Back to School Healthy Checklist. Every January millions of Australian children, including some of my very own patients from my chiropractic clinic in Burwood East, go back to school. With fresh books and polished shoes, it is a very exciting time. While our kids are busy learning their times tables, developing, and growing it is …
I’m back in the clinic with new hours!
I’m back in the practice. Are you looking for a Chiropractor in Burwood East? After my enforced closure due to my husband catching Covid, I am back! To all those wondering, I never caught it. I was PCR tested three times in the two weeks following his diagnosis, but I was negative on every test, …
Life at home with COVID – Part 2
Things got worse before they got better! My post last week stated that Hubster’s symptoms were flu-like, but they got a lot worse before they got better. He has had aching legs and back with stabbing pains in his leg muscles. He was feverish with fevers that reached 39.7 degrees. He was hot, sweaty, and …
Life at home with COVID
I truthfully never thought I would be writing to you about my at-home experience with covid. I secretly hoped I would be able to get a natural immunity. But I never actually thought it would happen. But here we are. I yet am not covid positive. But I am caring for my husband who has …
Just Add Water
Your body is designed to be healthy. Your body is made up of cells, lots and lots of cells. If you give them what they need, you will have a healthy body! What are the requirements for healthy cells? Water is at the top of that list; water is an essential element for the health …
How to enjoy treats as part of a healthy eating plan
What do you classify as a treat? What makes a treat a treat? Is a treat inherently bad for you? The diet culture has truly warped our minds around food. As I was growing up I had a strong feeling of food being good or bad for me. I’m not sure it was taught …
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4 Nutritional Tips to Improve Depression
The W.H.O organisation defines depression as “Depression is a common mental disorder affecting more than 264 million people worldwide. It is characterized by persistent sadness and a lack of interest or pleasure in previously rewarding or enjoyable activities. It can also disturb sleep and appetite; tiredness and poor concentration are common. Depression is a leading …
Stop blocking your own path to success!
Want to eat healthily? But keep reaching for the chocolate? Want to exercise? But the latest Netflix series is calling your name? Want to get organised? But there is too much to do? I still remember when I was 16 and learning to drive. My Dad took me out for practice, (after the obligatory …
How to naturally boost your mood.
Are you feeling like you are in chronic pain? Do you feel dissatisfied with life? Are you feeling unloved and distant from everyone? Are your moods fluctuating frequently? If you said yes, you will like this article on how to naturally boost your mood!! The problems above are very common, I hear them from …
Do you wake up stiff and sore?
Are you waking up stiff and sore in the mornings? Do you feel like you are older than your years? Does it take you at least 5 minutes to get moving? Is a hot shower required before you feel like you can move? One reason for all this morning stiffness could be related to what …
Slow Bowels? Estrogen Dominance?
Slow bowels? Only pooping every few days? Are you also noticing? Heavy painful periods Swollen tender breasts Increased body fat on hips and thighs Headaches/migraines Mood swings creating irritability or impatience Did you know your slow bowel movements could be creating these signs of estrogen dominance? When your body is done with the estrogen it …
Are you as Mobile as you Think?
During March, I will be asking my patients to get more mobile for Mobility Month! A recent survey by the Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA) found that one in ten Australians claim their pain hindered their ability to play with their children; one in ten indicated impacts on intimate relationships; and one in 20 realised their …
Balancing Hormones with Vitamin D
As a nutritionist and a chiropractor, I talk with many women in pain and struggling with hormonal issues. Nutritional sufficiencies are key to hormonal health, inflammation control, and whole-body health. If you don’t feed your body with the nutritional building blocks it requires to perform its daily functions it cannot expect it to work optimally! …
Breaking free of stress
I see a lot of female clients that are stressed! This stress causes an imbalance of hormones creating a cascade of side effects including weight-loss resistance, frazzled brain, inability to focus, lethargy, sugar and coffee cravings, exhaustion, anxiety, and many other symptoms. When these amazing women try to address the symptoms they get nowhere. They …
Slow metabolism? – How lifting weights can help.
“I have a slow metabolism” A phrase I have caught myself saying and hear often from my clients. What does it mean? What is metabolism really? How does it affect your weight? I have often felt I have a slow metabolism. I have decided that if a famine hit Australia, I would be fine. My …
Wellness Care – How does Chiropractic help?
What is Wellness? Is it just a fancy word for feeling good, or a hippy term for spiritual enlightenment? Dictionary.com says wellness is: noun the quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort. an approach to healthcare that emphasizes preventing illness and prolonging life, as opposed …
4 tips to a healthy Christmas – without compromising on the fun factor
Christmas and all its feasting will soon be upon us. Getting through the Christmas season without feeling bloated, frumpy, or like you are about to explode, can be quite a challenge. But today I am going to help you succeed and enjoy the silly season with all its fun and frivolity! My top …
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Morning Rituals – how to set your day up for success
IMAGINE THIS… The alarm goes off, beep, beep, beep. It hurts your ears. You press snooze. Just 5 more minutes so that you can wake up refreshed! But to no avail, the alarm goes off again in 5 minutes, beep, beep, beep. No still not refreshed. But this time you know that if you don’t …
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5 Tips to Better Quality Sleep
For thousands of years the cycle of wake and sleep was dictated by the sun. The light enabled activity and safety and the darkness was a time to hide away, rest, recoup and recover from the hard work of the day. This is the basis of our human genome. We are wired to sleep several …
The Dangers of a Sedentary Lifestyle
I often talk about the benefits of movement, I generally like to focus people on the positives of behaviour change. That’s just me. I like to look at the happy and positive side of life! But sometimes we need to hear the truth. The truth about the lack of movement is that it kills. The …
Do I need to exercise?
I have been working through my own “Thrive After 35” program leading up to Christmas. In this program, there are 4 main pillars of health building to get women over 35 feelings fantastic in their own skin again. One of the pillars is movement. Moving our bodies is vital for health. As a chiropractor who works with …
Reading Labels: Is that food truly healthy?
I still remember as a child that I was not allowed to eat junk food. No McDonalds, no KFC, no Hungry Jacks, no Mars Bars, no Snickers (gross, who would want them anyway?), no Hot Dogs, no Jellybeans. I also remember we were allowed to pick out a sweet treat now and then. I used …
Do I need to eat meat?
This is a hotly debated topic. I am not discussing the impact on the environment or religious views in this post, but rather I am looking at what our body needs are. Are we as humans’, herbivores (exclusively plant eaters), carnivores (exclusively meat/animal eaters), or are we omnivores (both plant and animal eaters)? I am …
Are you a Coffee or Matcha person?
Do you find you need a morning hit of caffeine before you feel human? Do you find that you can’t hold a decent conversation unless you have had your coffee? Are you yawning and struggling to open your eyes before the flat white hits your bloodstream? Finding your patience with the kids is non-existent unless …
Is sugar really as bad as people are making it out to be?
Some people like David Gillespie Author of Sweet Poison – will say a firm YES. “Sugar is very bad news. It destroys (in this order), our teeth, our gut, our liver, our ligaments, our pancreas, our kidneys our blood vessels, our heart and eventually our brain. The science on all of this is now so uncontroversial, …
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7 ways to naturally boost your energy
Most women I know are running around ragged. They are tired yet wired. The spark in their eyes has gone and the bounce has disappeared out of their step. Does this sound like you? I am here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be this way. These are some quick and easy tips …