What’s in your ‘Stress Beaker’?

The Stress Beaker exercise isn’t new to most of you, but what I’m seeing more and more in clinic, online and with my corporate clients is we need to talk about the stress burden on our bodies. I think we have misunderstood stress to mean financial pressure and work stress only. What I am observing … Read more

Gut Health – and WHY it matters!

Today I wanted to focus on gut health, because as we get into the colder months, we want our guts to be boosting our immune system.  It’s funny, I’ve talked to many clients in the past few weeks who have had colds and I’ve asked “Did you keep up your fermented foods?” and they look … Read more

Let’s Talk Thyroid Health

I wanted to take a moment to talk about your thyroid health. It’s something I get asked about frequently in clinic by concerned clients.  I also want to take time to explain thyroid lab testing, because I spend hour after hour talking about this.  Our thyroid is important for so many things. It’s very important … Read more

Adrenal Health

We haven’t done a newsletter as yet this year, so for anybody that’s been asking, “No, you haven’t missed it?”  This was partly because I was trying to decide how I wanted to start the newsletters for this year, what our themes were going to be, what educational content we wanted to put out there … Read more

Myth Busting: Calories In – Calories Out

Are you someone who weighs themselves? Do you track your weight on the scales or are you not worried about your weight at all? If you do look at the number on the scale this Christmas, then question what underlying things might be happening in your body that are actually out of balance.  What isn’t … Read more

Are you getting good sleep?

As I’m doing several corporate talks all about ‘Sleep’ (and as it is always such a hot topic in clinic), I thought we had better end the year spending some time focusing on this for you, because you know how important sleep is!!   Surely, there’s got to be some hacks to having a great … Read more

Are you Breathing correctly?

Let’s talk about your breath.  Are you breathing correctly? and why is that SO important?   Breath is essential for our energy and to have the best night’s sleep. I’ve learned the hard way what it means to be an ‘over-breather’ and how it feels when you’re not breathing correctly. So it was such a joy … Read more

Are supplements a good choice? or waste of money?

Recently, I got asked by Lauren Caruso, a reporter in New York City, to comment on the benefits of taking supplements, ie. whether we all need to take supplements, whether some of us should take supplements at all, and what is the overall deal with supplements.  Firstly, I need to tell you that I personally … Read more

What does your Mouth say about your Overall Health?

With it being World Smile Day, I wanted to take the opportunity to have Trina Felber talk to us about our oral health. It’s very timely to be talking about this at the moment if you saw my latest interview on TVNZ talking about mask mouth. I like talking about your oral health at the … Read more

Simple ways to look after your Mental Health

As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week in New Zealand  I thought we needed to hear from Dr Roseann, an integrative mental health expert. We are going to be posting tips on social media throughout the week from Dr Roseann on some simple ways you can reset your central nervous system in daily life. Dr Roseann loves to talk about … Read more