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Vanuatu – the happiest people on earth

October 23, 2025

12 years ago, when I heard that the people in Vanuatu are the happiest on earth, I was intrigued, and, as a result it went onto my very small bucket list. But since then, my view on happiness has changed. I had originally thought that being happy was something to attain to, I now see life as something that contains both joy and sorrow, and we need both. How could I know joy if I have nothing but joy to compare it to? So, this year when I went to Vanuatu, I found the people that were very friendly, polite and content. Most of the islanders grow their own food, enjoying spending time in their communities, and live a simple life. It is vastly different from...

Natural medicine for anxiety

June 5, 2024

Adaptogens, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Lifestyle, Mental health

To watch this as a video click here Whilst anxiety is part of life, and in some cases it’s even helpful (like when you know your 2-year-old could run onto the road at any moment!). There are many times it can stop you in your tracks and prevent you from normal functioning. Anxiety disorders form the most common mental health disorders in Australia, effecting 14% of us each year, and 25% of us at some stage of life. These disorders range from generalised anxiety which is an everyday uncontrollable worry, to social anxiety, panic disorders, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Symptoms For some people their anxiety is obvious: they may feel fear, panic, or dread, whilst others sometimes notice digestive symptoms, dizziness, shortness of...

Long Covid

July 1, 2023

Adaptogens, Herbal Medicine, Immune

It may come as a surprise, but post-viral syndrome is not a new health issue. If you’ve lived a few decades, you may remember in the 1980’s and 90’s, that chronic fatigue was the term used to describe the long-term exhaustion which was usually caused by the Epstein Barr virus. Studies at the time found that muscle function, attention and memory were severely hampered, although the cause was largely unknown. Similarly, whilst there are a range of long Covid symptoms such as neurological, digestive, cardiovascular and autoimmune disturbances, for most people, fatigue is what has the greatest effect on the ability to function normally. As the term chronic fatigue suggests, the fatigue lasted for months after the initial viral infection. This obviously has an enormous impact on...

Wired and Tired – from stress to exhaustion

November 8, 2022

Adaptogens, Health, Herbal Medicine, Metabolic health

Trying to achieve more than most people? Or maybe you’ve been doing that and have hit a wall? Welcome to the world of adrenal exhaustion, or technically, the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction, adrenal insufficiency, or hypercortisolism. It all starts with stress According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2020-2021, 15% of Australians experienced high levels of psychological distress, and this was higher in women, and younger Australians (16-34 years). This is likely to be higher in Melbourne where the pandemic stress combined with lockdowns meant long periods of reduced social activities and parents trying to juggle work with home-schooling. Our central nervous system has two modes: sympathetic nervous system (SNS) dominance, known as ‘fight or flight’, and parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) dominance, ‘rest and digest’. During life we...

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