Author name: Lucy Gabzdyl

Have you ever stood gazing into the fridge, knowing you weren’t really hungry, but that something wasn’t quite right, you weren’t quite right? You didn’t really know what was wrong; you just had this uneasy feeling and food seemed like the best way to fix it.   But it doesn’t fix it for long! And […]

Autumn Cleanse: 2. How to eliminate toxic emotions with EFT   In the last blog we looked at how we eliminate toxic emotions unconsciously through practising Mindfulness. While we don’t generally choose to work on a specific emotion if an emotion does happen to arise during your Mindfulness practice you can then work on it

Autumn Cleanse: 1. How to eliminate toxic emotions with Mindfulness   When talking about detoxing, we generally think of the physical body: focusing on eating the right food as well as reducing the impact on us of the toxicity of our environment. But, when it comes to our wellbeing, negative emotions can be just as

#3 Stress and how to handle it. Part 2 – How women de-stress In the last tip we looked at the importance to our health of de-stressing.  Men’s brains evolved to mostly only think of one thing at a time, so they can de-stress just by doing something other than think about their problem.  This

Over the hill? More like over the moon! Fitter, healthier (and happier) than ever at…   The other day I was reading the inspirational story of a lady of 102 who was the sole carer for her 80 year old daughter. One of the secrets of her health and longevity she said was to avoid

How to ask your partner for something, if you want it to happen! is the first in a series of tips taken from our ‘Ideal Relationships’ workshops. Today’s tip is from David’s workshop on the differences between men and women.   Caution! We talk about the ‘typical’ man or woman in ways that we and

It’s February and with Valentine’s Day just around the corner – love is in the air. But is it possible to live happily ever after, or is that just a fairy tale? For me the answer is a very definite yes – it is possible!   Valentine’s Day has a special meaning for me as

Apples, olives, lettuce, red cabbage, beans, flax seeds, basil, thyme, camomile, cumin, bay leaf, sunflower oil… you could be forgiven for thinking it’s a list of the world’s healthiest foods. But actually it’s a list of the foods my partner David is currently intolerant to!   I am passionate about food – eating fresh, organic

Iodine: are you getting enough of this essential nutrient?   Iodine is essential for your health. Yet, according to Dr Mercola, it’s one of the three most common nutritional deficiencies along with Magnesium and Vitamin D. (Fortunately, the latter is not a problem for those of us lucky enough to be living in Spain, as

I loved ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ by Stephen Covey. It’s not that what he was saying was groundbreaking, but more that he had a way of putting it in such simple terms that the messages really hit home. And to this day I still use a number of his ‘stories’. My favourite has