When to take or leave Parenting advice
Seek advice when it’s helpful; ignore it when it isn’t!
This might seem a strange way to start an article offering advice to new parents, but my first piece of advice is to be wary of seeking too much advice!
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4 Ways to Avoid Stress in the City
Waking up at 6AM and then heading off for a long days work in the city can be incredibly exhausting. Particularly with lack of sleep, too many social commitments in the evenings after work, and then having to pull yourself together to get life’s little practicalities done.
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Are you ready to bare your feet?
Now that spring has arrived, our thoughts turn to more fashionable summer shoes that have been hiding in the wardrobe for the past 6 months, slowly gathering dust.
Our new Chiropodist Fiona Smith has some great advice on foot care that should reduce the problems often associated with Summer shoes.
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Benefits of Acupuncture
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing developed over thousands of years as part of the traditional medicine of China, Japan and other eastern countries.
Acupuncture restores and maintains your health by using fine needles which are inserted just beneath the body surface at various points along the energy channels.
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Feeling Tired and Lethargic? It could be your Liver
Your liver has probably taken a bashing over Christmas and the past few months your liver may have become stagnated.
Liver stagnation is very common. It usually involves an excess of toxins in your body which are normally metabolised and flushed out by your liver and kidney.
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4 Sugar alternatives to try this Christmas
It’s that time of the year again, seasonal Christmas and New Year’s parties bring with them countless sugary trimmings that may be too tempting to resist.
Seasonal fare certainly doesn’t stop there, at work places the treats just keep rolling in, and every guest that visits you brings with them something extravagantly sweet. At least when cooking at home, we can control what goes into traditional seasonal desserts.
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3 Steps to Managing your Anger
Anger is a fundamental human emotion. It’s impossible to never feel anger. And yet, we’re often taught from a very young age that anger is always wrong.
In fact, anger – and its close relative’s frustration, irritation and annoyance – are a sign that we are unhappy with a situation and we want something to change.
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Health Benefits of Eating Pumpkin
Pumpkins are a powerhouse of nutrients and this plant is very high in beta carotene, a carotenoid that your body converts to vitamin A. Eating foods that are rich in beta carotene can help protect against asthma, heart disease and reduce the risk of certain types of cancers including colon cancer.
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Avoid Flu and Boost your Immune System with Polyinfluenzinum
Feeling drained after a hectic summer?
Its this time of year our immune system really needs a boost. As the season changes and autumn arrives, mould spores are more common than ever having an impact on our health, especially for those suffering from allergies.
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How to Avoid Text Neck?
As a practising Osteopath in New Malden and Kingston, I am seeing more and more people with issues related to their neck. Often when we get to the root of the problem its associated with text neck or tech neck as some people call it.
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