Why ‘Gluten Free’ Is Not Always A Healthy Choice

I speak to many mothers wanting to do the right thing and buy healthier food for their kids and themselves. Unfortunately, marketers have realised that if they put ‘Gluten Free’ on their product packaging most shoppers will assume it is a healthy option…but far from it!   Most ‘gluten free’ products you’ll find on the […]

My mantra for the garden and life

“Nature provides what you need” …in a weed.   I have an abundance of dandelion, which is a highly nutritious medicinal plant, growing as a weed in my garden. Many would have picked the flowers (the seeded head) to make a wish and blow the seeds into the air, yet don’t realise they’ve left the best […]

Kin~esi~what?

When asked, “What is Kinesiology?” I struggle for that simple description ~ a good ‘elevator’ speech. Today, my daughter passed me October’s edition of Madison, whilst having arancinis and chinos at Bacino, Dee Why Beach. It happened to be the Health & Wellness edition for 2012 with a piece about Kinesiology … no coincidence I’m […]

Welcoming Transitions of Spring

   “…a time to prepare the mind and body with new intentions…to grow.” The air is warming, the birds singing, bright green buds and leaves begin to shoot…first signs of spring. A sense of restlessness may begin as the body feels this time of change within, stirring and moving to break through the crusted earth […]