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What is Medicine?
Is there more to Medicine than how we currently perceive it?
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Chakra-Puncture turned my life around
In this honest and powerful account of facing what is often a challenging time for many people, Heather Pope shares how with the support of Chakra-puncture she experienced a complete U-turn to living a joyful and purposeful life.
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The changing definition of well-being
What does well-being really mean in regard to what we accept as healthy?
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We have to live medicine
If medicine means to heal in full, what does that signify and how does that apply to us? Everything we do every day has an impact on our body – medicine is made up of the choices of how we live.
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Snacking – A modern habit?
Snacking is a modern habit fuelled by the food industry and is linked to overeating and rising rates of obesity. But why are we obsessed with the constant need to eat?
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Play it again Sam – last night’s leftovers and reproducibility in science, Part 2
Reproducibility is the hallmark of great science. The truth is that it hardly ever happens. In Part 2 we look at this in the context of this planet and evolution. Is reproducibility even possible and is it something we ought to be aspiring to?
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Pseudoscience
'Pseudoscience' is a term used by people to deride and dismiss a claimed scientific finding or hypothesis on the basis that it is poor science. We must be very aware of the harm that is done in the use of words like “pseudoscience” that attack, denigrate and dismiss and reduce science to a game of control.
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Self-care myths
There are many myths that abound on self-care and what it is. This article reveals the most common myths and replaces them with a practical truth, forming a foundation for wellbeing.
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Video game addict
A personal account of the damaging effects of being addicted.
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Bridging Foods – My body clearly told me to stop eating gluten and dairy
Sally Scott describes what led her to change her diet to gluten and dairy free and how Bridging Foods was conceived.
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Burnout – the new normal?
Burnout is a hot topic, both at the workplace and the dinner table, but are we addressing the issue? Has being exhausted become our ‘new norm’?
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What is addiction and why do we become addicted?
Explanation of addiction and the abuse of substances or activities as a way of self-medicating against life.
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Apparently, the Food Pyramid is making a comeback but does it meet the needs of the modern man?
Could the food pyramid actually be contributing to our ever-increasing health problems and making waistlines larger not smaller?
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New Year’s resolutions to lose weight all too often end up on the scrap heap of broken promises
We need to change EVERYTHING and make a truly new start.
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What is good medicine?
Good medicine is about living in a way that supports you as a whole.
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How do I return to good health?
How do we return to good health? When you feel unwell, how do you know what to do and what direction do you take when you want to feel well again?
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Self-nurturing: a key ingredient in breast cancer support
Self-nurturing: a key ingredient in breast cancer support invites women to consider the importance of deeply caring for themselves during treatment for breast cancer
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BRCA genes – options for potential breast cancer prevention
Sharon Gavioli explores the current options for breast cancer prevention for women tested as positive for the BCRA gene. The article also touches on the current research supporting the importance of lifestyle choices in the prevention of cancer.
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Addictions
A brief description of addiction and an invitation to deepen your understanding that there is another way to live.
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Why do we get stage fright? (part 1)
Sweaty palms, trembling knees, and a constricted throat. How is it that stage fright takes hold and where does it come from? And could the answer to understanding stage fright have nothing to do with the stage at all?