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A 75-90 min consultation with a Integrative Medicine Expert will include taking a complete case history & a lengthy discussion of your symptoms & health goals. You will make a strategy with your practitioner within the consult – and you will receive a very detailed report with an overview of your case & rationale for treatment, along with complete Testing, Treatment, Nutrition & Lifestyle Recommendations (see sample above).

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Follow Up Consultations will explore test results (45 mins minimum), discuss progress, test implications & treatment strategies. Post-consultation you will receive a Summary Report & Treatment Protocol, as required. We also may refer you within our team to other professionals – all will be discussed during your consult. Request the time you think you need – we only invoice for the time taken, virtual 30 min consults starting at £135.

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I have four half-posts drafted for today. None of

I have four half-posts drafted for today. None of them are right to post. Today I have been dealing with the traumas and stresses of patients, colleagues and friends. And then, after all that juggling of others' concerns and resolving issues, supporting and giving outwardly... then dawns the cavernous quiet of isolation and aloneness.
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Today was just hard.
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But that's one week down. Likely many more to go. Just a quick comment then: ⠀⠀
There are times when people are being just generally awesome.
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There are also times when the rules and those that govern our respective lockdowns penalise those who need and deserve it least.
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Frustrating.
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As we go digital we rely more on written communica

As we go digital we rely more on written communication: the type where you can’t see facial expressions or gauge tone as you read words off a page.
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I've been digital forever, & I know this is fraught with difficulty. You know you don’t always get jokes on WhatsApp, right? Well now we’re living that x 1000. AND with work colleagues & people we’d NEVER communicate with in this way. It’s almost like we’re all speaking different languages.
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What I have learned through years of getting things wrong is that when you’re reading someone’s words written down, you hear your voice in your head, not theirs. Your judgements & feelings about words are pasted over their use of them. Your inner wounds & fears are overlaid on top of something that is innocent in their eyes. Everything about the way you read someone’s words comes through you… not them. & you cannot see their eyes or hear their tone to disprove your conclusions.
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So, instead of leaping to those conclusions based on someone’s typed message over these next few months - we ALL have to pause, self-check, try to work out what people ACTUALLY mean vs. what we think they mean.
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This is a conflict I have often found. Services e.g. WhatsApp are not contextual - they interrupt us anywhere in our day &, almost always, our state is COMPLETELY different to that of the sender. We are having contextless conversations. One person is calm & jokey - the other tense & on edge cause they’re doing a million other things. But messages get read in OUR state, not the state they were sent.
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So arguments will be created during this time because we read from what’s inside ourselves; both historically & in that moment.
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I would implore people to self-check before reacting during the next few months. Ask for clarification before assuming the meaning in someone’s words. It takes no time to write, “Sorry, I’m not quite sure how you mean that - could you explain?” Or “this is coming over like this, is that how you mean it?”. It will save you arguments. It will save you stress. It will save you making judgements that hurt others' feelings. It will save you time - & hopefully it will help you navigate this with more dexterity & peace.

I feel talked out!! In the last two days - in the

I feel talked out!! In the last two days - in the midst of global fear, lockdown, viruses & uncertainty - I have not stopped talking to people! And humanity is doing what it always does in times of adversity: it gets resourceful.
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I literally haven’t stopped - chatting, emailing, Facebook-ing, WhatsApp-ing, Zoom-ing, Skype-ing… I feel MORE connected than I did just a few days ago. All in a time where we’re not allowed to actually leave our homes.
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There’s just so much compassion. Today I had the privilege of speaking to @theprimalliving’s Steve Bennett about food, anxiety & Health (live link to the YouTube recording in my bio) - all to support awareness of Food Bank charities & @trusselltrust who need support at times like this, when ‘passing traffic’ in supermarkets drops, yet demand for food bank services increase.
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And I have been heart-warmed by CPT’s own @ideascartel which, for those who don’t know, is a members’ club, co-working space & hub for entrepreneurs & business leaders alike with several venues across CPT. ⠀⠀
Hit with the reality that no-one can synergistically ‘bump into one another’ within their (gorgeous) spaces, they’ve worked like lightning to create a completely virtual way for everyone to connect… &, even more wonderfully, everyone is pitching in their skills, advice, assistance & expertise. The hive mind truly is helping to serve the good of the whole.
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I didn’t think this would happen so soon. I didn’t think people would rally so quickly. It’s honestly marvellous to see the goodness in people just shining through. It may be borne out of adversity - but the collective wisdom will support us all through the respective challenges we now face. ⠀⠀
This truly validates my complete conviction that synarchy (i.e. harmonious rule), teamwork & collaboration is fundamental to progress. And that networks (both feeling connected to AND working alongside one) is fundamentally important to feeling safe, a foundation of human Health.

