What I wish I’d known when buying my first place in Portugal
What I wish I'd known when buying my first place in Portugal… I know a lot of people here are currently looking for property in Portugal and I thought this may be a helpful post for some of you. I wish I’d known… That unless you see with your own eyes the certificate...
How to learnt to thrive
How i learnt to thrive… It’s been a wild ride this thing called life and especially inside this body! Like many of you out there I’ve collected a wonderful variety of ailments along the way. A few of these are CFS, Fibro, an 11-year chronic headache, insomnia,...
Microbiome and how to improve it
Microbiome and how to improve it (and thus general health)… I think everyone by now knows that having a healthy microbiome is a key part of health. But did you know it’s not just fermented foods & drinks that help with this? And, that some fermented foods &...
Allergy Advice
Allergy Advice… If you are feeling the stir of allergies &/or hay fever right now, then here’s some food for thought… Hay fever was never a thing, it’s become more and more of a thing in recent years because of the toxic fumes (exhaust fumes, perfumes,...
My Homesteaders Journal
My Homesteading Journal is here! For years now I have wanted somewhere to write down all my plans, dreams, goals, research, planting, harvesting, egg collection, animal purchases and preserving down. I wanted to be able to keep track of what is happening on the land...
Broody Chickens
Broody Chickens Although chickens can and will go broody any time of year, they mostly do this in the spring and early summer. You’ll know a chicken is broody because she won’t want to get off her eggs (apart from for a short time to eat and drink) and will become a...
Trauma Release
Trauma Release People often think that to heal they must address all their traumas, do all the work and release all that needs to be released. Although this can sometimes be helpful most of the time it is not. Firstly, our body needs to feel safe to release trauma and...
Fun with Firewood
Fun with Firewood Firewood is a massive commodity here in Portugal as many homes, especially here is rural Portugal are not connected to the mains for electric or gas. Firewood is often used to heat the houses (from a log burning stove &/or radiators connected to...
Wintering in Portugal
Wintering In Portugal… I love the slow, purposeful pace of winters in Portugal. The rest f the year can be quite hectic, but not winter, it’s just plodding along and we are forced to take shelter indoors more, nourish, nurture and make plans for the coming year. I...
Tips for travelling with a chronic illness
Tips for travelling with chronic illness… Ground (bare feet on the soil) if you can before travel and as soon as you can after travelling (this is especially important on very long journeys). Tap/EFT on all the doubts, worries and stressors about it as they come up. ...
Tips for dyslexics from a dyslexic
Tips for dyslexics from a dyslexic… Learn not to care what people think! Know, that even if you double and triple check something there will almost always be things in there that make perfect sense to you and absolutely no sense to you. It’s OK if you get muddled,...
Helping Histamine Intolerance
Helping Histamine Intolerance… Many people have histamine issues and have no idea! If you regularly suffer from a lot of the following list then you may have histamine intolerance going on; Allergies, hay fever, frequent runny nose, congestion, sore &/or swollen...
Nature / Electron Deficiency
Nature / Electron Deficiency… For years I’ve been talking about nature deficiency and how this seriously effects our health, how underrated it is in most people’s healing routine and how easy it is to fix. Anyway, I’ve recently found out this actually has a scientific...
How to preserve herbs
How to preserve herbs… Freezing – Pick fresh herbs, chop them up and freeze them into portions as they are or in olive oil or butter in ice cubes trays. These will only stay good/nutrient dense for 1-3mths this way. Drying – Pick fresh herbs and hang them up in...
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