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Wellington Staycation

By Boxing Day, everybody is ready for a summer holiday. But December and January are not always the best times to get away, for a variety of reasons. If you’re all peopled out and just want to cruise out at home, Wellington is quite a nice place to be. It’s usually very quiet as mostContinue reading “Wellington Staycation”

Happy Healthy Christmas

Myth: Christmas is the happiest time of the year. Reality: For many, it’s stressful and exhausting. For others, it can be lonely and isolated. Let’s see what we can do to change that. A condensed version of this article was published in the Brooklyn Tattler Dec 2024. There is no Tattler in January but weContinue reading “Happy Healthy Christmas”

Easy Versatile Xmas Cake

This is a beautiful dark cake, but because it’s a boiled cake, you don’t need to mature it for a month. If you want to use the brandy version and store in the bottom of the fridge for a month, it will improve with maturing, but can be eaten the same day, and still beContinue reading “Easy Versatile Xmas Cake”

The Benefits of Spring

Now that spring has fully arrived it is more pleasant to spend time in nature. Why do we feel better when we are in nature? There are so many facets to it: We are so lucky here in Wellington with our natural environment. Let’s use it fully for our well being and for deepening ourContinue reading “The Benefits of Spring”

8 Healthy Breathing Habits

How to Improve Your Breathing: Day by Day, Habit by Habit Awareness Be aware of how you breathe and how it compares to normal, healthy breathing which is nasal, smooth, satisfying, silent, small, slow, low and low. The first step to undoing your breathing faults is to notice them. Tune in to the rate, rhythm,Continue reading “8 Healthy Breathing Habits”

Explore your Senses for well being

We are built to be happy, and our bodies are amazing feedback tools. If we tune in, they will tell us what we need and what they like – also what they don’t! What lifestyle tweaks might increase your level of happiness? But first, let’s talk briefly about addictions. If you think you enjoy somethingContinue reading “Explore your Senses for well being”

Essential Oils

Essential Oils are pure and power-full wellness friends. Mother Nature provides herbs and natural medicines for human beings and our animal friends. She has a complete ‘apothecary’ (Greek for medicine storehouse) for our health, specific to our land and climate. Amazing! Wikipedia informs us the profession of apothecary (our modern chemist or pharmacist) can beContinue reading “Essential Oils”

More Winter Self-care

The Body as an Electrical Battery Pack As well as considering our chemistry and biology, what if we were also electrical? Some schools of thought suggest this and that, like batteries, if we don’t have the right polarity and are not sufficiently charged this can lead to cancer and chronic inflammatory conditions. Are there someContinue reading “More Winter Self-care”

BOOST your First Aid kit

Our philosophy is to learn how to take care of ourselves. Add to that the waiting times in ED, and we all need a good first aid kit. You can buy made up kits or you can put together your own, adding one or two items each week. Basic First Aid Kit According to http://www.firstaidkits.co.nz,Continue reading “BOOST your First Aid kit”

Managing Respiratory Symptoms

So you’ve read our article on staying healthy over winter, but you got sick anyway. That’s life – we do our best to look after ourselves, but sometimes our bodies need a bit extra. Maybe they’re telling us to slow down and rest, or maybe we need to have a clean out. Treat early Stop.Continue reading “Managing Respiratory Symptoms”