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Feeling the blues … to being depressed … to shining the light
No longer need we be a victim of low mood or even depression; as we begin to make choices that we know and can feel are loving for our bodies, then our minds will take care of themselves.
Lifestyle, Depression, Self-nurturing, Appreciation, Body awareness, Mental health
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Plastic surgery, designer vaginas & true beauty
Labiaplasty is on the rise with the most dramatic increase in procedures amongst young women. The insatiable quest to be beautiful is reaching new extremes. Where is the true Beauty?
Self-nurturing, Beauty myths, Body image, Body positive, Sex, Connection, Teenagers
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Surviving university
A discussion of how universities operate and how this impacts students. Some pointers for students on how to self-care and organise their study responsibly.
Well-being, Self-nurturing, Competition, Awareness, Humanity
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Taste sensation: does it rule our food choices?
Are we eating for taste or for nourishment? How much are our food choices ruled by how sensational something tastes in our mouths, instead of what our body truly needs and wants?
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Dare we admit that we are not so well?
True health isn't the lack of a debilitating illness, but the presence of true vitality and wellbeing. Does anything less than that mean we are in fact unwell?
Self-nurturing, Health conditions, Vitality, Lifestyle diseases
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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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The best diet and why we break it
We easily commit to the best diet plan, the food diary, the fitness plan to support it – and then trip ourselves up. Read here about another approach . . .
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Finding a new lover
Looking for a new lover? How do you find ‘the one’, the new lover that will love you all your life?
Self-nurturing, Love, Self-worth, Self-love, Dating, Relationship problems
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From exhaustion and feeling false to feeling vital and truly looking after myself
Jennifer’s testimonial on how Sacred Esoteric Healing helped transform her life and body.
Self-nurturing, Exhaustion, Role models, Burn-out, Shift work
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One step towards a healthy relationship with food
Our relationship with food could be preventing us from deepening our relationships with self. A truly healthy relationship with food cannot be a static, rigid or dogmatic, diet or approach to what, when and how much we eat.
Self-nurturing, Love, Healthy relationships, Connection, Healthy diet
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Is striving to be the good mother really what true mothering is?
Mothering can be a comforting yet uncomfortable job for many women. Although a vast library of information already exists on mothering, this article offers a fresh perspective on this subject.
Self-nurturing, Motherhood, Parenting, Raising children, Children
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Serge Benhayon – a life of detail
Serge Benhayon lives his life with an extraordinary attention to detail and inspires others to live that too.
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The College Of Universal Medicine
From its inception, the College of Universal Medicine heralds a revolutionary new way for education and group work.
Well-being, Lifestyle, Self-nurturing, Livingness, Healthy living, Humanity, Education, Ageless Wisdom, Community
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How true service first begins with caring for self
The depth of this inspirational Reading from Serge Benhayon knows no bounds. Jane Keep shares how she was inspired to write an entire PhD on true service and how supporting others first begins with caring for self.
Health, Work stress, Self-nurturing, Medicine, Work life balance, Self-worth, Healthy living
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Before and after: Sharon Gavioli
I am a beautiful, sexy, vital and healthy woman deeply connected to the love in my heart. Each day I choose to self-care and self-nurture in a way that enables me to offer true care and love to everyone in my life. But I didn’t always live this way.
Self-nurturing, Health conditions, Universal Medicine, Stress, Gluten free, Healthy diet, Weight loss, Relationship problems
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Going sugar free and why we crave sugar
Discover how Jacqueline used sugar as an ‘artificial sweetener’ in her life and found her way back to her own natural sweetness. Are you using sugar as life’s artificial sweetener?
Nutrition, Self-nurturing, Breast cancer, Connection, Gentle Breath, Sleep
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Carers need self-care too
The first person that you need to take the time to care for . . . is you. One woman shares her experience of how important it is for carers to self-care first.
Well-being, Self-nurturing, Exhaustion, Gentle Breath, Fatigue
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What’s for breakfast? Exploring our cultural bias ...
When my husband of Asian ethnicity first made fish soup for breakfast I realised I had a cultural bias against anything other than the traditional continental breakfast.
Well-being, Nutrition, Self-nurturing, Vitality, Healthy diet, Culture
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Breast Cancer Care Group - Breast Cancer Initiatives and Retreats
With increasing numbers of women being diagnosed with breast cancer, a group of women who are affiliated with Esoteric Women’s Health held breast cancer retreats for women with breast cancer, their families and carers. These were a huge success and provided the foundation for the establishment of a Women’s Health Forum.
Self-nurturing, Cancer, Esoteric Women's Health, Nurturing, Breast cancer
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Being your own valentine - real love begins with YOU!
Most of us can relate to wanting to feel special, adored or loved on Valentines Day. But what is it we are really wanting and seeking? What does Valentines Day reveal about the quality of our relationship with self, and others?
