In a study on back pain and pregnancy half of the women reported having back pain at some point during their pregnancy. That’s a heck of a lot of women !! Back pain is thought
How Can Fire Retardants and Pesticides Reach My Unborn Baby? Is The Placenta a Protective Barrier? Not long ago scientists thought that the placenta shielded an unborn baby from most toxins a mother consumed and most
Anti-D injections are offered to all pregnant woman who have a rhesus-negative (RhD-negative) blood group to prevent the possibility of the blood disorder RhD haemolytic disease of the newborn. Please note: there is a newer
Thinking of a bit of night-time reading with your iPad? Researchers1 now suggest that artificial light exposure between dusk and the time we go to bed at night suppresses release of the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin,
I know, I know… the very thought that we might actually create fussy eaters of our children sounds terrible! Most parents work really, really hard to provide their children with healthy foods, so how do
Congratulations and thankyou to YOU, my fellow chiropractors…I am so delighted to report that many, many of those involved with the recent World Wellness Project were smitten with chiropractic and their chiropractor!!!! It was fascinating
I am very honoured to be speaking tomorrow at the World Wellness Project alongside some amazing ‘movers and shakers’. The Summit begins today. Global sustainability leader Mike Reynolds, Happiness Guru & best selling Author, Marci
Do you sometimes forget which chemicals to watch out for when buying shampoos or toothpaste? I had a ‘vanity moment’ the other day wondering how to whiten my teeth without all those hideous chemicals found
In the previous blog we discussed why it is important to consider our highest values in life. This is a great process and one that really helps to put things into perspective, remembering that we
Generally speaking I am extremely inspired by what I do. In fact, most of us have extraordinary motivation and commitment when we are inspired. The tricky part I find (and I know that I’m not
Do you agree that all children deserve the opportunity to be as healthy as they can possibly be? I do!! Unfortunately most of us do not realise that the way our children enter the world
As my front door continues to open and close in true festive style with friends and family visiting, let me take this “brief quiet moment” as an opportunity to THANK YOU all for your support
Few couples are aware of the importance of encouraging their unborn baby to move into an ideal position within the uterus, prior to birth. Having experienced five very different births, let me share with you
Over the last few months we have been creating a DVD on the physical, emotional and chemical stressors that todays children face and the movement that has begun to combat the impact of these. During
This week I had the great pleasure of speaking at a Women’s Conference in London and it was a truly amazing experience. There is something powerfully unique about a group of women who have organized
