New beginnings!

Hi everyone

 

With the new academic year fast approaching our minds turn to thoughts of new beginnings. September is a peroid of transition for many children and young people, going to nursery or school for the first time, moving up to a new class or a new school, to college or university. It is also a time of regrouping for us all before autumn comes along; there is always the hope of late summer sunshine in September and often we are not disappointed.

I think September is also a very good time to focus in on our health and begin to make the changes that we all know we need but have been putting off for so long!

With this thought in mind let me invite you to the Health and Well Being day on Saturday September 15^th from 10am until 2pm at the public rooms in Bodmin. Come along and discuss any of your health concerns.

I am going to be focusing on women's health in particular so any questions relating to using homeopathy to help with painful peroids, pregnancy, birth, menopause, cystitis, anxiety, depression, digestive problems, skin problems or stress in general, please come along and find out what homeopathy could do for you. There's no time like the present my nan used to say, and she was right about so many things!

Look forward to meeting you soon.

 

Wishing you all a happy week


Bye for now
Brenda x

Time to enjoy yourself!

Hi everyone

 

Another great week of sport and sporting acheivements. I hope that the olympics has 'inspired a generation'. The hope being that children and adults a like will try something new/different and find a sport that interests them, is satisfying and gives them pleasure. For me it is yogacise, not cycling or swimming I am afraid, we know I'm not very good at these! I have been enjoying yogacise/bodybalance for a long time and find it is just what I need.

 

It is important for us all to find things that nuture us and to make the time to enjoy them. How easy is it to make excuses to ourselves and not make the time to do the things that give us pleasure. However, if we do spend time nuturing ourselves then we feel better and are more able to whizz through our daily tasks, keeping all the balls in the air so to speak! It is all part of being as healthy as possible and is therefore very important!

Exercise is one way of nuturing ourselves, but let's not forget our creative side, hobbies are important too. It's a holistic thing, health. Sorting one area is good but let's remember the whole.

 

Wishing you all a happy week


Bye for now
Brenda x

Olympic Joy & Success!

Hi everyone

  

Aren't the Olympics fabulous? I think we can be proud of what we have achieved in staging this incredible event and in the achievements of all those althletes taking part. It has been amazing watching so many different sports and seeing how incredible we are as human beings.

I was listening to the radio on Friday and the father of one of the gold medalists was speaking about his delight at his son's success but also about how as parents we want our children to be happy, fulfilled and achieve their potential. I was thinking that this is exactly right but also that we all need to have our purpose whatever that may be and to find fulfilment in our lives.

What are the things that stop us finding the best of ourselves? Well I think good health is vital and this is where homeopathy comes in because it is so helpful in bringing us to the best health that we are capable of.

We are not all destined to be olympians and it is true that I struggle swimming one length of the pool and I have been known to fall off my bike but with the help of homeopathy I can be as well as I can be and do my best to help others who come for homeopathic treatment.

Wishing you all a happy week


Bye for now
Brenda x

New website launced by the British Homeopathic Association

Hi everyone

Thought I would let you know about a new website which has recently been launched by the British Homeopathic Association, the link is http://www.celebhomeopathy.com/. Take a look it's very interesting.

The site has a number photographs of celebrities who use homeopathy along with their stories about how they have taken  homeopathy to help them improve their health and the health of their families. Indeed the home page states that 'Homeopathy works, we should know, we use it'.Isn't it great that people are willing to tell their stories and raise the profile of homeopathy in this way.

We can support homeopathy too by visiting https://www.facebook.com/#!/HoWFMe 
and liking the page. This is the Homeopathy Worked for Me campaign facebook page, there are also stories here from everyday folk, telling the good news, homeopathy worked for me. The campaign is aiming for tens of thousands of likes, I think it would be good to join in.

Let's share in the good news!

Wishing you all a happy week


Bye for now
Brenda x

Summer Holidays!

Hi everyone

 

The arrival of the school summer holidays can sometimes prove to be rather a stressful time, I have been there and have the t shirt somewhere!

Stress can be thought of anything that upsets our well being and leaves us feeling unwell. The different routines in the holidays, the difficulty of finding child care, not being able to afford to go away on holdiay or organising to go away are all pressures that can mount up and leave us struggling to cope.

In this sort of situation the body increases the release of stress hormones which enable us to function better, however, if this stress response carries on too long, is too great or not for the right reasons then we may begin to feel unwell. We get stuck in the stress response.

Symptoms such as anxiety, depression, headaches, diarrhoea, indigestion, palpitations can all be caused by stress. Also people talk about a general feeling of being unwell but not being able to pinpoint exactly what is wrong or why. (Of course these symptoms can be caused by other problems and if in doubt do get checked out).

I believe, and have seen for myself, that homeopathy can offer help to enable us to feel calmer, less anxious and indeed less stressed. I find talking through difficulties and receiving a homeopathic medicine tailored to the person  is very beneficial and can help people manage their symptoms of stress. If you would like to find out more please get in touch. I am happy to offer an initial 15 minute chat where we can explore if homeopathy could help you before you commit to a full consultation.

If you only take one thing away from reading this blog today, please notice what your body is trying to tell you this summer.

Hoping that your summer is as stress free as possible!

Wishing you all a happy week


Bye for now
Brenda x

Good news!

Hi everyone

 

Today some good news received from the Society of Homeopaths regarding the supply of homoepathic medicines and I quote........

'This week, the MHRA has published its response to public consultation MLX 375, regarding the consolidation and review of UK medicines legislation.

Chapter 6 of this document indicates the main points raised by respondents in relation to the supply of homeopathic medicines and includes the MHRA's comments on these points. In section 6.6, they state:

"In summary, the consolidation does not, and is not intended to, change either the current regulatory status of regulations governing homeopathic medicinal products or their sale and supply. Nor do we intend to change our current approach to enforcement of these provisions. "

All of which means that there will be no changes to how we obtain homeopathic medicines. Truly good news on this very rainy Thursday!

Thank you very much to all of you who took the time to sign the petition and write to your MP's, all your help and support is much appreciated. Also thanks to my MP who voiced my concerns to the minister for health.

 

Wishing you all a happy week


Bye for now
Brenda x

Homeopathy help for a sporting summer!

Hi everyone

As the summer of sport continues with the Olympics as the next great sporting event it is interesting to note that among the six million users of homeopathy in the UK there are some famous sports personalities, soccer star David Beckham, rugby player Will Greenwood and tennis stars Boris Becker and Martina Navratilova. Annabel Croft,  a former tennis star, is also a great supporter of homeopathic medicine.  As Euro 2012 has just finished it is also interesting to discover that doctors supporting the German football team also use homeopathic medicines.

Homeopathic medicines have long been used to treat simple sports-related problems, the most well known being Arnica, traditionally used for bruising and muscular soreness. Research studies have suggested that Arnica can have an anti-inflammatory effect and reduce bruising, with one placebo-controlled trial concluding that a cream containing a combination of homeopathic remedies (including Arnica) was effective for treating sprained ankles. I myself have used Arnica extensively for the boys when they have sustained rugby related injuries! Arnica is often the first homeopathic remedy that people use for themselves and having discovered how effective it can be they move on to try other first aid remedies.

At the moment I think people are becoming more interested in trying holistic approaches to healthcare and I would say from my experience that homeopathy is great for those minor sporting injuries. If you are at all interested in homeopathy for first aid then let me know. I was thinking that it would be good to run some sessions on Homeopathy in first aid situations.

 

Wishing you all a happy week


Bye for now
Brenda x