Soak Your Nuts

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By Candice Aiken. Now, now… get your mind out of the gutter; this is a health focused g-rated website! I am here to give you some very useful information on the nuts and seeds you eat (ie: walnuts, cashews, sunflower seeds etc). You’re probably wondering why you would need to soak or activate your nuts [...]

Why you are Overweight… Fat May Not Be The Culprit

Diet

By Curtis Aiken. Although the medical profession is taking its time in acknowledging the shift in our beliefs following discoveries for why people store fat in their arteries, evidence has emerged that indicates that our bodies use fat as insulation to protect ourselves from acidity. Our bodies run optimally when they are an alkaline environment. [...]

Improving Your Diet – Where to Start

Improving diet

By Curtis Aiken. If you want a short term diet to lose weight this is not the article for you. If you want to live a life of purpose with abundant energy, increased clarity of mind, and maintain excellent health – never be struck down by degenerative diseases then this is the article for you. [...]

Hypnotherapy – Interview with Joe Busuttil

Hypnotherapy

By Curtis Aiken. The following interview is with a good friend of mine from many years ago when I lived in Melbourne, Joe Busuttil. The changes I have seen in Joe over the years are staggering; when I reminisce on the early days when we first met it seems like a lifetime ago and it [...]

Raw Nut “Cheese”

Nut cheese

WHAT YOU NEED: 1 cup (roughly) filtered water 2 cups Cashews (or a variation of nuts and seeds to equal 2 cups) 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil Juice of 1 lemon 1 large (or 2 small) raw garlic cloves, crushed 1-2 tsp celtic or pink himalayan salt 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 2 tomatoes (or [...]

Top 5 Eco-friendly Products of September

Eco-friendly-products

By Candice Aiken. This post is the first in the series of my favourite eco-friendly products of each month. It’s September now – the sun is shining, birds are chirping and flowers are in full bloom. You all know what that means… SPRING CLEANING TIME!!! The products below have been recommended with this much-loved time [...]

Ego or Fulfilment?

Ego or fulfilment

By Curtis Aiken. Everybody has an ego whether they know it or not. People refer to others who have achieved a status of some kind, and show that they are proud of it, as being egotistical. A person who is labelled as ‘egotistical’ by society may be a person has won an award, race or [...]

Coping with Performance Anxiety

Performer

By Curtis Aiken. I had a bit of time to kill before a presentation this afternoon so I thought I would write my thoughts regarding coping with performance anxiety. Step one is ‘keep your mind occupied’, hence this article. Actually, that isn’t step one at all. The following are my tips on how to cope [...]

Sprouted Quinoa Salad

Quinoa salad

WHAT YOU NEED: For the salad… 1 cup Quinoa soaked for minimum 24 hours (rinse thoroughly in filtered water after soaking) 1 large leaf of Silver beat Bunch Coriander 1 large Tomato ½ cup Sundried tomatoes ½ – 1 cup Kalamata Olives 2 cloves Garlic, crushed For the seasoning… Tbsp Nama Shoyu or Celtic salt [...]

Are you healing or are you healed?

Healing or Healed

By Curtis Aiken. I recently attended a Sound Healing evening where I lay on my back with my eyes closed for two hours while people around the room made music with singing bowls, didgeridoos, gongs and other instruments. I guess the idea of Sound Healing is to heal something through music and its and vibrational [...]