Aromatherapy has many health benefits, including helping to relieve stress. Whether it’s stress from work, school or personal situations, aromatherapy can help to deal with stress and make you feel more at peace. During exam season, your stress level might be at its highest peak. Especially when you have back...
The colder weather is here and can leave you feeling cold and in need of some warmth and relaxation. It isn't just the colder weather that affects your body, there are many reasons as to why your muscles may be stiff and sore. Your body goes through a lot on...
The majority of us are ready to give winter the old heave-ho and welcome the emergence of spring. That said, the nation is still battle-scarred by the cold weather, recent storms, two years of Covid-19 and of course the annual arrival of Flu, the common cold and a plethora of...
I think it’s fair to say that life is lived at such a fast pace nowadays. We’re all eager to pack in as much as possible, the fear of missing out, always niggling at the back of our subconscious. We move from one thing to another, swerving and changing direction...
Written by Volker Ballueder ‘Man up’ I heard him saying to his little boy. ‘Don’t be a sissy’. ‘Don’t cry like a girl’. Those and similar phrases used to be all too common, and for some people they still are. I believe that my generation is what I call an...
By Aliza Marogy, Founder of Inessa https://www.inessawellness.com/ When considering skincare, we often focus on topical solutions, whether the aim is for clearer skin, guarding against fine lines and boosting glow, or managing inflammatory skin conditions. But as our skin is the largest organ of the body, what’s going on externally,...
We’ve all come into contact with someone that’s suffered from breast cancer. Yet it’s still a common misconception that breast cancer only targets older women. It’s a lesser-known fact that women and men of all ages can suffer this terrible disease too. Whilst that’s pretty depressing in itself, it doesn’t...
Written by Volker Ballueder This too shall pass; a mantra I have been saying to myself since the beginning of the year. The lockdown, the bad weather, the cold weather, all contribute to us feeling miserable, lonely, isolated. A lot of us are not ‘feeling it’ or are in a...
It’s been almost a year since the coronavirus found its way to us and it now seems like it’s not going anywhere for a little while. The pandemic has had a tremendous impact on our everyday lives and with that, our mental state. Throughout the past year, a lot more...
Written by Volker Ballueder We all agree that 2020 didn’t turn out to be the year most of us had planned or were expecting. It doesn’t make much sense to remind ourselves of what we could have done differently, or better, or how we could have prepared better. Should we...
We are continually being told to open up the conversation about mental health with our friends and family. In fact, you may have noticed that this past year, conversations about common mental health issues such as anxiety have dominated the headlines more than ever before. But when it comes to actually speaking...
New year’s resolutions are a funny thing. We all make them but how long do they actually last? For the vast majority of us, they’ve already been abandoned by the middle of February. Good habits, especially those that are quite different from our current lifestyle are difficult to form. They...
We all know the simple lighting of an aromatic therapeutic candle can transform your living room, bedroom, or most likely now your at-home office. Especially during the winter, candles can add a cozy touch and a hint of luxury to your space in the evenings. That's why it's essential to...
Life these days is lived at a thousand miles per hour. It seems that we’ve got into the mindset that if we’re not constantly doing something, then we’re not productive, successful or popular enough. Consequently, our phones ping with unimportant notifications, we rush from one activity to another, checking off...
