When I first started studying complementary therapies, the emphasis seemed to be on using medical equipment such as stethoscopes to listen to a person’s heart. Although this method of diagnosis is extremely valuable, there seemed to be something I was missing

Births happen every minute of every day but our own birth, our first physical arrival in the outside world, is an extraordinary event.

I hadn't been to a led yoga class for a while and realised that it was long overdue when I pulled a muscle putting on my sports bra.

Should we feel safe to post anything and everything on social media, particularly when it comes to children?

We all have protective mechanisms to help us deal with pain, trauma, loss, anger, etc. and our bodies will always try to revert to a state where we feel safe and protected. But we can't go it alone.

Recent figures indicated that no-shows or missed appointments cost the National Health Service £1bn in 2017. Self-employed practitioners and therapists feel the sting of missed appointments even more acutely.