What Should Your Waist Measurement Be?
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
A Secular Lent?
It struck me recently, with so many people taking part in Dry January or Veganuary, that it’s almost as if society is wanting to create a secular Lent. The idea of cutting back and detoxing after the festivities is clearly very appealing. And yet people also struggle with keeping all their shiny New Year Resolutions… A
Joy: Self-Care for our Inner Senses
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
Permission to STOP
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
7 Tips to Reduce Christmas Stress
Are you stressed about Christmas? At the very thought of Christmas? All the preparations for Christmas? All the guests, who may be loved and maybe not? You are not alone! And the current UK weather is not helping – wind and rain and more wind and more rain. Recently I have had a whole spate
Self-Care: Let’s Move More!
In this article, having slept and fed our bodies (and minds) we are going to look at how we use our body and how to care for it – so here I am thinking about movement and skin. Skin Our skin is the largest organ of the body, and is in a constant state of