Surviving the Festive Season: Tips to Keep Your Stress Levels in Check

The holiday season is a time of joy, indulgence, and, sometimes, stress. With festive treats, overflowing punch bowls, and family politics, it’s easy for our healthy habits to slip. Here’s how to enjoy the festivities while keeping stress in check:… Continue Reading >

Why are my children so different?

A common statement I hear from parents is: “My kids are so different, it makes no sense! They share the same genes, environment, routines and parents! What makes them so different?”   My simple answer: It’s their Nature. Each child… Continue Reading >

How do you start feeling like yourself again in Motherhood?

Motherhood; A process of gaining someone but also losing someone – yourself. It’s a time of deep love but also a time of deep exhaustion. Modern Postpartum is often filled with stress, fear and overwhelm and results in mental, physical,… Continue Reading >

Making the Most of the Holiday Season

Dr Jane Williams and Dr Tessa Grigg   ‘ ‘Tis the season to be jolly’, or so the carol goes, but for many parents the holidays present additional stress. This article looks at why it is important to engage your… Continue Reading >

Why Babies need to Rock and Roll

Many parents instinctively work out that they can settle their new baby though gentle movement. Yes, that is why you sway in the supermarket queue even when you don’t have the baby with you!! So why do babies like movement… Continue Reading >

10 Ideas To Encourage Effective Play-Based Learning

If you are a new parent, babysitter, or nursery teacher, you should know that playing is one of the most important ways children learn necessary educational & life skills. Besides promoting social, emotional, physical, and cognitive skills, play-based learning encourages… Continue Reading >

Boosting Immunity Naturally for Better Health

Our immune system functions to protect us against the constant daily barrage of microbial pathogens, foreign invaders and mutating cells. How easily we are able to resist and recover from disease is largely due to the strength and integrity of… Continue Reading >

Primitive Reflexes – Why parents need to know about them.

Dr Jane Williams, Dr Tessa Grigg and Bindy Cummings   Primitive reflexes are on our minds as Dr Jane and Dr Tessa attend a conference in London with a focus on ‘Movement and Cognition’. The conference participants understand that if… Continue Reading >

Five Ways to Boost Immunity This Winter

By nutrition educator at Endeavour College of Natural Health, and nutritionist, Sophie Scott, who designed industry-leading short online courses on gut health and nutrition to help more Australians approach their health and wellbeing from a place of knowledge and confidence…. Continue Reading >

Getting ready for school

Dr Jane Williams and Dr Tessa Grigg   The readiness of any child for pre-school and school must be considered on an individual basis. The most important aspect to consider is to think about how your child is developing, more… Continue Reading >