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...and we like to write about how we can all achieve better health, naturally. Sometimes tips on how you can DIY to better health and sometimes on the therapies that can make a difference to you, your health and wellbeing.
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What’s in a Name??

Therapies Posted on Wed, May 12, 2021 10:29AM


Your name is so much more than just a label!!
A name is a special creation that both ‘mother & father’ attune or agree to when its given to their baby. A name has to feel right or resonate with both parents and the baby’s Soul for this ‘sacred exchange’ of energy to take place. It is said that “a Soul could not rest if it’s name were given to someone else”
A name carries its own ‘Signature’ of energy through…Sound, Colour & Rhythm… All letters of the alphabet (vowels & consonants) have a vibratory significance and depending on how they are arranged together to form a name, indicates how certain energies are released in that person’s life.
The art of ‘Name Interpretation’ is a spiritual science and to be able to do it you have to understand ‘The Law of Vibration’. I am a ‘Vibrational Therapist’ I was taught this through my years of study within the area of Colour. But I also understand it on another level through a condition I have known as ‘Synaesthesia’ this is were letters & numbers are sounds & colours to me which then trigger words with meaning. I’m able to translate and explain the Colours or energy of a name. Colour is my medium, it is the tool I work with for all my treatments.


Receiving a ‘Name Interpretation’ helps you to..

  •  See its unique ‘Personality Power’ which is an indicator of your true Purpose.
  • Discover its greatest ‘Challenge’ that you’re to overcome in order to grow and move forward. 
  • Become aware of its ‘Gifts & Abilities’ that assist you in achieving your life’s goals. 
  • Receive an overview of your ‘Life Energy” from the Colour theme of your spoken name.


If you are interested to know ‘What’s in your Name?’ or would like to ‘Gift’ someone special in your life, then follow the link
With Warm L♡VE Paula-Marie x 



Homeopathic Diamond- Adamas

Therapies Posted on Tue, April 27, 2021 10:42AM

Diamonds, alongside approximately 6000 different substances, have been made into a homeopathic remedy. Their prescription is based on the degree of the symptom similarity between the homeopathic picture of Diamond and the individual person.


So, who is the person who might need a Diamond as their remedy?


People who represent the energy of a Diamond are strong, ambitious and very hard working. They are perfectionist who take a lot of pride in their profession and like to shine, having reached the top rung of their career ladder. These type of people had to withstand a lot of pressure in their lives in order to become who they are now. But being at the pinnacle can be a lonely experience which can lead to dissatisfaction.


Diamond can represent the deepest, darkest and most overwhelming type of depression. Just like diamond can shatter when dropped, these people can feel ‘destroyed’ by life circumstances. There is complete darkness, sense of oppression, pressure closing in on all sides, no matter how hard they are fighting to keep it at bay. Previously sharp intellect can become dulled and the affected person might complain from cloudiness of thoughts and can even start making mistakes in words whilst talking or writing. Their previous clarity of mind is replaced by inability to make and stick to any decisions, yet we might be able to glimpse their previous need for order and harmony reflected by fixed and compulsive desire for certain things to be done or placed in a particular way.


People who benefit from homeopathic Diamond have problems relating to others because they can feel somewhat ‘detached’, separate, and can be very easily irritated by as little as a wrong word uttered by a wrong time, especially if it came from one of their loved ones. Their pains and sensations have a ‘cutting’  and sharp (as if sharp needles were being driven into affected part of the body) character and are very often accompanied by feeling of icy coldness.

Jadwiga James



Could cow’s milk be dangerous for our children?

General Health & Wellbeing Posted on Sat, March 13, 2021 10:54AM

Milk (as well as dairy products in general) and its impact on our health has been a subject to much debate in the last couple of years with arguments ranging from our inability to properly digest it, through to increased mucus production, IBS as well as animal welfare concerns.
Is it one of your diet staples?
Cow’s milk is the most popular option of baby milk formula as well as base for many foods and desserts, especially those aimed at the younger population.
Think we are all accustomed with a much advertised phrase that ‘milk is good for strong and healthy bones’ but did you know that it is also a leading cause of fatal anaphylactic shock in children?
Forget bee stings, peanuts or eggs! According to a 20-year-long study, milk is an undisputed causer of severe and life-threating allergic reactions in the younger generation!
Here are some facts:
* 30% of all cases of anaphylactic shock episodes are linked to food items
* hospital admissions for severe allergic responses have increased every year (1998-2018) but their fatality rate is gradually declining.
* EpiPens and other adrenaline injector prescriptions have increased by 336% within the period of this study- that’s 11% more prescriptions needed each year
* most hospitalisations involve children under 15 years of age
* 26% of fatal anaphylaxis in school aged children is linked to cow’s milk

Is milk really a healthy option for our children?

