Last week I offered a visualisation meditation for kids that had been shared by psychologist Dr. Philip Groves. A great before bed relaxation to help with sleep, focus, and building resilience and ...
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Relaxation- Building Your Mind Garden By Dr. Philip Groves & adaptations by Honor, Gracie, Heidi McDonald
This one is lovely to do once or more a week for 2-10 minutes. For Children and grown-ups. This is a relaxation to help still and focus a busy mind and cultivate creativity and connection. The one ...
Why Cooking Together boosts Family Health, Intellect, Self-confidence, and Lowers Disease & Obesity.
What if I told you that when you cook, even one of the simplest recipes, that’s enough to boost your nutritional levels, increase your family’s overall health and lower all your risks of obesity and ...
Choc- Sesame Breakfast balls & Coconut caramel breakfast balls
(Vegan, Dairy Free, high protein, complete protein, high fibre, slow burning, anti-inflammatory) Makes 5-6 Ingredients: Rolled oats, 1 cup Rice syrup 3 tablespoons Amaranth 1 tablespoon, ...
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Boosters for The Second Brain- as featured in ATMS’s Natural Medicine Week
What if we had the power to rewrite our entire health, including our own mental health? In the world of science and nutrition, it’s become apparent that we can do exactly that. Figures from The World Health Organisation show that mental health issues like depression and anxiety, are now some of the leading causes of…
Tips To Boost Your Radiance
1) Relax and enjoy life! We only get one shot (I think), may as well live in a relaxed and joy filled way whenever possible! 2) Treat your body as your temple- eat to nourish and fuel it, not hurt it. 3) Treat your mind as a temple too- fill it with positive words and…
Thankful Thursdays
We live such fast paced lives, always looking at what we don’t have, but I am so often surrounded by truly inspiring and caring people. Just today my last client made me lunch in the form of a salad jar, using all the foods I had recommended she eat! Beautiful! So I have decided to…
2015 Slim Down Tips
With 2015 well and truly here, it’s time to get back into the swing of a healthy eating and fitness routine to shed some of those extra party kilos that crept on during this festive season. 1) Liver cleansing: Our liver is the main organ that metabolizes and breaks down fats, pollutants and toxins that…
Health Through Happiness
Health isn’t all about what we put in our mouths and how fast we can run, it’s also about the thought’s we chose to think, and how we feel in ourselves. Today I get some tips from Wellness coach, Emily Holmes, on how to get yourself back in shape in your body and mind. Q)…
Recent Recipes
Garlic & Herb, Mung Bean, Lamb Stew
-4 or more lamb shanks/ or a leg of lamb -2-3 jars of Italian pasta sauce -2L of stock -1-2 tbs. Olive oil -5-9 cloves garlic, crushed, depending on taste -1 red onion, diced -Fresh herbs- a few sprigs of each; sage, thyme, oregano -3/4 cup cooked mung beans -1/2 cup cooked quinoa -1 cup…
Kids love these meatballs!
-1 kg mince -1/2 cup, bacon, chopped -1 carrot, grated -2 eggs -1/2 red onion, diced -5 cloves garlic, crushed -1/2 cup. rice flour -1/2 cup cooked mung beans -1 tbs. tomato sauce -1/2 tbs. Worcestershire sauce -1/2 tbs. mixed herbs -Dash of tamari or soy sauce -1 tsp. dried turmeric -Salt to taste -Olive…
lemon garlic kale with cherry tomatoes and asian tofu
1 bunch rinsed kale, sliced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 teaspoon fresh ginger diced 2 tablespoons extra virgin, cold pressed Olive oil 1/2 bunch shallots, skinned and chopped Lemon and salt to taste 3 cherry tomatoes to use as dressing Tofu 1 cube of organic tofu, sliced thickly into strips. 1 tablespoon, olive oil Marinade…
thai turmeric coconut soup
1 large teaspoon piece of fresh ginger or galangal, peeled 16 kaffir lime leaves 1 heaped teaspoon, dried turmeric 1 Litre organic chicken stock 100g skinless, boneless chicken thighs, or fish pieces, cubed 100 g shiitake, oyster, or maitake mushrooms, stemmed, capped sliced 1 bunch of shallots, skinned and sliced 4 spinach leaves, sliced 1/8…
Yellow & Green Curry
-1 red onion, roughly chopped -3 tablespoons Ayam or another natural yellow curry paste, or make your own https://www.wokandskillet.com/thai-yellow-curry-paste/ -Coconut milk, organic, 2 cans -1/2 Broccoli head, chopped -1 Zucchini, sliced, -1/4 cup Brussels sprouts, halved -1 cup Green beans, stalks off -1/4 cup, baby spinach, rinsed -1/2 cup Mung beans, soaked overnight and cooked,…
Coconut Mango Breakfast bowl
-1 cup frozen mango -1/2 cup frozen banana -1/2-1 cup coconut milk -4 cubes of ice Method: -Place in blender and blend until smooth. -Serve into a bowl and top with whatever takes your fancy Toppings -Raw cacao nibs -Organic muesli -Frozen raspberries
