A conversation with my colleague naturopathic doctor Felicia Assenza about the placebo effect, the nocebo effect and the healing ability of our body.
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Invested in Your Relationship
Why do relationships fail and what can we do to keep them alive? Or do relationships perhaps have an inbuilt expiration date, past which we can’t do anything but move on?
10 Relationship Myths We Are Conditioned to Believe
What myths have we been conditioned to believe about love and relationships?
Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work – And How to Ensure You Are Reaching Your Goals for 2020
New year’s resolutions alone simply don’t work very well. They only work if we get our powerful subconscious mind on board with our conscious goals.
How to Get Through the Holidays When We Are Grieving a Loss
It has been imprinted on our psyche that holidays are the time to spend with our family and loved ones. But what if we are still grieving the loss of a family member who has passed, or we live in a split-up family, or we cannot seem to make the dream of a family come true, or we are experiencing the loss of our health, our job, our pet, our home and so on? How do we get through the holidays when they deepen our sadness and magnify our pain.
A Child’s Theory of the World
In this newest podcast episode I am interviewing Sheila Sims, the founder of “All of Me Counts”. Sheila is a certified teacher with 18 years of experience. All of Me Counts provides resources and services for kids, parents, educators, and organizations to help kids access their best self. Sheila works with an Inside Out Approach….
Embracing the 50+ Years
How do we as women manage to combine our power, wisdom and kindness in the second half of our lives? How does becoming older affect our self-image and our relationships?
The Mind Body Connection
A sprained ankle, back spasms, headaches… A physical injury is never just a physical injury. Conversely, an emotional issue will always have a physical imprint. To heal the body, mind and spirit a multi-faceted approach which explores all sides of an issue is required. When physical treatments, like osteopathy, are accompanied by emotional/mental work and vise versa, faster healing is ensured.
Fertility Issues and Your Partnership
Trying and having difficulties conceiving takes a toll on a marriage or partnership.The challenges around conceiving create different stresses for a couple. More than ever, what the couple needs most during this stressful period is time to connect with each other, beyond fertility. How can you still enjoy life and each other totally unrelated to trying to conceive?
What Does a Relationship or Marriage Coach do?
What does a marriage or relationship coach do and how can this help you? Are you struggling with jealousy, anger or an affair? Or do you feel emotionally triggered and unable to communicate successfully? Read more about how coaching could help you individually or with your partner.
Why Are You Getting So Upset? – Passive Aggressive Behaviour PART 2
You met Lisa and Yohan in part 1 of my article “Why Are You Getting So Upset?” They decided to face the challenge of shifting out of a problematic pattern She was being placed in the role of a controlling mother and he was responding passive-aggressively to the control he experienced. They had no productive…
Why Are You Getting So Upset? – Passive Aggressive Behaviour PART 1
Passive-aggressiveness is a strategy developed in childhood out of a feeling of powerlessness, and carried into adulthood and into our relationships as the automatic response when there is a conflict. How does it look and why is it so infuriating?