Immune Resilience #18: 7 Day Mindful Detail Visualisation. Is anyone else finding that a really challenging aspect of the Covid-19 lockdown is not being able to get outside and move in nature when you want to? For me at least, nothing beats getting out in nature and moving my body. The...
Immune Resilience #17: Negativity Bias & Immune Crash. Negative emotions bring down our immune system. Body, mind, spirit are inextricably linked… our body’s physiology reacts to our thoughts in exactly the same way as it does to real events. The problem is that our physiology is hard-wired for ‘negativity-bias’ and...
Immune Resilience#16: Connection in isolation: We humans are social beings, hard-wired for community and evolved to live in safe, small, connected and co-operative communities. We don’t like being disconnected, isolated and alone. Social isolation is physically and emotionally threatening, research has found strong associations between measures of loneliness, physiological stress...
Immune Resilience #15: Nigella Seed Spiced Rice Recipe. Nigella seed (nigella sativa) black cumin or black caraway seed has been hailed as a potential superfood ‘cure-all’ – critically supporting immune health. Dr Kara Fitzgerald ND, renowned functional medicine practitioner writes: When it comes to versatility and the power of its...
💪 IMMUNE RESILIENCE #14: 18 ways to self-care right NOW. A few weeks ago, on the International Day of Happiness, you might recall that I drew your attention to a wonderful FREE resource – Happiful Magazine. The wonderful folks at Happiful have stepped up to the plate yet again to...
Immune Resilience #13: Living with Worry in Uncertain Times – FREE RESOURCES. In a rapidly changing world and a climate of growing anxiety, it’s not surprising that we are worried for ourselves and those we love. It’s difficult not to over-consume anxiety-provoking media at this time and that anxiety can become overwhelming....
Immune Support #12: A Nutrient-Dense Meals Matrix. In her recent blog, Diana Rogers RD, real food dietician, author, sustainability advocate and documentary film-maker of Sacred Cow – The Case for Better Meat (to be released this year) shows us how we can use The Nutrivore Meal Matrix to make nutritious meals...
Immune Support #11: Sleep & Yoga Legs Up the Wall. Poor sleep and chronic insomnia deplete our immune system in challenging and stressful times but we know that quality sleep is critical for immune health and healing. Research shows that there is cognitive and physiological arousal in chronic insomnia and...
Immune Support #10: Hay House FREE Resources. We know stress, anxiety and lack of control immediately and profoundly impact our immune health to undermine every aspect of our health. Hay House are offering FREE podcasts, meditations, articles, and eBooks by Louise Hay, Dr Wayne W. Dyer, Suze Orman, and more....
Immune Support #9: Adapting to COVID-19. This is an EXCELLENT video from my friends at the Alliance for Natural Health International (ANHI). Dr Rob Verkek and Meleni Aldridge, explaining some of the fundamentals of how Covid-19 virus works in the body and how we can encourage our immune system to adapt...