There's no ideal place to feel a frustration of fr

There's no ideal place to feel a frustration of freedoms & no perfect place to witness the fear that is travelling through the planet atm.
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I do feel like I'm (like many) having to keep up with this pandemic in several countries & on many continents. With patients in approx 15 different countries, tracking what each government is mandating is a challenge.
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I happen to be in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. It's a 'posh' place to be doing this, I guess. But SA's level of lockdown is more severe. We don't get to walk dogs or do an exercise routine outside & alcohol/cigarettes cannot be sold for the duration. Army are on the streets - & making arrests.
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Politics here is a hotbed that I won't comment on. There are interesting arrangements written into law that are remnants of the horrors that this country has been through & they create quirks in business & life itself.
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But what I have witnessed here is a quiet calm from the President. No daily, emergency, "we're scrabbling to adapt" address which shares 'science' that other scientists disagree with. No delayed response/dismissal of seriousness for months as this trickled through, unchecked.
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Instead, the action has been calm but decisive - even in the midst of a currency downgrade which hits the country hard at the worst time.
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Obviously those in impoverished areas did not comply with lockdown. They couldn't. And yes, there's been issues with police demeaning them. But the response from the community was 'everyone is equal under the law' & huge efforts to HELP the poor comply.
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And TESTING. I dunno where they're coming from, but we have tests. & do you know who SA are testing?
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- The most vulnerable
- The Uber drivers & those who are in contact with many (driving the Health workers) & also "used to taking instruction" so they find this easy.
- And then everyone they possibly can...
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My views on Covid-19 are complex. But I do know the lack of data is creating junk information in many countries & globally. The response here has surprised me. I feel safer than many I know. Watching news is informative, not fear-inducing. All of this is NOT something I anticipated, & a delightful surprise.

I’ve spent the first 3 days of lockdown working

I’ve spent the first 3 days of lockdown working like a mad thing on resources I never get time to create in 'normal life' because I’m consulting too much. Like most in my field, work has slowed as people feel a need to focus on what is seen as an 'immediate-term Health crisis'. So I get the opportunity to invest time in longer term projects that are part of my existing job. (I'm sure I'll slow down when my sense of pressure catches up with the looming weeks!)
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But I’m wondering why I see people promoting 'using this time' to learn languages, do new courses, start home workout regimens (run whole marathons in chunks, even!), learn to cook, regularly call family on FaceTime & catch up on docu-series (& crap series 😉) on Netflix.
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A brief thought from lockdown today, then.
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If we didn’t have time to do all of these things I've just mentioned before… ⠀⠀
What the actual hell were we doing?
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Were we just doing ‘distraction stuff' … & now we’re doing ‘real stuff’ & stuff that means more, is more fulfilling & rewarding…?
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Were we socialising & creating in-person emotional connections, which is (for the most part, though not always) Health-promoting?
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Or, most likely, were we working too hard in jobs which demanded commutes (a time-suck), office banter (a time-suck), meetings (often at least partially a time-suck) & getting ourselves ‘presentable for life’ (i.e. spending more time getting ready because we were going to commune with actual humans as opposed to putting a bit of a face on & making sure we look ok from the top-up, front-facing, Zoom-angle side)??
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And if we were just doing all these time-sucky activities… why don’t we just elect that post-lockdown, we don’t return to time-sucky nonsense & STILL choose to cook at home with family, commune with those who are far away, connect (in person & virtually), try less hard to look perfect, up-skill ourselves & generally be less wasteful with our hours?
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Just a thought, hey 🤷🏼‍♀️ Time is precious. Hopefully one upshot of this will be we value time more.
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And yes - necessary caveat: there is ZERO pressure to fill this time. See yesterday's post for the value of Silence.

I am observing myself change already. I am conflic

I am observing myself change already. I am conflicted about talking of 'opportunities' in the context of a pandemic... but I am obviously talking about the opportunities of the lockdowns we're all in, & of the enforced stillness they demand.
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Within stillness, you can find silence.
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As someone who spent a long time studying the Chinese I-Ching, Human Design & @genekeys, language is everything to me. Silence is an important word: one I've come to understand as something that isn't quiet. It is a space absolutely full of potential.
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Silence opens up a gap to finally hear signal from noise.
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Yesterday, I wandered around in all the hours full of not going out, & didn't put on the television, couldn't go walking with a podcast in my ears & only had four walls to bounce around in. And Silence.
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It's funny... instead of following a rough daily outline, having appointments & a to-do list, I found myself having to listen to my body to grasp what to do next. I pottered to the fridge & randomly ate an apple at 4pm, moved from inside to outside whenever I hit a roadblock of creativity; going back in after 30 seconds if I was inspired. Or sat & stared for a minute or two if I wasn’t.
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For want of better words, I 'flowed' through the day - opening up to the moments of silence to understand where my body & mind wanted to move to next, rather than allowing external schedules & demands to dictate.
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The potential of a number of weeks in lockdown redefines deadlines - especially for those who are normally home-workers, but always 'doing'. Now ‘outside stuff’ doesn’t determine our days or workflow.
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There is a release of pressure. ