Articles on Relaxation

June’s Book Club: ‘The Wisdom of Your Body’ by Hillary L. McBride PhD
Today, I want to share insights from the first book featured in HealingT1D’s book club:

Self-Compassion
Self-compassion. Urgh. A topic like this is one that I steered away from for many years. I had the attitude that self-compassion was the route to self-destruction because, after all, if I’m being kind to myself, I’ll

Reflection and Gratitude
I’m taking a moment just now to be reflective, be still and at peace. I am pausing to take notice of where I am now. To notice just how far I’ve come. I think it becomes really easy on a healing

The Beauty of Rest
I’m calling myself out! You see, when I wrote my post on ‘High Blood Pressure’, I said that I was going to start resting properly. I promise I did start doing that. I was doing my good solid 30 minutes of re-lax-ation.

Exhaustion
When I pictured healing from Type 1 Diabetes, I saw this wonderful image of me gorgeously improving in all areas of my life and flowing towards this wholeness that was natural and at peace. I thought the

Dry Skin Brushing
I have been fascinated by skin for a long time. My skin has been the main battleground for my Type 1 Diabetes, receiving probably in excess of 50,000 injections over the years. It has carried the bruises, it has always

Walking It Out
I spoke in my post here about my hypertension diagnosis. My doctor then advised me to walk every day. This has now become a part of my daily life. Dr Andrew Weil , author of many books – including ‘Spontaneous Healing’

High Blood Pressure
Hypertension Enters Stage Left… God has thrown me a curve ball. A big one. I strolled into my diabetologist’s office for my latest check-up, only to be told that I have hypertension!! Say,