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Alcohol, Alchemy and Addiction

Alcohol, Alchemy and Addiction I did a post this week on alcohol, how in Chinese medicine wine can be therapeutic, and then got heaps of blowback such as ‘it’s ethanol and it shrinks your brain’, or ‘it’s toxic and you must never drink’. Since this is a drinking…

How to use chi to forgive and forget

If you often say “I’ll never forgive myself for…” or “I’ll never forgive… (fill in person, politician, organisation etc) for..”, you could be creating a mental health issue for yourself. Being unable to forgive creates stress, obsessive thought patterns, grudges or those re-running angry internal dialogues. This prevents inner peace, and…

How to get up early and get celestial

I use the word ‘cosmic’ a lot and people think: hippies, flares, flower-power. But it’s origins are ancient. In Daoist texts there are references to cosmic connection and cosmic chi as well as finding the cosmic self. It’s deeply spiritual but not religious. Cosmic chi is said to shower…

Soul matter vs karmic matter

93% of the universe is invisible dark matter (that’s physics). A professor I recently heard on a podcast (with a PhD majoring in Karma!) says this is ‘karmic matter’. Each of us is made up of soul matter and karmic matter. Every one of our actions either adds to…

How to handle turbulent times

Turbulent times call for turbo-charged action from us. It’s tempting to go for ‘shelter and safety’ when stressed, confused, anxious or fearful, by comfort eating, over-sleeping or bingeing – on food, drugs, alcohol or screens – but this creates weakness right when we need strength. My recommendation is tough…

New Ways to Lose Weight – online course launched

I’ve had so many clients over the years who couldn’t lose weight, despite trying every diet and exercise program, but who then got results from the system I developed, that I’ve put it all together into this online course. It draws on 40 years of my research and observations…