Gut health. You’ve probably heard these words being thrown around and you possibly already have an understanding of the important role gut health plays for your overall health and wellbeing. Well this is true! How our gut is functioning and the health of our gut (the lining, the gut microbiome, […]
As the weather starts to warm up, I get many enquiries about performing a “cleanse”. While I’m not a huge proponent of a big, overhauling herbal detox, Spring can be a nice time to put a little focus on opening up the body’s natural detoxification pathways so that we can […]
I recently read a statistic that one in five people meet the clinical criteria of anxiety disorder at least once in their life (1). I’d like to say this shocked me, but the reality is in my experience that statistic is pretty spot on. Often I feel it stems from […]
Have you heard of the boat theory? Try to imagine that your pelvic floor is the water level, while your pelvic organs (your uterus, bladder and bowel) are the boat sitting on top of the water. Again, imagine the boat is attached by ropes (your supportive ligaments) to the jetty. […]
When we think of the word medicine, we often think of a substance that is taken when one is sick. The beauty of herbal “medicines” is that they can be used not only to relieve acute illnesses, such as say the common cold, but also to support the body and […]
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin and one of our key vitamins for wellbeing. We are able to source Vitamin D naturally from the sun, as well as from food sources. Even though Australia is a very sunny country, Australians are often Vitamin D deficient. It is suggested that over […]