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Burnt Out? Stressed Out? Exhausted?
Me too my friend, well I was.. and still in recovery technically . There are many reasons one can find themselves in this place, where lying on the lounge rather then folding laundry isn't because your couldn't be stuffed, but because your eyes won't open and your body won't move. Upon reflection I had been under some personal stress for an extended period of time, add to that a full life of...
Parsley – The Unsung Herbal Hero
Parlsey In 2016 I was lucky enough to be asked by the Herbal Extract Company of Australia to make a series of videos to be used to help new practitioners find their way around prescribing plant medicines. Below you will find Parsley, our unsung hero. Parsley is widely used in Europe and the Middle East, and has found its place on the plates of many restaurants here in Australia. This is due to...
Easiest Summer Cleanse Detox Ever
This summer cleanse has One, yes One, simple guideline for each day They are: Fruit. Green Smoothies. Fresh Juice. Raw till Four. Cant get much simpler then that. I often see people in clinic who would like information for cleansing and detoxing but don't want to shift through an overload of conflicting information from Dr Google, they just want simple and effective guidelines to do what needs...
Vegan Chickweed Pesto
Spread through out my garden chickweed is the accidental (for me perhaps, maybe not so for her) herb of choice this week. A quick harvest of this healing and very nutritious weed (containing calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, silicon, zinc, vitamins C, A, B) for my smoothie I decided to give a vegan chickweed pesto recipe a go. This one is an amalgamation of all the simple ones on the 'net....
Chickweed – Uses For The Coolest Of Herbs
CHICKWEED As A Food Chickweed is a highly nutritious herb and grows as a wildweed, what a gift! Thats right dont get cranky at her popping up around your favourite garden beds, thank her. Containing calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, silicon, zinc, vitamins C, A, B she is ideal as a food for growing kids, the elderly, heck anyone who needs a good burst of nutrition in their diet, and really...
Chickweed, Identifying and Foraging
Lets go Foraging in our own Backyards, Yay Its totally the best place to start and you will feel like such the earth goddess. Chickweed (Stellaria media, chickweed,) A versatile, nutritious, medicinal herbal weed, with a cooling nature. Popping up in late winter and early spring in a sprawling clump she is possibly hanging out somewhere near by. Lets go find her! Chickweed is really cool, you...
Listen to Your Body and Avoid Injury
Listen to your body. This is a mantra of us natural health practitioners, the importance of checking in with yourself. You are the one that lives there! There is something even more important, that is to ACT. A lesson I recently learnt. I am a runner, not an elite olympian or anything but a regular none the less, completing my third marathon recently.. but lets rewind for a second. Two months...
Treating Gastro Naturally
There is a gastro virus doing the rounds and what has surprised me is how quickly well meaning parents run too the doctor and then give kids antibiotic. I won't go into the pros and MASSIVE cons of antibiotic prescribing right now, but Superbug anyone? Candida? Instead I'll let you in on how we do sickness in our home. Firstly we need to get comfortable with our children feeling uncomfortable,...
#7 50 Day Juice Fast – It’s a Wrap
I finished a 50 day juice fast some time ago and thought I would post the last vlog today. I wanted that big TICK on the productivity list. Done! This extended juice fast was a journey of cleansing on every level. Since the completion I have felt the benefits of a healthier me. More energy, renewed focus and a gentler self critic. I had aimed for 84 days (12 weeks) and rather then beat myself up...