Self-nurturing, Self-worth, Self-love, Self-esteem, Valentine's Day, Self-empowerment
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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
Lifestyle, Self-nurturing, Cancer, Breast cancer, Women's health
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Too beautiful for ice-cream
We often reach for food when tired, hungry or looking for a reward. Do we ever stop and wonder what we are nourishing? What if we are too beautiful for ice-cream?
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Arthritis – more than physio, painkillers and joint replacements?
There is much that we can do to help treat and heal our arthritis …
Self-nurturing, Emotions, Body awareness, Inflammation, Ill health
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Living with connection
If we only focus on the physical body we are missing a key ingredient in what it takes to be truly vital and well.
Self-nurturing, Livingness, Connection, Healthy living, Fitness
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Pregnancy checklist – help or hindrance?
Exploring the the most important ingredient on pregnancy ‘To Do’ lists a childbirth educator and mother of 7 offers a new perspective.
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Weight Loss Tips
To assist you with feeling healthier and to be more vibrant and active, here are some of our favourite weight loss tips which present a way of living that can support you to re-connect to your body and build self-care into your life.
Lifestyle, Self-nurturing, Sugar, Work life balance, Healthy living, Sleep
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The new era in public health
We have come to rely on our health system to help fix, even cure our ailments, but will the system be able to keep up with the demands we are placing on it?
Self-nurturing, Health conditions, Universal Medicine, Humanity, Community, Lifestyle Diseases
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Burnout ... is this an epidemic?
This article discusses the epidemic that our mental health system currently faces with stress burnout in our mental health professionals
Self-nurturing, Universal Medicine, Self-love, Overwhelm, Hurt, Mental health, Burnout
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Aches, pains and daily discomforts – the relationship between men’s bodies and their daily choices
As men we have become used to living with daily pain. But should this be normal, is there a different way, and is our body telling us more than we think?
Self-nurturing, Health conditions, Body awareness, Ill health, Men's health
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Mothering – the essence of true nurturing
Is mothering a doing? Or rather a way of Be-ing?
Self-nurturing, Appreciation, Wisdom, Mother's Day, Motherhood
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The way we are living is killing us
We consider illness and disease to be ‘bad’ but the way we are living is killing us, albeit slowly. What if they are messages from your body calling you back to being truly caring and loving of yourself?
Lifestyle, Self-nurturing, Health conditions, Healing, Heart disease, Emotions, Death
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The identification of dealing drugs
Growing up, drugs were never really spoken about; they were considered bad and for those who did not achieve much in life. Yet among my extended family, drug use was commonplace.
Self-nurturing, Healing, Self-love, Healthy living, Addiction, Drugs
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Depression (a reframe)
This article presents the possibility that we might be depressed because we are seeing the truth of what is happening in the world. Perhaps others are not choosing to feel it and are therefore not depressed by it. Is it better to feel it or not?
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Sleep revolution
Many of us are obsessed by sleep – mainly because we think we are not getting enough! But there is a way of approaching sleep that may just cause a revolution in the way we think about it, and the way we experience it .
Health, Self-nurturing, Exhaustion, Sleep, Fatigue, Insomnia
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How to be in full time work and loving it
From withdrawal to being inspired to work full-time once again. Read how Jen now loves her work.
Work stress, Self-nurturing, Appreciation, Vitality, Livingness, Overwhelm, Shift work
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Enjoying all that Mother’s Day can offer
Forget the short-lived hype of Mother’s Day, let’s dig a little deeper and explore what else Mother’s Day might be offering to not just women, but humanity in general.
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Boys don’t cry: men in crisis
Why does it take so long for a man to see a doctor? Men are in crisis, dying before their time and the trend is increasing. Dean Pirera explores why men are so poor at looking after themselves.
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Esoteric Women's Health Newsletter June 2018
Welcome to our June newsletter where we expose the doing of self-care and ask if there is a more loving way we can be with ourselves.
Well-being, Self-nurturing, Esoteric Women's Health, Women's health, Self-love
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The love diet
What I like to eat and what my body likes are often different, but my body knows me best and tells me clearly and constantly what it needs and what it doesn’t.
Self-nurturing, Appreciation, Love, Connection, Healthy diet
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Finding motivation to lose weight
Is most advice on how to get motivated to lose weight actually setting us up for failure from the outset? This article exposes the ‘get motivated’ pitfalls and presents a positive way forward.
Self-nurturing, Appreciation, Self-worth, Acceptance, Weight loss
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Sleep – our daily medicine
Sleep is something that many of us struggle with, and this struggle can affect our whole day, indeed our whole life. But which comes first – the struggle, or the way we treat our sleep?
Self-nurturing, Medicine, Sacredness, Cycles, Sleep, Insomnia
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The 6 best ways to lose weight authentically (hint: it doesn’t involve fad diets or gym memberships)
I recently lost nearly 15 kilos. Although really I didn’t lose anything at all – I gained my shape back. It wasn’t with a celebrity diet or with a punishing gym schedule.
Self-nurturing, Self-love, Body positive, Over eating, Weight loss
