3 Self-Care Practices I Have to Manage My Anxiety

You may not know this about me, but I used to suffer from anxiety bad.

Like end up in the emergency room, all day vomiting, bad. (Sorry if that’s TMI!)

And on my journey to “healing” my anxiety, I’ve come to believe that some of us are more highly sensitive, and thus naturally more prone to anxiety. We all have our weaknesses right? For some it might be back troubles, others migraines and for people like you and I, it’s a nervous system that can tip into anxiety more easily if it’s not well-regulated.… Keep reading...

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A Holistic Guide to Preventing & Overcoming Post-Partum Anxiety

Post-Partum Anxiey affects 1 in 5 new mums – if you are suffering from PPA OR pregnant/thinking of becoming pregnant, then I encourage you to watch this vieo to learn holistic and natural ways to both prevent and overcome Post-Partum Anxiety…

In this video I cover symtoms & risk factors for PPA, the physical, mental, emotional and cultural/environmental contributing influences as well as how to use clinical nutrition, herbal medicine yoga, mindfulness and therapy to treat PPA and how to set up your pregnancy and post-partum care to avoid the likelihood of experiencing PPA when baby arrives if you are pregnant.… Keep reading...

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How to Improve Anxiety With Diet

 How to Improve Anxiety with Diet: it may be surprising or even shocking to know this, but what you eat can have a BIG impact on your anxiety symptoms and mental health in general. Watch the video to find out which foods can help – and which foods can worsen – your anxiety.

 

 How to Improve Anxiety with Diet: it may be surprising or even shocking to know this, but what you eat can have a BIG impact on your anxiety symptoms and mental health in general.… Keep reading...

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How to Find Out if Gluten is Worsening Your Anxiety & Depression

Ok, this is going to make me seem old…but I graduated as a naturopath back in 2004. Back then, we received a lot of flack about putting people on gluten-free “fad diets” if they didn’t have coeliac disease (a diagnosable auto-immune condition characterised by severe gluten intolerance). Despite there being a lack of scientific evidence and being scoffed at by orthodox medical professionals at the time, we naturopaths saw people suffering from a range of conditions (from skin, to gut to neurological) improve when they cut out gluten, so we kept doing it and as people felt better, gluten-free options started filling supermarket shelves and restaurant menus everywhere.… Keep reading...

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Are Hidden Gut Problems Affecting Your Mental Health?

 

Several years ago I had a 38 year old woman we’ll call “Lisa” come to see me at the naturopathic clinic I was working at because of moderate depression. She could still function ok, but her mood was very low, her sleep was poor and she sometimes suffered from anxiety attacks as well. She kept saying she didn’t have a “reason” to be depressed, that there was “nothing wrong” with her life.… Keep reading...

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