Ingredients of Wellness

This is Part 2 of a 2 part series on 10 things you can do to help protect our marine environments and feel good about it.  Part 1 was out last week in case you missed it.  6.      Find replacements for single use plastics and disposables Use your own water bottle Take your own bag […]

If you’ve read a little about me you will know that I am interested in understanding how our relationship with nature, particularly marine environments, influences our wellness, and how this interrelationship may change our attitudes and promote positive behaviors.  In my involvement with our local green group, as a dive master and as a supporter […]

Touch is a basic biological need.  Touch is communication.  Touch is a therapy.  Touch heals. Touch is the first sense that we learn to use, sending information to the brain before any of our other senses. The Touch Research Institute has found significant evidence of the positive physical and emotional benefits of human touch for people […]

Let’s start this conversation about wellness and the marine environment with some examples of how the marine environment can impact our wellness.  Firstly let’s look again at what wellness is. As I’ve previously discussed, wellness can mean different things to different people in different contexts.  But regardless of the context, wellness is a conscious decision […]

Okay I’m not a nutritionist or a holistic health coach but I do know a bit about what foods are good for you and what are not!  A personal interest in getting green and healthy, in growing what food I can on my balcony, and studying ‘Food as Medicine’ as part of the Master of […]

Mind-body wellness is the use of therapies that change thought patterns, emotions, behaviors and attitudes to improve health, support healing and promote wellness. I recently talked about mind-body wellness and the role of mind-body therapies play as we attempt to take control of our own wellness and healing, and how the research is supporting the […]

Following on from  the Vitality Challenge post this is the first in a series on the 3 superfoods making up the Vitality Challenge. The Miessence range of organic superfoods is the result of intensive research and development into the key nutritional needs for optimum health and vitality and are formulated for maximum potency and assimilation […]

For inspiration today we look to Blue Sphere Media and this beautiful video calling for the protection of the majestic Manta Rays.  Please sign the petition, and this one, to help gather support for CITES protection of Manta Ray’s.  

Mood changes that may occur during the premenstrual cycle have received many labels over the years, premenstrual tension (PMT),then premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and most recently in the update of the psychology bible, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM), it is referred to as Premenstrual Disorder (PMDD).  Yes ladies, your monthly menstrual […]

Sugar, it’s such a big topic these days.  Actually when we talk about sugar in the context that I am going to discuss here and especially in regard to our wellness, I am referring to fructose. I was recently interviewed by Holistic Health Coach Sandra Carvajal about the effects of quitting sugar, on her fabulous […]

I’m very proud to say that I volunteer for our local community environmental non-profit in Discovery Bay, DB Green.  We have just finished planning the community environmental activities for 2013 and I thought I’d take this opportunity in my blog to highlight all the great events that are coming up. Community Meeting The first most important event […]

Welcome to the year of the Black Water Snake.  According to Feng Shui Master Jill Lander of Golden Elements, the mythology of the snake often represents healing of the physical body. With that in mind the theme of this week’s mind and body posts is to offer you an easy path to vitality, to get […]

Let me introduce you to what I think is the most exciting project to roll out from Miessence since I have been representing these nourishing products. Welcome to the Vitality Challenge with Miessence Superfoods.  An opportunity to take steps to invest in your vitality, positive health and optimum wellness. If you are need of……   […]

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I consider myself very privileged to be living in a part of Hong Kong that allows me to hit the hiking trails within minutes of leaving my front door.  Over recent months we have been hitting these trails much more often; on the weekend with Kenny and during the week either on my own or […]