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

“Pay it Forward”

Being generous –  going beyond ourselves and stepping out of our comfort zone to serve others. It’s one of the most effective and proven ways to boost our wellbeing.   It’s one of the best forms of self care that we have. In our current environment here and worldwide we need more of these two … Read more

A Plant-Based Ketogenic Diet

As the ketogenic diet is still very much a hot topic I wanted to get my friend Dr Ritamarie Loscalzo to talk to you about it, as she has been doing it for years, even before it was a thing!  So I will hand it over to her to share her wisdom ….. Twenty years ago doctors were talking about keto. We … Read more

Drainage 101 – Why It’s the First Step in Your Detox Journey

Today I wanted to take the opportunity to talk to you about something that doesn’t have much appeal, but is so important when you are looking to heal your body. Detoxification is always on the hit list. Everyone wants to do a detox!  We want to do a juice cleanse. We want to do all … Read more

How to Maximise Winter Wellness

Wellness in general is always key, right? Because what I like to talk about in the clinic is, if we do nothing we’re actually trending towards disease. We’re trending towards ill health. We’re trending towards symptoms. So we always want to be moving towards better health. The world that we live in today means we … Read more

What to know before you take Antibiotics

Today I wanted my favourite holistic paediatrician Dr Elisa Song to talk to you about the use of antibiotics in winter, with particular reference to what steps to take when we need to use antibiotics with our children.  Many of us are aware that antibiotics are overused and sometimes inappropriately prescribed, but what a lot … Read more

Do you have Gallbladder symptoms and don’t even know it?

Some of you might be sick of me going on and on and on about the gallbladder and how important it is to us. It’s an organ that is essential for our health for multiple reasons.  But you would be amazed at the amount of people that we see in clinic that have had their … Read more