Are you estrogen dominant?
Of the tens of thousands of women I’ve met, one of the more common hormonal patterns I see is estrogen dominance. This is where estrogen levels are too high in...
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What is stress actually costing you?
Think back to the last time you felt truly relaxed. Can you remember how it felt? Now, contrast that with a moment of high stress – your heart racing, mind...
How stress ages us
How often do you feel overwhelmed by the everyday tasks in your life? When everything feels urgent or we perceive immense amounts of pressure in our daily lives, it communicates...
Slowing down the ageing process
Ageing; no matter how we feel about it, it’s something we can’t avoid. What we do have more control over, is how we transition through the years.
Inflammation and Ageing
Inflammation is one of the major drivers behind ageing. Put simply, inflammation is your immune system’s response to a stimulus – usually problematic substances that have entered your body or...
How do we age?
When we hear the words “anti-ageing” most of us think about the outside of our body—the part of us that other people see. We want to look good for our...
The highs and lows of cortisol
You might think only of cortisol in relation to stress or cortisone in relation to something that gets injected into injured joints. Your body makes both.
Could one of these less talked about hormones be at the heart of your health challenges?
When it comes to our hormones, we tend to focus on just a few. Our sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, get most of the limelight, followed closely by our stress...
Confused about food labels? Four things best ignored on packaging.
When we walk into a supermarket, we are exposed to a huge amount of marketing. Everything from shelf placement to the colours and the words on food labels are designed...
The Side-Effects of Fast Living
There are some periods in our life that are unavoidably busy. We might have multiple deadlines, an influx of unavoidable commitments or it's school holidays and we're trying to juggle between kids...
Preventing Illness or Disease
For many people, it takes a health crisis to wake them up to make changes to their lifestyle choices. But by this time, those health problems may be incredibly challenging...
Is It Just Lousy Genes?
Do you ever wonder if you were just given lousy genes? We’re told that our genetics plays a pivotal role in our health picture — for example, that ultimately it’s genetics...
Are you a bottler or a blurter?
Do you ever struggle to know when to speak up and when to stay quiet? It’s a balance that many people find tricky to navigate. For some, there will be...
Amp up your self-love
If your body stayed exactly the way it is now, would you be happy? When we consider our level of self-love, this is a good question to ponder. For many,...
The Art of Saying No
Do you have trouble flexing your “no” muscle? While it’s certainly not true for everyone, if you’re a people pleaser by nature, chances are you will find it hard to...
What's your vice?
When you’ve had a rough day, what’s the thing you fall back on to make yourself feel better? Is it talking it out with your partner or a friend?
Top nutrients for beautiful skin
From the soil, health and beauty are born. The soil contains minerals, such as calcium and magnesium, which we need to live. But we can’t eat the soil, so we...