Family

February 27, 2020
in Bach Flower Remedies, Emotional Wellness, Energy, Family, Health, Mindful Living, Stress

Fear is normal. In fact, it can protect us from danger. But it’s also insidious: it can wrap itself around us, infecting our thoughts and emotions to ensure we don’t take risks and we stay alive. Real or imagined, fear can take us further into the fight, flight or freeze animal responses. It can then paralyze and debilitate us.   Fear and the days we live in With mounting concerns around COVID19 (coronavirus disease 2019), fear is an emotion felt by many. “Am I safe?”, “Are my loved ones safe?”, “Where do I get...

October 2, 2018
in Bach Flower Remedies, Balance, Family, Stress

It’s that time of year again – the time when major family shifts typically take place. Relocation, redundancy, retirement, a new job, a new boss, changing schools, puberty, menopause, or the break of a relationship all pose huge transitions in our lives as we change from one state or condition to another. Even when - deep in our hearts and minds - we know the change we’re experiencing is positive, resistance, fear, uncertainty and feelings of vulnerability can wreak havoc with our emotional, mental and physical states. What is it about how our...

September 20, 2017
in Bach Flower Remedies, Emotional Wellness, Family

How to prepare your family for a successful school year I don’t know about you but I feel like summer was a VERY long time ago. We went from taking each day as it comes, lazing around, recharging and relaxing, to painfully early morning wake-ups, tempers lost, and endless hustle and bustle. The summer break - experience has taught me - is the calm before the storm. I get it. Like me, I’m sure you don’t want to rush your offspring to school every morning, repeating each instruction a zillion times over...

April 1, 2016
in Emotional Wellness, Family, Health, Iridology

This month, as we acknowledge World Health Day, let’s think about our family health genes. Are our physical, mental, emotional and energetic health challenges entirely our own or are they an unavoidable consequence of our relationships with grandparents, parents and siblings?   In her groundbreaking book “Childhood Disrupted – How your biography becomes your biology; and how you can heal”, award-winning science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa explores the link between our life experiences and adult illnesses. Scientists now know on a bio-chemical level exactly how traumatic life experiences such as family violence,...