In Part 1, I explored how perimenopause can change our capacity to recover—and why the ways we have lived, coped and carried on may no longer sustain us.But this transition is not only about what the body can no longer tolerate. It may also reveal what is waiting to emerge.There is a way of understanding …

Sleep becomes elusive. Your heart races for no apparent reason. Your joints ache. Foods and drinks you once enjoyed without a second thought begin to affect you differently. Your thoughts feel foggy, and emotions sit much closer to the surface. At first, these changes can seem like unrelated puzzle pieces. Gradually, however, they begin to …

We’re now well and truly into 2026, and in this case, the Chinese Year of the Fire Horse. In Traditional Chinese Medicine the Fire Element is ruled by our Heart energy, which determines both our mental and emotional well-being. If time allows, I invite you to take just a moment to check in with yourself, pausing and …

Ever since I started offering Cosmetic and Facial Constitutional Acupuncture over a decade ago I have been researching and offering alternative skin care products in my practice. Up until then I was caught in the mainstream belief that good products have to be attached to big brand names, whether it was make-up, or creams and …

Our recent 2 month road trip across the US in our little Honda Civic included too many beautiful highlights (and naturally a few challenges) to share in one post alone. But there are some moments that have really stayed with me, and hold a place of gratitude deep in my heart. So I’d like to …

The meditation practice of ‘Loving Kindness’ is one that I’ve always loved, and I particularly love sharing it with my clients. It is easy, accessible and effective. It has its roots in Buddhism, yet is non-denominational. Loving kindness allows you to practice self-love regardless of how you currently feel about yourself, your life in general …

2016 is flying by- it’s already March in a week, and autumn is just around the corner. It’s hard to believe, since this summer’s felt never-ending with the incredibly hot and humid days and nights here in Sydney. The past few weeks, compromised digestive health has been a chief complaint for many of my clients, …

“Peace from agitation only comes after agitation.” Taoist saying When crisis or disorder overwhelms us we sometimes default into “survival” mode- doing whatever we can just to survive, looking for solutions to fix it. This of course is a perfectly valid approach. Yet it may not bring about the change we want to really move …

PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome): An acronym standing for so much, three little letters so loaded in our culture, and open to interpretation in so many (in fact, too many!) ways. There aren’t many ‘disorders’ that are thrown around as much as this one, or used this often to stigmatise women,especially in the West. As women, we …

MYTH: You don’t need sunscreen if you’re wearing makeup that has SPF. While studies show that…

Most women would agree that beauty is not just a matter of outer looks but also inner beauty. This is what is usually referred to as the holistic approach to looking at beauty. A lot of local or imported cosmetic brands may help women look younger, but recently there has been a growing trend of …

Welcome to my latest blog post, this time on Intuition. I thought I’d elaborate a little on the subject, after I was interviewed about it on 89.7 East Side Radio last week. It’s such a broad subject and worthwhile exploring from so many different angles. So for today, I’d like to talk about just a …

Go looking for proof that a massage will improve your health, and you’ll have no trouble finding research to back you up. From…

Don’t we all just love a bit of people watching? We can literally spent hours looking at other people, we are fascinated by them, what they do, how they dress, what they look like. Talking specifically about the human face however, we even use social media forums like ‘Face’book continuing this fascination we have, through …

They’re two of the oldest spa treatments around. They’re also both steam based, and were each designed to help you cleanse and purify your body. Sounding pretty similar so far, right? Yes, there’s no denying that saunas and Turkish baths have some major common ground; but while you’d be forgiven for thinking that they’re essentially …

This is a topic I’ve been burning to write about. You, and all of us, fall prey to it : the notion of being or ‘becoming’ good. Too often do we feel we could be and do better. You may have gotten on the path of self development yourself and are enjoying the wonderful fruits …

In the Arab world, Turkish baths (hammams) are visited weekly by much of the population…

I got into an interesting conversation with a client of mine the other day which left me feeling quite inspired. It doesn’t take much, when I see the light go on in people’s eyes, as soon as the anxiety disappears and our eyes are met with understanding and empathy instead, going with the flow and …