How to survive Xmas with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Kirsty Elliot, one of the practitioners working at HealthWise Leeds, would like to share her experience about IBS, and how she can help. She’ll be running a workshop at HealthWise Leeds on 16th December 2018 between 2-4pm where she will share her expertise of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Hypnotherapy and how these can help IBS, […]
Hi future mum: discover Bowen technique
Olivia Silva, one of the practitioners working at HealthWise Leeds, would like to share her Bowen Technique with future mothers Hi future Mum. Let me help you discover what the gentle and deeply relaxing Bowen therapy can do for you in this beautiful and delicate moment of your life! By balancing your body in all […]
Labels: what are you?
So, what are you? A snowflake; a millennial; a baby boomer; a generation X? These are the labels that society gives us dependent on when we were born. We also get labelled according to our size, height, colour, intelligence, job and financial status. The list is endless. Labeling is so common that it has become […]
Mrs Angry – a journey towards self-compassion
“Grrrrrrrrrrr! How bloody dare they?” If you had been inside my head last week that was what you would have heard. On the outside I was smiling away, but on the inside, I was fuming; my jaw was clenched and there was a definite increase in my huffing and puffing. I did not feel great. […]
Address your stress
Mental Health Awareness Week has just passed (14-20 May). But we shouldn’t think about our mental health just one week out of 52. It is easy to forget that it is just as important to look after our mental health as it is our physical health. Increased stress levels are often the cause of starting […]
What is the Bowen Technique?
HealthWise Leeds is very excited that Olivia Silva has joined us at our centre. She is a Certified Bowen Technique practitioner helping people in Leeds, West Yorkshire, feel healthier and happier. But what exactly is the Bowen Technique? Rather than us explaining, Olivia has done some vlogs so more people can become familiar with how […]
“You stupid woman” (our inner critical voice)
‘You stupid woman’, ‘you idiot’, ‘you always get it wrong’, ‘you loser…’ Sound familiar? That’s because you probably talk to yourself in a very similar way. This is called our inner critical voice, and boy, can it be LOUD. Sometimes it feels like someone is stomping around in our brains pointing out all the things […]
EFT for beginners: from Kirsty Elliott, a practitioner at HealthWise Leeds
Kirsty Elliott is a fully qualified Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Matrix Reimprinting and Reflexologist practitioner at HealthWise Leeds. We really love the video blogging she does so we wanting to share one of them with you. You can check out her HealthWise Leeds profile by clicking here
But I can always talk to my friends and family… why counselling therapy is different.
Of course, it is great when we are lucky enough to have friends and family that we can talk to, and even better still, to find those that listen to us. However, with friends and family, we can feel obligated to share the time between who speaks and who listens. With a therapist it is […]
So, what is EMDR (Eye movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It’s a bit of a mouthful and you would be right in wondering what it’s all about? It’s a therapy that was developed in the States, originally developed to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in war veterans. It still is used for PTSD and works by helping […]
To the point… (guest blog from acupuncturist Rachel Hemblade)
HealthWise Leeds is happy to host a guest blog from Rachel Hemblade, our new acupuncturist. She writes how recent research of brain scans suggest that the benefits of acupuncture go further than just pain relief. For thousands of years, doctors in China have been practicing acupuncture to heal and restore health. Here in the West […]
…and Stretch
So, we are half way through the school holidays and this can be a difficult time for many people. ‘A’ level results are due this week and GCSE results are out next week. Parents and carers are juggling work and childcare with friends and family often extending the hours of support that they give to […]
Become Health Wise: Reading Well
The Reading Well scheme is designed to help people use reading to understand and manage their mental health and wellbeing; to become more health wise. The scheme includes books on specific problems and there is even a list of uplifting poetry, non-fiction and novels designed to give us a “mood boost”. All the recommended books […]
Our Evolved Brains
Early therapy sessions are often spent exploring psycho-education. This means we consider how and why our brains have evolved to work as they do. It’s an essential part of understanding that we are not ‘mad’ or ‘bonkers’; we are merely reacting the way we are designed to. In this 7 minute clip Neuroendocrinologist, Professor Robert […]
Springtime for HealthWise Leeds
I have just been reading a blog about spring. It was very much focusing on new growth, things to do and achievement. Reading it made me think about HealthWiseLeeds because our opening has coincided with spring. For us, this is a new venture and one that we hope will grow. We have worked hard and […]