by Lou Cullen | Dec 19, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Light in the Dark: Harnessing Winter’s Stillness The winter solstice falls on Saturday, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year for the Northern hemisphere, as the sun pauses before moving northward again. This time has been celebrated for...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Dec 12, 2024 | Blog Post, General
The Gift of Calm this Christmas It’s the lead up to Christmas and whilst lots of us may enjoy the festive season, for many this can also be a time of stress and overwhelm, so it’s important to find ways to manage this. A small amount of stress can be...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Dec 5, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Beyond the Tears: Understand and Coping with Grief “Whenever we think about loss, we need to think about love” Julia Samuel As a palliative care doctor who has worked in cancer care for over thirty years, I have experienced my fair share of death both...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Nov 28, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Focus on Men’s Health As we near the end of November, which is men’s health month, we focused our monthly free webinar last night on raising awareness of men’s health with a special spotlight on the prostate. Led by Dr Asim Vine of our Integrative...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Nov 21, 2024 | Blog Post, General
The Importance of Connection During Self-Care Week It’s self-care week, so as we approach Christmas, which can become an overwhelming time of year for many, I wanted to offer some advice on what self-care means and how it can be realistically incorporated into...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Nov 14, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Prescribing Wellness: Lifestyle Medicine by GP’s Perhaps it will come as no surprise to anyone, that I applauded the recent news that GP’s were urged to embed lifestyle medicine into primary care at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) annual...