The latest book I've been reading is The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, in which she describes a year of research and trialling various activities or behaviors to determine whether they increase her overall happiness. I'm enjoying reading her story and contemplating the ideas she presents. It's also interesting to note that over the last 6 - 8 months my focus has been to improve my energy levels, and although our goals have been different,...

Over the last couple of months, I've been clearing out areas of my house and getting rid of junk, cleaning and tidying cupboards, bookshelves and rooms, and generally making the whole house look and feel more spacious. At the same time I've been re-evaluating my diet and eliminating certain foods and giving my body a good overhaul. I'm not actually sure what started first - the diet overhaul or the house cleaning frenzy, but the...

In my preparation for the upcoming workshop this weekend 'An Introduction to Herbal Medicine and Natural Eating' I became acutely aware of the abundance of resources I have in my own garden that I'm not using. Some of the herbs I walk past every day that have amazing healing properties are ignored except for the occasional pruning they receive when I tidy up that part of my garden. I thought I'd share some of these...