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October 23, 2019

Exercise and Chinese Medicine

Exercise and Chinese Medicine: finding the balance in keeping fit As an Acupuncturist I help a huge variety of people with all different kinds of conditions, but one of the most common is the running injury. Acupuncture works extremely well for sports injuries, from plantar fasciitis to runner’s knee, back problems and tight IT

October 22, 2019

Combat Cancer with a Healthy Diet

The Best Kind of Food Fight: How to Combat Cancer with a Healthy Diet It doesn’t have to be complicated: quality, variety and balance are the three essential factors when it comes to helping to manage cancer with diet. Packing your meals full of cancer-fighting foods can serve as natural compliments to your treatment. The

October 21, 2019

Koala weighted blanket trial

Sleep like a Koala Anxiety can cause me to wake in the early hours and not return to sleep. I can feel scared and unable to stop negative thought after negative thought. Physically I feel nauseous and have hot sweats… I’m Kirsten, and I have been given a Koala blanket to trial. This is a

October 18, 2019

Flow Yoga Sequences for Beginners

As calming as yoga can be, acquiring a sufficient flow sequence at the beginning of your journey can be quite difficult. Our detailed flow yoga sequences for beginners should help make your journey easier. Yoga can be defined as a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, involves breath control, easy meditation, and

October 17, 2019

8 easy ways to be more eco-friendly

If you live in Essex, you are unlikely to be able to travel very far without seeing a few new houses being built in a tiny space or maybe even major housing developments. But look past the construction chaos and what do you see? Nice looking homes, maybe, but with hardly any garden, very little

October 16, 2019

The Health Benefits of Period Sex

Do you avoid sex during period time? Did you know about the many health benefits of period sex? We don’t need to tell you about the numerous benefits of having an active sex life. Apart from the obvious positives, there are also numerous health benefits such as improving cardiovascular health, relieving stress, improving sleep and

October 15, 2019

What can you put in a skip?

When hiring a skip it is useful to know what items you can put in it, what you cannot, and what then happens to the contents of that skip. There is an increased awareness of the huge amount of waste we generate as a society and crucially, what happens to that waste when we dispose

October 11, 2019

One Stop Energy Advice Clinic – Southend

We at Citizens Advice Southend are pleased to announce the return of the Big Energy saving project for 2019/20. For the next 6 months, Citizens Advice Southend will be running a one-stop energy advice clinic at the Hub Southend in the Victoria Shopping Centre Every Tuesday our Energy champion Sam Daniels will be seeing clients

October 09, 2019

Dress bright to support #WorldMentalHealthDay

Dress bright to support #WorldMentalHealthDay with Trust Links Tomorrow, Thursday 10th October, is #WorldMentalHealthDay, an opportunity to raise awareness about mental health and reduce the stigma. 1 in 4 people are affected by poor mental health and it can have devastating consequences. This World Mental Health Day at Trust Links, we want to celebrate life

October 09, 2019

The power of ‘finding people to talk to’

Reaching out to other natures conservationists can have such a positive impact: the power and joy of ‘finding people to talk to’ is astonishing! The late summer evening was balmy and the light was fading as I stepped out for a stroll round my neighbourhood before settling in for the night. Before I’d gone far,

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