Wellbeing Blog - Nutrition, Self Care & Hormone Balance for Women

Is a food intolerance behind your symptoms?

Digestive Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss

Could a food intolerance be causing your symptoms? When Michelle* came to see me she was at her wits end! Stressed, worried and beginning to doubt herself.. Her daughter was having one health issue after another and had been referred to one specialist after another...

Change doesn’t have to be hard!

Uncategorized

How do you feel about change? Is there something in your life which you know you need to change? What is holding you back? Change is an inevitable and constant part of life and whilst change can sometimes feel scary or too hard, resistence to change or to moving...

Pyroluria and Social Anxiety

Hormone Balance

Pyroluria and social anxiety, depression or hormonal imbalance What is Pyroluria? Pyroluria is a little known, but not entirely uncommon condition which involves deficiencies of several key nutrients which lead to symptoms of anxiety (especially social anxiety),...

Struggling with Insomnia & Desperately Seeking Sleep

Motherhood

Struggling with Insomnia? Desperately Seeking Sleep? Read on for tips to reclaim a good night's sleep! Sleep. It is so important for your health and well-being and lack of it can have a huge impact on how you feel. Like many Mums (and many of the women who I work...

Digestive pain and bloating despite a healthy diet!

Digestive Health

Help! I’ve improved my diet and now I have worse digestive pain and bloating - I should feel better not worse! It is ALWAYS a good thing to clean up your diet by reducing processed foods and increasing nutrient rich fruit and vegetables, wholefoods etc.. but what if...

Simple Ways To Stay Well This Winter

Immune Health

10 simple ways to support your immune system to help you stay well in winter 1. Avoid sugar! Sugar instantly depletes your white blood cell activity ( needed to fight infections/viruses) and it takes a number of hours for white blood cell activity to return to normal...

Warding Off The Winter Blues

Hormone Balance, Immune Health, Nutrition

Do you experience low mood in Winter? I've got a case of the 'Blah's' today... I didn't get enough sleep last night (which almost always leaves me a little cranky!), it's cold and grey and inspiration is just not flowing today! I know that this is only fleeting. Once...

Thyroid Health Awareness Month – Is your thyroid healthy?

Hormone Balance, Nutrition, Weight Loss

May is Thyroid Health Awareness Month I know that I have written about thyroid health in recent months, but it's such a common (and often under diagnosed) issue for women that I thought that I would revisit it in line with Thyroid Health Awareness Month... Is your...

When motherhood (or Mother’s Day) feels hard..

Motherhood, Pregnancy, Uncategorized

When Motherhood (or Mother's Day) feels hard.. For many years Mother’s Day was one of the hardest days of the year for me. My mother died suddenly when I was just 11 and as Mother's Day came around each year I would be intensely reminded of her absence. When I became...

Low libido- a normal part of motherhood and peri-menopause?

Hormone Balance, Motherhood

Is Low Libido Really Just An Inevitable Part of Motherhood or 'Peri-Menopause'? Low libido is a common complaint for many women. Often we are running on empty, trying to balance family, relationships, a job or our own business and it can feel like just another thing...