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What to eat when Panic Attacks
In my last post, I shared an Acupressure Point that I found personally useful during panic attacks, palpitations and shortness of breath that I suffered just after I had twins, 19 years ago. Even though they are teenagers and way more stressful now, I have learned and...
Prolapse anyone? Support your spleen with Chinese medicine.
Late summer is a time to support your spleen and stomach with seasonal, ripe fruits and slowly cooked root vegetables. If we don’t, we can experience worry, overthinking, joint pain, abdominal swelling, hernias, varicose veins and haemorrhoids. The Spleen in TCM is...
Ouch ! Gout – the disease of kings
One of the most common question I am asked is “What is good for Gout”? so as a follow on from my previous blog, where I shared how common arthritic diseases that impair movement, such as lupus and Fibromyalgia, can be treated with exercises that focus on the Liver...
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When Panic Attacks …..
In my last post "What to eat when Panic Attacks " I explained how Chinese Medicine uses the bitter flavour of food to calm and support the heart when you are feeling anxiety and panic. This kind of attack is usually driven by anticipatory stress, running around too...
Feeling creaky? Get your blood and chi flowing for mobility and flexibility
Are you stiff in the morning? Do your knees hurt when you stand up? Or are you finding it difficult to pick up or hold things like a coffee cup? It could be that you are suffering Arthritis. This is a general term can refer to a wide variety of conditions such as...
Ouch ! Gout – the disease of kings
One of the most common question I am asked is “What is good for Gout”? so as a follow on from my previous blog, where I shared how common arthritic diseases that impair movement, such as lupus and Fibromyalgia, can be treated with exercises that focus on the Liver...
Acupressure
Points
Bone building exercises
In my last post about improving bone health and slowing the effects of ageing, I shared what to eat following the 5 element diet in Chinese Medicine. In this blog post I will share what we can do to strengthen the whole skeleton and prevent bone thinning, Bone is...
My Menopause Story
At 34, I had a rough birth with my twin boys. That's me in the photo. It's taken just after putting up the Christmas tree so I know I had another 3 weeks and a kidney infection before I gave birth to them on January 5th 2003. They weight 6.7 and 6.3 llb's - that's...
Staying strong for the 2nd Wave
As we move into Autumn and probably the 2nd wave of COVID it’s important that we address the causes of a weak immune system and not just fix the virus by staying indoors away from every one, with a vaccine, or by wearing a mask when out and about. Whilst these are all...
Chi Flow Energy Exercises
Shout to let it all out
This month in Ireland, a young teacher, Aishling Murphy was murdered as she took an afternoon run along the canal. There was an outpouring of grief and anger as people found their voice to express their feelings of fury, outrage and sadness. Raising the awareness and...
Sharing my Heartbreak with Stuffed Squash
The following excerpt is from my book Good Food Better Sex. It is possible to misunderstand the title of this book and think that it is about the physical act of intercourse but it’s not. It’s about being human, about being healthy, and about being in love with life....
Natural Sweet Tea for Immunity
For the Autumnal month of October my Facebook posts, blogs and Chi Gong practice has been focusing on the Immune system. Here I explain, in a video, all about the Lung, which draws in the Chi of Heaven through our breath. In Chinese Medicine, the Lung energy system...