Access the full study here: Food anaphylaxis in the United Kingdom: analysis of national data, 1998-2018



Spotlight on: Aconite, a remedy for fever and shock

General Health & Wellbeing Posted on Sat, February 20, 2021 03:48PM

Aconite, Aconitum, Wolf’s Bane or Monkshood (due to the curious shape of its flowers), is a highly poisonous plant which can be found in mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. Even being in a close proximity to this plant can cause symptoms in those who are very sensitive to it, yet you can find it growing in abundance beside the mountain paths and clearings.

Why would I mention Aconite as a remedy for shock and fever is it’s so highly poisonous?

Because a Homeopathic preparation of Aconite is completely non-toxic! 
Homeopathy depends on a like-cures-like scenario, so symptoms helped by remedy made from Aconite will be similar to the effects of its poisoning.

When would you benefit from a dose of Homeopathic Aconite:
* let’s say you’ve been out for a walk. The weather has turned quite cold just recently and the wind felt even colder. Upon coming back home you are feeling ‘chilled to the bone’, can’t seem to warm up and just KNOW that this will result in you ending up with a cold, fever or even flu!
* forwarding from the above scenario where you didn’t take Aconite as soon as you came back home (which would have nipped any development of symptoms ‘in the bud’), you wake up flushed and bothered with a fever of 39 degrees! How did it spike up so high? You try to sit up and all of a sudden you feel pale and need to lie back down. Only problem is that you can’t find a comfortable position in your bed. On top of that, you are feeling too hot, then too cold and you are starting to worry that you might not make it till lunch time!
* you have experienced an accident (or narrowly missed one!) which resulted in feelings of intense panic, like the proverbial ‘deer in the headlights’. It might have left you feel paralysed, shaky and your heart might have felt as if it was about to burst out of your chest. It might have happened an hour or a year ago but you can’t seem to shake off the feeling you experienced in that situation, it can even come back in form of nightmares which feel so real that you wake up and sit up bolt straight in you bed, trying to figure out if it really was just a dream or if it was happening again.

In essence, you can take a dose of Homeopathic Aconite if:
* you are experiencing an illness which has came on all of a sudden and with great intensity (like a sudden fever after feeling completely healthy the day before). 
* the symptoms you are experiencing have not been present for more than 48hrs
* you are having a panic attack with palpitations and conviction that you will die soon

If you have never used homeopathy before, here are some pointers:
* please do not touch the homeopathic granules with your hands, tip one granule onto the lid before putting it in your mouth
* don’t swallow the homeopathic remedies! They don’t absorb through your digestive system like the medicines you might be used to, please allow for them to dissolve under your tongue
* please leave 15-20 minutes between taking your remedy and having something to eat or drink (apart from water, which you can drink as much and as often as you want!)
* 1 granule = 1 dose. Taking 2 (or more) granules of the remedy will not make it work any faster or stronger, homeopathy works a bit like an ‘information’ therapy- it lets your body know where and how to bring back the balance and, once it’s done that, your body if fully capable of applying all of the needed changes. This also means that it’s impossible to overdose on homeopathy- whether you take just 1 granule or the whole remedy vial at once, your body will still receive one dose of the information.
* for sudden problems, you can take up to 3 doses of the remedy within 24 hours, each dose will act as a further ‘nudge’ for your body to deal with the symptoms. If, after 48 hours your symptoms change or have not improved, please get in touch with a homeopath as it’s very likely that you may need a different remedy!
* peppermint, camphor and menthol act as antidotes to homeopathic remedies. If you diffuse one of them as essential oils or have a peppermint tea whilst taking homeopathy, you have a very good chance of the remedies not working!

Jadwiga James



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