Winter – the Season of Discontent

July 17, 2010

  Winter the Season of Discontent Are you finding life has an element of struggle in it at the moment? Do you notice that you are ‘flat-lining’ it, so that you feel less exuberant about life and find it harder to summon up the energy to turn things around? Is your relationship challenging you and [...]

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Effective Parenting – the Importance of Daddy

March 18, 2010

One of the workshops that Spirit of Woman conducts is called the Energy of Parenting, which covers the absolute power of positive parenting on the health and well-being of offspring. I was delighted to hear on the Health Report this week (15th March, 2010) a discussion on the power of positive parenting, including positive fathering [...]

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Risks of Caesarean Birth

November 12, 2009

According to two recent Radio National Health Reports (2nd November and 9th November) about one third of all babies being born in Australia are being delivered by Caesarean section, that is a surgical cut through the mother’s abdomen. There are two main groups of women having caesareans: those who choose it and those who consent [...]

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The Diabetes Epidemic

August 29, 2009

On Friday 21st August on Tony Eastley’s AM morning program on ABC Radio National there was a discussion on the alarming increase in juvenile diabetes in Australia. More Australian children are being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes than ever before. A new report reveals that were 900 new cases notified in 2007. That represents a [...]

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Hubble – Touch into Eternity with these Flowers of Life in the Sky

August 12, 2009

Breathtakingly beautiful, these flowers in the sky are so timeless and still, expressing the overwhelming magnificence of the natural world. The shapes are so familiar to us – when we behold a flower we see the same patterns repeated over and over again. . Watch and be still and sense the awesome presence – this [...]

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Introducing Bleeding Heart

July 26, 2009

I would like you to meet Bleeding Heart, one of the new essences in my Spirit of Woman Australian Wild Flower Essence range being launched on 21st June, 2009. Bleeding Heart Omalanthus populifolius (Queensland Poplar) A fast-growing, rainforest tree belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. It has leaves shaped like hearts. As they are dying, the [...]

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Epidural Epidemic?

July 17, 2009

In the Courier Mail on the 14th July 2009 there was an article titled “Epidural Epidemic– No labour pain, no bond gain”. It reported the comments of Dr Walsh, an associate professor in midwifery at Nottingham University in Britain who stated that more women should be prepared to endure the pain of labour because anaesthetic [...]

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2012 – The Polar Shift

June 30, 2009

Many people are talking about the polar shift that is predicted to be happening in 2012. I wrote on this topic in a recent post in my blog. There is a cloud of gloom and doom surrounding the forecast because a number of commentators have interpreted it to mean that the world is coming to [...]

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Essence of Woman Short Course

June 10, 2009

  This exciting course is the first of its kind – it is offered to women from all walks of life - but more particularly to women who: have menstruation or gynaecological problems are considering having a child and want to consciously conceive are experiencing fertility problems are already pregnant are coping with the early stages [...]

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Older Sperm Makes Less-Healthy Babies

May 29, 2009

I read an article in the Weekend Australian Magazine dated May 16th – 17th 2009, which has profound ramifications for those women (and their partners) struggling with their fertility. A recent University of Queensland study showed that children born to older fathers have, on average, lower scores of tests of intelligence than those born to [...]

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