mental-health
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So, what exactly IS a nutritional therapist?
Despite rising awareness of alternatives in health, this is a question I get asked a lot. Within the bubble of fellow nutritionists and alternative health practitioners, it’s easy to forget that there’s still plenty of people (the majority?) who have… Continue reading
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Amazing allotments – what growing your own food brings to the literal and figurative table
The author shares their excitement about acquiring an allotment in Stroud, reflecting on the benefits of gardening, including improved mental wellbeing and organic produce. They highlight the therapeutic aspects of gardening, community engagement, and the positive effects of soil microbiomes… Continue reading
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To sleep, perchance to dream…
Hot nights and a lot of daylight means sleep is proving elusive right now, as it has done frequently throughout my life. There’s not much I don’t know about sleep hygiene but I don’t always practise it, even though the… Continue reading
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Am I on the right path?
Are we too busy living life, being steered down paths we didn’t necessarily choose, to take a step back and examine our core values and whether we are living lives congruent with them? Forgive me. I am in a philosophical… Continue reading
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Addiction to little black boxes: how it impacts your brain, mood, and health—and what to do about it
Irony alert: You will be reading this, no doubt, on a little black, or slightly larger black, or possibly grey or silver or white box. Don’t feel bad. This might just be the most important thing you read online all… Continue reading
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Nutritionist, heal thyself
It’s been one of those six years of my life. And my life has never been of the particularly smooth, first-world-problem variety. In the last six years, I’ve experienced what might gently termed as a ‘complex’ bereavement, the enforced isolation… Continue reading
Jo Priest - Natural Nutrition 