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When your skin doesn't fit right, whats the answer?
In recent times, we’ve been dealing with pandemics, working from home, zoom meetings, with so many changes to our usual routines and lifestyles in a relatively short amount of time.
Lockdowns have forced many former face-to-face interactions to be held virtually, causing people to spend more time looking at them selves online and one report found, leading to unsatisfied feelings and lowering of self worth.
Holistic care is the key to turning around not only our skin health but also our mental and emotional health. So what does Holistic mean?
How To Nutritionally Support Your Body with Plant Foods During Pregnancy
Eating well is a basic must for any and all times of life. Not only is food creative and fun and brings us a lot of joy, it's also essential for good health, growth and the never-ending cycle of repair our bodies undergo throughout a lifetime.
When we are pregnant and blessed to be creating a new life, good nutrition is at the top of our list. For many of us, this extra focus on nutrition means we are at our healthiest.
We prioritise our own nourishment and nurturing out of the incredible love we have for the new life we carry within.
Simple Ways To Reduce and Remove Puffiness from the Eyes and Face
From time to time, we all get puffy eyes. Sometimes we know why - it could be self-inflicted after a big night (or week) of socialising, late nights and lack of sleep, alcohol or eating all the wrong foods.
Other times it can be seasonal - like pollen and allergies affecting our sinus, tear ducts and sensitivity of our eyes, leading to the slightly swollen eyelids and puffiness under the eyes.
So what can we do to eliminate puffy eyes when they happen? Here are our tips to help you to get your skin and eyes looking puff-free.
4 Nutrient-Rich Drinks Recipes to Get your Body Started Right
When we look after our inner health and wellbeing (mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically) all else will fall into place.
We exude a radiance, our skin is healthy and glowing, we have energy when we wake in the morning, our thoughts and emotions are in harmony.
And because health and wellness begin in the gut, so we thought the best way we could support you in your journey of health was to share a few delicious gut-loving recipes to get your year off to a healthy and energising start.
Here are four easy recipes to have on rotation to get your body the daily fuel it needs...
Berry Easy Overnight Oats Recipe
This easy acai overnight oats recipe is a healthy, simple breakfast for the whole family that you can make ahead of time for busy mornings and customise with many add-ins and toppings.
It's a great meal prep idea for Sunday night to prepare for the week ahead of breakfasts. We find after making these overnight oats once, it's easy to double the recipe so you don't run out by Monday night – everyone loves them!
The Magic of Face Masques
Masque therapy has been a part of skincare going way way back.
Think mud baths in mineral springs, and harking back to the use of poultices and packs for healing, cooling or heating to treat skin conditions or systemic issues such as fevers or nausea.
Masques have their roots in plant medicine and the healing medicinal practices of most cultures around the world for eons of time.
Masques, poultices and packs are still in use for cosmeceutical health and healing (that is a cosmetic that has or is claimed to have medicinal properties), but masques can also be handy as a quick fix or intensive treatment in our busy lives.
Breast Health Tips for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Good health is the greatest gift one can have. It's in the things we do every day that actively creates good health.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the link to building immunity. And while we believe prevention is the greatest cure, we are also powerful in our choices with recovery, healing and repair.
In celebration of our beautiful BREASTS for Breast Cancer Awareness month, we’d love to share with you a few breast health tips that make caring for your breasts as natural as can be.
The Importance of Deep, Conscious Breathing (plus a breathing challenge)
Breathing in and breathing out sounds like it should be simple enough, but are you aware that most of us don't breathe properly?
We breathe shallowly, forgetting our diaphragm and solar plexus need to be exercised just as much as our lungs do.
Luckily for us, getting fresh oxygen through the body can be a simple fix, and all it requires is a little conscious breathing. Here's how...
5 Ways To Calm Your Nervous System and Nourish Your Body
The sympathetic, parasympathetic and enteric nervous systems form the autonomic nervous system – an intricate and wonderful web of nerves that connect and are in contact with the entire body!
They act in different key functions to keep your body moving, responding, sensing, processing and staying connected.
We know it's important to lower our stress response and stay calm, but how exactly do we do that? Here we show you 5 of our favoutie ways...
Simple Solstice Ritual for Self-Connection, Meditation and Expression
The solstice is a time to celebrate the natural world, take some time to meditate and go within to connect with Self in contemplating the year that has been and the second half of the year to come:
What do you wish to make of this time, goals, your focus, dreams?
A lovely solstice tradition to establish is meditating on the above with the soft candlelight.
Here is a short but enjoyable meditation for you to enjoy as a simple way to light up and go within.
Hydration - The Simple Cure for Hangovers (and many other things!)
Nothing is worse than waking up with a heavy head, a lead tongue and not knowing where to begin to start feeling alive again!
All it takes is one or two extra glasses while enjoying an evening with friends – and cue an AWFUL headache the next morning.
But the question is – can finding relief really be as simple as staying hydrated?
Well yes, and no. Here we break down what really goes into hangover prevention and cures!