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...
Once upon a time people only went to the doctor when they felt sick. For most of human existence there was not much the doctor could actually do when you got there. Yet somehow the human race managed to get through to the second half of the twentieth century when...
There is an old adage about a week being a long time in politics. A few weeks ago I wrote a leader in my newsletter about the entitlement mentality. This was sparked by an interesting op-ed piece in the New York Times about the then upcoming French election. The take...
Mental health problems are, contrary to popular belief, contagious. It takes only a single pilot foaming at the mouth and running down the aisle of his plane, screaming “there’s a bomb – we’re all going to die.” to induce extreme anxiety...
Statistics are so commonplace that it is rare these days to be taken aback by them but this one was startling. The number of babies born with symptoms of opiate withdrawal has trebled between 2000 and 2009 in the USA. This is babies of drug addicted mothers who when...
Current news about vitamin K is everywhere. In the health and wellness world, vitamin K is the new vitamin D3. What I’d like to share today, however, isn’t about the vitamin K that can be bottled. I’m talking about supporting your digestive and immune system with a...
What happens when the feedback we get from the world around us is false or changing? If we look into the sky and see it is blue we can be fairly confident that it is not going to rain in the next little while. If we are driving and see a sign saying our destination is...
