Ingredients of Wellness

Finland has a grand organic plan.  The country aims to shift 50% of its agriculture to organic production by 2030. Now that’s bold and in my view a forward looking country.  You can read more about this proposition here. Finland may only be a few years into its grand plan but as reported in Organic […]

Food should be our medicine, and our medicine should be our food (Hippocrates) A surge of interest in improving personal health and wellness has seen many turn to food as their medicine.  Wellness advocates and some healthcare practitioners will tell you that much of the chronic illnesses so many are battling with today can be […]

This is Part 2 of a 2 part series on 10 things you can do to help protect our marine environments and feel good about it.  Part 1 was out last week in case you missed it.  6.      Find replacements for single use plastics and disposables Use your own water bottle Take your own bag […]

Okay I’m not a nutritionist or a holistic health coach but I do know a bit about what foods are good for you and what are not!  A personal interest in getting green and healthy, in growing what food I can on my balcony, and studying ‘Food as Medicine’ as part of the Master of […]

Following on from  the Vitality Challenge post this is the first in a series on the 3 superfoods making up the Vitality Challenge. The Miessence range of organic superfoods is the result of intensive research and development into the key nutritional needs for optimum health and vitality and are formulated for maximum potency and assimilation […]

Sugar, it’s such a big topic these days.  Actually when we talk about sugar in the context that I am going to discuss here and especially in regard to our wellness, I am referring to fructose. I was recently interviewed by Holistic Health Coach Sandra Carvajal about the effects of quitting sugar, on her fabulous […]

I did a great interview recently on quitting sugar with Holistic Health Coach Sandra Carvajal on her fabulous blog Latin2Yoga.  I used Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar ebook as a guide to help me kick the ‘habit’.  And I think many others have done the same, from the huge volume of sales she has been […]

Welcome to the year of the Black Water Snake.  According to Feng Shui Master Jill Lander of Golden Elements, the mythology of the snake often represents healing of the physical body. With that in mind the theme of this week’s mind and body posts is to offer you an easy path to vitality, to get […]

Let me introduce you to what I think is the most exciting project to roll out from Miessence since I have been representing these nourishing products. Welcome to the Vitality Challenge with Miessence Superfoods.  An opportunity to take steps to invest in your vitality, positive health and optimum wellness. If you are need of……   […]

Last week I introduced you to Miessence and why it’s Certified Organic (to food grade standard) status is important.  In case you missed it you can find it here. I also posted on what ‘Wellness’ is.  Wellness is essentially a choice, a decision an individual makes to move toward optimum health and wellbeing.  Some suggest […]

While the idea of ‘Wellness’ is obviously quite distinct from the concept of mainstream health, it is interesting that as yet no fixed definition or theory exists for Wellness.  Yet this is not to be viewed as a bad thing.  The wide use of the term Wellness results in different meanings, for different groups, in […]

Miessence is the world’s first extensive range of internationally Certified Organic skin, hair, body, cosmetic, oral and nutritional products – certified to food standards.  As part of my wellness journey I was looking into using natural and sustainably produced products and was intrigued by the food standards certification of what was essentially a skin and personal care […]

Welcome to the Ingredients of Wellness. When I first mentioned the name of this blog to a friend the first thing that came to mind for her was that it may be about cooking wholesome food.  Well that’s not such a bad first impression, but that’s not all I intend for this blog.  Sure we will […]

The sun is shining today and I found myself having a great desire to get out and hit the trails around DB.  So with a lunch appointment cancelled I decided to do just that…… and what a wonderful idea it was.  I feel refreshed, energized and can’t stop smiling.  The sun and nature are truly amazing…… and so might […]