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MAR

2020

Lockdown live: March update

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2020 is, if nothing else, “interesting” – drought, fires, floods and this darn virus! Since sending my monthly newsletter, this public health crisis has continued to evolve at warp speed. Not at warp speed, however, is the current load time on my website. Be patient, it’s...

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MAR

2020

What to do if you have to self-isolate?

Posted By : Gill Stannard

Tags : cooking, coronavirus, COVID-19, isolation, nature, pandemic, pantry audit, plants, public health emergency, quarantine, reading, self-care, self-isolate

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As the number of friends and colleagues self-isolating grows by the day, now is the time to plan on the possibility of having to spend an extended period of time at home. If like me, you’ve also had a lot of social or work events cancelled, you might have some unexpected free...

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MAR

2020

Book review: When Life is Not Peachy

Posted By : Gill Stannard

Tags : book review, depression, grief, heartache, Pip Lincolne, sadness, self help, self-care, what's it like seeing a psychologist, when life is not peachy

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When Life is Not Peachy: Real-Life Lessons in Recovery from Heartache, Grief and Tough Times By Pip Lincolne Pip Lincolne is a Melbourne author, crafter and all round delightful person. Her latest book, When Life is Not Peachy, is both deeply personal and practical. What...

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MAR

2020

Recipe: Japanese pickled ginger

Posted By : Gill Stannard

Tags : dairy free, easy recipes, ginger, gluten-free, Japanese, pickled ginger, sushi, vegetarian

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It’s so easy to make your own pickled ginger. You’ll never eat the dyed pink packet ginger again! Japanese-style pickled ginger 200g root ginger 2 tabs sea salt 1 cup rice vinegar ½ cup water (filtered) 2 tab sugar Clean the ginger with a damp cloth, then sprinkle...

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FEB

2020

February update: floods, flu and Febfast

Posted By : Gill Stannard

Tags : cancer, coronavirus, COVID-19, FebFast, herbalist, immune, Melbourne, naturopath, recovery from chemotherapy, switchel, Sydney, sydney harbour bridge climb, wellbeing, world cancer day

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What a year – and it’s only February! As if our Australian summer couldn’t be more stressful after recent devastating fires and floods, there’s a new deadly flu to contend with. If you’re finding information about this coronavirus confusing or are concerned about your...

FEB

2020

Recipe: switchel a cooling summer drink

Posted By : Gill Stannard

Tags : delicious, drinks. alcohol-free, ginger, shrub, summer, switchel, vinegar

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Shrubs, a vinegar syrup flavoured with herbs or fruit, have been used in herbal medicine for almost 500 years. More recently they’ve enjoyed renaissance. Switchel is a ginger shrub, which has been spruiked as “the hipster fermented drink with gut benefits”. I just like it as a...

FEB

2020

Accidental poster girl for World Cancer Day 2020

Posted By : Gill Stannard

Tags : Australia, cancer research, cancer survivor, I Am And I Will, ovarian cancer, ovary-act, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb. life after cancer, WCD 2020, world cancer day

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Happy World Cancer Day! It’s an honour to be a part of the 20th anniversary of this international event. This year’s World Cancer Day theme, I Am And I Will is a call to action and I’ve made a commitment to continue my cancer advocacy and speak up those who can’t. ...

FEB

2020

Recovering from cancer

Posted By : Gill Stannard

Tags : can you see a naturopath when going through cancer treatment, cancer advocate, cancer recovery, complementary treatments for cancer, consumer, herbs and cancer, IAmAndIWill, naturopathy for cancer, recovery from chemotherapy, what helped me recover from cancer treatment, WorldCancerDay

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Being told you have cancer is a shock. Despite decades of working with clients with life challenging conditions, nothing prepared me for being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013. Fast forward more than six years and I’ve been incredibly lucky. Early diagnosis, more than...

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JAN

2020

Clinic update: January 2020

Posted By : Gill Stannard

Tags : Australian bushfires, bushfire, bushfire assistance, bushfire health recovery, free health consultations, giving, health 2020, new decade, selfcare, wellbeing

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Welcome to the new decade This is may not be the glorious new year we’d hoped for. Regardless of where in the world you are, the news of Australia’s horrendous bushfires has no doubt reached you. With much of the East Coast of country indirectly, if not directly, impacted by fire...

JAN

2020

Australian bushfire support

Update June 2020: Have you been directly impacted by the bushfires, as a first responder or damage to your home or business? I’m still offering a free naturopathic consultation, any time in 2020. The offer is now extended to health practitioners or small creative businesses...

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Articles

Lockdown live: March update

What to do if you have to self-isolate?

Book review: When Life is Not Peachy

Recipe: Japanese pickled ginger

February update: floods, flu and Febfast

Recipe: switchel a cooling summer drink

Accidental poster girl for World Cancer Day 2020

Recovering from cancer

Clinic update: January 2020

Australian bushfire support

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