Fertility and the 30-Day Ab Challenge
I’m trying to fall pregnant. Should I do a 30-day ab challenge? The answer is, it depends. So you’re concerned about your fertility and the 30-day ab challenge sounds like a good idea? If you’ve been trying for some time to fall pregnant and your period went away for a while, then the answer is […]
Birth Dancing with Rhea Dempsey
Today we bring you a special guest post from one of our favourite birthing educators, Rhea Dempsey. I love this video clip of Yuki and her husband Connell talking about the birth of their son at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Yuki’s “birth dancing”. This video encapsulates a number of key concepts that I have been […]
Traditional Chinese Postnatal Soup
To congratulate Naomi on the birth of gorgeous baby Koben, I wanted to make this traditional Chinese postnatal soup with the help of my mother-in-law Kim. It’s packed full of protein and warming food properties that are so good for a mother’s milk, energy and blood. It will help her to recover and replenish […]
The Lunchbox – Finding the Balance
Packing their school lunchbox can be hard can’t it… you start out with really good intentions in kindy, you’ve got what you think they should be eating down pat. But they’re so busy with school five days a week, they sometimes forget to eat. Your child who once devoured all her food is now not! […]
My Beautiful Natural Labour
Our client Charlene Shenton tells the story of her beautiful natural labour. We decided to start trying to conceive whilst on a wonderful family holiday to Ibiza in the June. Within 3 months and within my first ovulation we conceived and were absolutely over the moon. I was so excited that I was pregnant after being […]
7 Ways to Keep Well in Winter
As a Chinese medicine practitioner, I love to think about how the external environment and seasons affect us. It can be a challenge to keep well in winter. Colds and flus are everywhere, and most people have bouts of feeling low energy, run down and flat. It is easy to fall into the pit of […]
Lana’s Birth Story
I had always been a big believer in alternative and natural therapies to support my health and wellbeing, and so when it came to my pregnancy, there was no exception. I have a thirst for knowledge in this area, and read up on everything humanly possible. The Birth Plan I hadn’t grown up thinking […]
Overcoming a Winter Cough, Cold or Flu with Chinese Medicine – 6 Steps to Keep the Bugs at Bay
It’s that time of year again isn’t it – snotty noses, headaches, sore throats – it’s enough to want to make you sneeze. Chinese medicine can help prevent those cold-weather bugs from invading, and ease the severity if a cough, cold or flu does take hold. So I thought I’d give you the heads-up on what to […]
How Babies Can Change Your Marriage
Babies. They’re like a sledgehammer and the greatest joy you could ever imagine – all wrapped into one. They are so life-changing: they turn life as we know it completely on its head. And babies can change your marriage in ways you can never imagine. My Dad kept saying to me with a chuckle, “Bec, […]