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I have just realised that this year I shall be marking the 15th anniversaries of the assorted procedures surgeries and treatments for my breast cancer 😊 15 years, that’s rather encouraging – and indeed I have just remembered that I completely forgot the 15th anniversary of finding a lump in my breast on the day […]
Do you feel that you are always on the go, always pushing yourself? Does your Soul have time to breathe, do you take time to stretch – luxuriating in your joints and muscles as a cat luxuriates in front of a fire, light dappling on its warm fur…? How do you nourish your soul, your
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Chaps, this is for you too…. 14 years ago I had an appointment at St Thomas‘ Hospital in London: ‘Tommies 16.45h’ it says in my diary – for my only tattoos – to mark the co-ordinates for my radiotherapy due to start a couple of weeks later. This is so that the radiographers can line
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A healthy immune system needs Vitamin D, in particular Vitamin D3. Your body makes this from sunlight on your skin – and as with so many things, it’s about a question of balance: Too much sun can lead to skin cancers ☹ Too little sun [such as overuse of sun screens, or wearing clothes that
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Dear friends, there is so much advice swirling around us in these unsettling times that I want to keep these tips really simple for you Drink plenty of water! I keep a litre jug of water on the side, and know that I need to drink all of it at least once a day, in
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1. Your Waist to Height Ratio. This is delightfully simple – your waist should be LESS THAN than half your height, ie a ratio of less than 50 So if you are 5‘4“, which is 64“, your waist should be LESS THAN 32“ Click here for more information: 2. Your Waist to Hip Ratio Confusingly
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“She looked at her bathroom scales, aghast – she knew her weight had been creeping upwards over the last year to 18 months, not surprising given the stress she had been under, but that much . . . ?!?!” As an osteopath I see, shall we say – a wide range of body types. Some people,
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Here is a really useful and simple way of finding out what your waist measurement should be: it’s half your height, or less. So simple. So, a woman of 5’4″ (64″) should have a waist of 32″ or less. And a man of 6′ (72″) should have a waist measurement of 36″, or less. As
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In my first self-care article, I talked about our Table of Health. Is your Table of Health piled high with clutter and habits you would like to change, or is it beautifully clear? – maybe simple bare wood, or maybe with an exquisite damask tablecloth, or pretty chintz placemats . . . I think having
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In this hectic world in which we live it can be so hard to give ourselves permission to simply stop – before we stop dead or drop dead! We can see our central nervous system as being a continual dance between our Sympathetic Nervous System [SNS] – the one that’s linked with our stress response
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