This may be one of the hardest and most personal posts I will ever write, to truly admit to myself and others the depths of despair I felt with post natal depression after having my son 2 years ago, and facing up to potentially having to deal with the same challenge again imminently with my…
Part 1 Post natal depression my journey
Part 2 A letter to myself- post natal depression a strategy to recovery
In my previous post I shared my experiences of post natal depression, I debated how comfortable I would be in being this publicly open but feel it’s part of my own personal recovery and essential that we honestly and without judgement share our experiences to help others in similar situations. At 37 weeks pregnant and…
Keep Your Cool by Marielle Bostrom
Right along with bad diets, stress is highly likely the biggest root cause of dysfunction, disease and early deaths in economically developed societies with decently functioning health care systems. Be it because of stress related physical or mental health effects or because of self medication due to stress getting out of control and turning into…
Feel better live more Podcast: Dr Chatterjee
‘We have overcomplicated health. I want to simplify it.’ Dr Chatterjee’s podcast has fast become my go to for holistic health knowledge and education around progressive medicine. Each week he interviews a practitioner or leader in a different area of health, wellness or medical research. Most often his guests are pioneers in their field discussing…
Change maker Carol Ong of Bebebalm.com on financial freedom, shit money and creative obsession
For the longest time, I felt like I was cheating. You see, Advertising is my first love, and I still love it to bits. But I’ve found another creative obsession. It was born from a mom’s desperation (mine) to find a solution for my newborn’s eczema. Soon I was spending my free time studying different…
3 cornerstones to better health whilst managing Type 1 Diabetes by Marielle Bostrom
20 years has passed since my Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis in my early teens. Today I’m not able to tell the story of how my very normal childhood turned into a 24/7 management of my blood glucose level. I simply can’t recall life pre-diabetes and I barely remember the beginning of it. I’ve tried to…