What to Expect From Your First Reflexology Session

If you’ve never had reflexology before, knowing what to expect makes the experience more comfortable and helps you get the most from it. Here’s an honest account of what a first session involves, from arrival to the days that follow. Before You Arrive...

Reiki for Grief and Loss

Grief is one of the most physically and energetically demanding experiences a person can go through. It affects the body in ways that medicine doesn’t always acknowledge and that friends and family don’t always understand — the fatigue, the physical ache,...

Can Reflexology Help With Fertility?

Fertility support is one of the areas where I see clients hoping for something that reflexology can genuinely offer, but also where it’s important to be clear about what it does and doesn’t do. Reflexology doesn’t treat infertility directly, and I...

What Is Perimenopause and Can Holistic Therapy Help?

Perimenopause is the transitional period before menopause — when the ovaries begin to produce less oestrogen and progesterone, and the hormonal patterns of the reproductive years start to shift. It can begin anywhere from the mid-thirties to the late forties, and for...

What Is the Mind-Body Connection in Healing?

The mind-body connection has moved from alternative medicine philosophy into mainstream science over the past few decades. The field of psychoneuroimmunology — the study of how psychological states affect the nervous system and immune function — has produced robust...

How Does Stress Affect the Body Physically?

Stress gets talked about as though it’s primarily a mental or emotional experience — something you feel. But stress is fundamentally a physiological event, and its physical effects on the body are extensive, well-documented, and significant. Understanding what...

Holistic Approaches to Managing Endometriosis Pain

Pain management is one of the central challenges of living with endometriosis. Conventional options — NSAIDs, hormonal treatment, surgery — have significant limitations and side effects, and many women find they’re managing pain inadequately or facing a choice...

What Is Energy Healing and Does It Work?

Energy healing is one of those terms that means different things in different contexts, and that carries a lot of baggage — some people find it immediately meaningful, others find it immediately scepticism-inducing. I want to give you an honest account of what it...

What Is Somatic Healing?

Somatic healing is an approach to health and therapy that takes the body as its primary starting point. The word “somatic” comes from the Greek “soma,” meaning body — and somatic approaches are based on the understanding that the body carries...

Can Reflexology Help With Sleep Problems?

Sleep problems are among the most common concerns I hear about, and reflexology is one of the most consistently effective approaches I offer for addressing them. The reason comes down to what most sleep problems actually are at their root: a nervous system that...