Dealing With Disappointment
How often do you feel disappointed or let down by other people? Are you underachieving on your personal and professional goals and targets? Do you find it easy to bounce back from disappointment or do you stay stuck? Disappointment is an emotion that we feel when...
Do Epidurals Prolong Labour?
This popular question does not have a simple answer as there are different circumstances that need to be considered. First stage labour There is no reason an epidural block should prolong first stage labour. To the contrary epidural can result in a shorter first stage...
5 Tips To Combat Acne
Acne can affect those of all ages and ethnicities; from adolescents and teenagers, to adult onset acne sufferers. The effects can be devastating and treatment options are often confusing and expensive. The treatment of acne needs to take into account the causes and...
How To Reverse Diabetic Skin Conditions
“The CDC reports that as many as 80 million Americans were insulin-resistant, and most don’t pay attention to insulin resistance being a precursor to diabetes.” Insulin resistance can affect all organs in the body including the skin. Making simple changes in your life...
The Confronting Topic Every Parent Should Address
Ensuring the health and safety of your child is an integral part of parenthood – it involves educating your child on all sorts of topics from healthy eating to stranger danger and road safety. When it comes to nurturing your child’s wellbeing most parents do all they...
Back Pain By The Ages
We all suffer with back pain at some point in our lives, but as we age, the causes of this often change. A busy working parent might suffer with pain caused by taking care of children, while someone in older age might struggle to understand how their bodies abilities...
The Benefits Of Kettlebell Training For Women
A common misconception about kettlebell training is that women who lift heavy will bulk up and look more masculine as a result. The truth is that most women simply do not have enough testosterone in their bodies to build as much muscle as men. More importantly, women...
How To Deal With Inflexible People
Do your inflexible colleagues, manager, partner, family or friends frustrate you? Are you annoyed by their rigidity and unwillingness to change? It’s my way or the highway! Most of us know people who want things done their way. They are not open to doing things...
Sex, Cars And E-Cigarettes
It is interesting to apply current thinking to decisions taken years ago. Whilst our greater knowledge today can make previous behaviours and thinking seem odd or plain wrong, there are also instances when applying todays approach would have stopped progress. In the...
Long May It Last
Whilst accepting that there have been volumes written and said about the recent royal wedding, I am going to put my proverbial two cents worth in. It is quite incredible to think that out of around seven billion people on the planet around two billion were watching...
The Empire Has A Bad Week!
It has not been the best of weeks for the big public health empire. The renegades have had two wins despite the might of the state being used against them. That so much effort and resource is used to try and stop individuals suggesting that people consume less refined...
Un-Process Your Life
It’s nutrition, not our chronological age, that determines health and how youthful we look and feel. Healthy foods are whole foods from mother Nature’s Table. Certain food-less foods we eat wreak havoc not just with our health, but with how youthful we look and how...