It’s ok. It’s safe to admit it! You have voices in your head! .   We all have voices in our heads.   Critical Voice Are you familiar with this one? The Critical Voice – it runs an ongoing narrative that judges us, everyone around us, and offers a running commentary on our situation and circumstances.   This Critical Voice was created during childhood. It came up with the best and simplest explanations it could to help us understand and survive the normal (and the abnormal) c

Loss and the simple idea of... Last year my family and I lost a dear friend. Our dog Moli had lived an good life and losing her from our world has been hard. One of the many things Moli taught me was that joy and satisfaction comes from living according to a simple concept: look for how what you have is enough.   Moli was an example of going with the flow but never to the point of losing herself or not having boundaries. She was easy to get along with and she made the most of

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Lucky me! I was at the dentist a couple of weeks ago and the hygienist applied a ‘plaque disclosing agent’ to my teeth. The idea is that...

We all know about the benefits of slowing down, right? Personally, I’m always talking about slowing down. I thought this would be a good...

Welcome to my top tips for Health and Wellbeing. This is part two: Six tips for a Healthy Mind. In the same way that we have a physical...

Recently I gave a talk on my TOP HEALTH TIPS, and I thought I'd share them with you. Today I‘ll give you my tips for Body Health and in a...

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It’s February I feel the dreary winter weather creep into my bones. The chill is unpleasant, unwelcome. I notice how my energy flags. I...

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It's cold outside! It seems we’ve had a lot of cold dreary days recently. Truth be told, there are probably the same number of grey days...

It’s +10 Celsius outside The sun is shining and the Pacific Ocean in the little bay I am looking at is calm and sparkly. It’s surprising...

It's the Middle of the Night I’m awake. I want to be asleep. It’s that ungodly time of the night – somewhere between 1 and 3 am....

Yay! A low carb granola alternative to eggs This granola is grain free. It is filled with nuts and seeds and coconut. Please feel free to...

Full of seeds and flavor but with fewer carbs per serving than most crackers.

Why we don't do the things we know we want to do.

Mindfulness is: paying attention, on purpose, to your experience in the present moment, without judgment. We start out living life in the...

It has been estimated that more than half of all visits to Primary Health Care Providers are for stress related problems. And it is not...