Watch out when self-prescribing
Watch out when self-prescribing… It’s really amazing that so many people are interested in and getting back to foraging and using herbs and plants in more medical ways, but I just wanted to share a little ‘word of warning’ about this too. There is a tendency,...
Skills I’ve learnt from living off-grid
Skills I’ve learned since living off grid… How to raise happy and health chickens How to raise my own diary and meat How to make cheese (from the amazing people at Vumba) How to manage farmland in a sustainable way How to fire-proof a property as much as you can How...
Bedbound to Pilgrim
Bedbound to Pilgrimage On September 30th 2016 I walked 52km in one day into Santiago, this was the final day of my 24 day pilgrimage along the French route of the Camino de Santiago, a 800km/500mile that has inspired, broken, blistered, released and empowered hundreds...
Medicinal Vinegars
Medicinal Vinegars... I've been making medicinal vinegars for some years now, mainly Apple Cider & Four Thieves Vinegars. But this year I took it to the next level and started to make all sorts of weird & wonderful vinegars. Once I started, I just could not...
Comparing yourself to others…
Comparing yourself to others… Many clients I work with compare themselves to others a lot of the time, saying things like… Why do they get to be healthy? I have changed so much, why am I struggling and they are not? How come they eat and drink what they want and still...
Inflammation
Inflammation… Inflammation is a biggy for so many people! And when our body is inflamed it can cause bloating, swelling, puffiness, water retention, heaviness, intense pain, brain fog and so much more. The thing is everyone tells you something different about what...
Parasites on the farm
Parasites on the Farm.. Many of you may not know but I’m a qualified and certified nutritional therapist and herbalist (among a ton of other weird and wonderful modalities). And because of this and because I spent a lot of my life struggling with many chronic health...
A September of Sauerkraut
A September of Sauerkraut I’ve decided each month to take a deep dive into one fermented food or drink, and we are starting with one of the easiest ones, Sauerkraut, Kraut or Chucrute (here in Portugal). Sauerkraut is simply fermented cabbage, which if it’s not...
How I save money being animal-based
How I save money eating animal-based… Many people think it must be super expensive to eat in a more animal-based way, but what I have found is my food bills are slightly less not more. One big reason for this (for me anyway) is that I was a complete health-freak...
Peter Pan Syndrome
Peter Pan Syndrome is a term I’ve been using recently to remind myself and others of the fun, beautiful, simple, childlike things in life. That it’s so important to search them out, be open to them, enjoy them and embrace the child inside of us all the marvels in the...
Embracing the people-pleaser, achiever, perfectionist, attention seeker..
Embracing the people-pleaser, achiever, perfectionist, attention seeker and so much more… We can often think healing is about ‘fixing’ all the parts of us that don’t seem to ‘fit’ into what we think society wants of us and/or all the parts of us we feel are wrong...
When the body speaks
When the body speaks... My body whispers sweet nothings, barely noticeable, but I know they are there, I’m too busy, there are too many important things to do, it's not that important right now, so i distract, disassociate, and disconnect My body shouts at me, it's...
SIBO / L Reuteri ‘Yogurt’ Success
SIBO / L Reuteri 'Yogurt' Success It took a few goes but I have finally mastered the SIBO / L Reuteri 'Yogurt'. As a seasoned fermented I did not expect it to be as hard to figure out as it was! I think what makes, making this ‘yogurt’ challenging is that the...
How I reversed perimenopause
How I reversed perimenopause… For most women, going into the menopause in their 30’s and 40’s is not normal. It’s becoming more and more normal in our society but it’s not nature’s way, but instead, our body’s reaction to our unnatural/toxic society, lifestyles,...
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