifies most of us with thoughts of nasty...
I love music! It is something that is found in all human cultures. At a subconscious level it connects with us. Ancient tribes had forms of music and the most “sophisticated” folks can be found listening to their favorite tunes on their i-pods. Less techo people like...
Always be wary of a call to do a “simple blood test”. There is no such thing. Whilst taking blood out of a vein is simple, the results are never simple and a “simple blood test” can start a chain of events, which are far from simple. The worst example is the call to...
One of the key differentiation points between Body Psychotherapy and conventional counseling and psychology is how the body is viewed and treated in the therapy process. Conventional counseling and psychology tends to minimise the role of the body in the diagnostic...
1. Don’t over-regulate Avoid the ‘what the hell’ effect—we’ve all been there, and it’s an unfortunate result of the rigid ‘all or nothing’ approach that characterises so many unsuccessful weight loss attempts. As human beings, we like the freedom to make our own...
The midlife crisis used to be associated with reaching our fifties. These days, many adults profess to be struggling with the same symptoms regardless of age. Here I explain why this is happening? “You don’t have to look that closely at a midlife crisis to work out...
