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Overcoming a Winter Cough, Cold or Flu with Chinese Medicine – 6 Steps to Keep the Bugs at Bay

It’s that time of year again isn’t it – snotty noses, headaches, sore throats – it’s enough to want to make you sneeze. As a midwife, you're often in contact with little kids and families, and you're vulnerable to catching bacteria and viruses, especially during winter. Chinese medicine can help prevent those cold-weather  Read More >

Recipe: Pumpkin & Fennel Soup

This soup can be made quickly or quite slowly – if you have a slow cooker then that is definitely better as you'll get more nutrients out of the bones. Slow-cooked bone and veggie soup is incredibly nourishing for your Kidney energy, which is drained when you are attending mothers during birth or at any other time for long  Read More >

What does ‘a picture of health’ really mean?

It’s much more than merely the absence of disease. Read through each of these to see how you fare. As a midwife, you are tending to women all through the night when naturally you should be resting. This does interfere with your hormones, your energy, your emotions and much more. As a profession, midwifery demands  Read More >