What is a bad mood really? It is a cocktail of emotions … Chemically speaking, a rush of emotions and feelings that are released from the brain and sent out into our body. As creatures of habit, unfortunately, we’re slightly addicted to the family cocktail of emotions—whatever they are: irritation, sadness, anger, disappointment or frustration. The […]
Pain Management with natural solutions In the UK Hundreds of billions of pounds per year are spent on pain (like prescription, absence, social benefits, long term sick pay) and this figure is bigger than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. Did you know that 85% of the UK population will have suffered from a headache […]
Lockdown 3.0 feels very different from the other ones, its cold and grey….it feels heavy. Many mums have been sharing their home-schooling struggles and these are my tips for you to pick and mix what works for you and your “homeschoolers” to have a more balanced day. If they are happy, we are happy […]
2020 was all about finding new ways to adapt and stay positively afloat. Although we are quite accustomed to this way of “online working and online home schooling” it does put pressure on both our bodies and minds and it can easily take our life out of balance. Reflecting on the word […]
We all agree this is not the Christmas anyone had wished for, and we are all affected in different ways. I am myself, not travelling home to see my family. But let’s try to see it from a positive perspective …without all the Christmas lunches and Fairs, school activities, and running like headless chickens to […]
Oh Yes, it’s your Hormones! The word hormone comes from the Greek and it means “excite or stimulate”, owing to the stimulation of many body systems and organs. They originate in a gland and they travel through the blood system to specific part of the body. This is the main characteristic of hormones, they influence body functions at a distance from the […]
Stress is one of the biggest threats to health and wellbeing, and not checked and managed it impacts every single body system. The body responds in different ways to short-term and long-term stress following a pattern known as the general adaptation syndrome (GAS). • Phase One – Alarm This phase is one we are familiar […]
The skin in adulthood can weigh almost 5 kg and cover an area about the size of a large dining room table. Although is so large, it can be as thin as ½ mm and yet is the only one solid protection we have against the environment. The skin is our ultimate overcoat: is […]