Tag: stress

How to lighten the load on your gut during times of stress:

Stress Series Part 3 of 3 – WORDS JESSICA SCOTT YOUNG | NUTRITIONIST If you are experiencing digestive symptoms and would like individualised support, please get in touch. I work with clients regularly to get to the bottom of their stress and digestive complaints using dietary modification, lifestyle techniques, nutraceutical […]

Soothing The Nervous System with GABA

It’s the end of the year and we are seeing the burnout, hearing the hyperstimulation, the fatigue, the heightened moods and the fried nervous systems. Our body’s are asking for a breath of fresh air, to slow down the nervous system so we can bring clarity. Clinically we have been […]

Stress, cognition and herbal therapy

WORDS: Tamara Welsh | Western Herbal Medicine What comes to mind when you think about stress and its impact on cognition? Interestingly, short-term episodes of stress can actually increase cognitive function allowing us to react in an appropriate way, quickly and concisely to the stressor. I’m sure you’ve heard of […]

February Fatigue… Its a Thing

You know the feeling, you are feeling great after a Christmas break and summer sunshine. January comes and it’s full of events, bbq’s and back to work deadlines, and then boom! it’s Feb things get overwhelming. Our body starts to feel it. We get sick, our digestive system is in […]

Foods To Nourish Your Adrenals

Maybe you’ve heard about adrenal glands before or maybe this is all a bit new. As our world becomes faster paced (did 2018 actually happen??) and stress levels increase from the added daily pressures we put on ourselves, learning about the adrenals and how to nourish them will help us […]