General Wellness
My favourite Duck Bone Broth!
My husband tells me I am a woman of extremes. How can I take an inexpensive recipe like “a broth” and make it expensive? Well… add a whole duck! So no, it’s not a recipe
October 9, 2015
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General Wellness
A family favourite – My Organic Pear Cake!
This cake is absolutely delicious hot or cold. Depending on your mood you can add or leave out the syrup. It is moist either way and it is complemented beautifully by sweetened, organic yoghurt. This
August 28, 2015
Holistic Parenting
The Amazing Baby’s Brain — Part 2
As mentioned in Part 1 of this article, there seems to be no adequate substitute for making time to bond and connect with our children. So if brain development paraphernalia is not the best answer,
August 13, 2015
Babies
The Amazing Baby Brain!
Many of us live busy, goal-oriented lives in which we race about, eager to achieve quick results and succeed in all manner of tasks, great or small. This cultural tendency permeates everything we do, even
August 13, 2015
Breastfeeding
Newborns: “Should My Baby’s Poo Be Green?”
I am often asked about poo habits. It’s NOT the most glamorous part of my work I’ll admit but hey, discussing bowel habits (what’s healthy and what’s not) IS important for all members of the
July 26, 2015
Children's Nutrition
Introducing Your Baby to Solids
With so many questioning parents looking to ensure the health of their infants, and wondering when they should introduce solids I thought I would share some information to help guide you. I would also love
July 21, 2015
Children's Nutrition
Which Foods When – Fermented Rice Cereals!
Lots parents feel urgent to start their babies on rice formula as their first food. I’d encourage you to have a read of my Which Foods When eBook (an extracted chapter from Well Adjusted Babies
July 20, 2015
Healthy Recipes
Paleo Banana Cake with Coconut Cream Icing!
My good friend Michelle Ronan is an incredible cook. Recently, Michelle shared with me her delicious (and healthy) Paleo Banana Cake with Coconut Cream Icing – and I just had to share it. This is
July 7, 2015
General Wellness
10 Ways to Detoxify Your Body!
Diet and everyday lifestyle is usually the main source of unwanted toxicity, and these toxins can be hard to avoid – this is why it’s important we adapt certain routines to help our body flush
June 26, 2015
Healthy Recipes
Goodness Minestrone!
Recently I’ve been asking the team at Well Adjusted and the practice, to share with me some of their favourite recipes. As the weather cools down Tara and I were discussing how we crave soups.
June 26, 2015
General Wellness
Adjustments and the Immune System
Some years ago Patricia Brennan Ph.D and her team found that when a chiropractic adjustment was applied to the middle back, the response of white blood cells taken from blood collected 15 minutes after the
June 26, 2015
Holistic Parenting
Thriving in Winter!
It’s winter here in the southern hemisphere and as the days get colder we are focused on keeping warm. As you know this means being indoors more frequently due to the weather in artificially heated
June 26, 2015
Holistic Parenting
Winter Warmer – Homemade Chai Tea!
Chai tea is a spicy, warm beverage traditionally made from some of the world’s most medicinally active herbs. There are many different versions of Chai floating around, some with a more modern spin on the
June 26, 2015
Healthy Recipes
Chewy Choc-Cherry Cookies!
Sometimes we just crave “comfort” foods. There are days we’ll resist the lure of these tempting foods and there are other days we need to make damn sure we have a few healthy recipes up
June 24, 2015
Holistic Parenting
A great way to start your day!
Looking for a clean start to the day? Most of us have heard people singing the praises of the benefits of lemon water and we have then had the fleeting thought, “Yep I should remember
May 24, 2015
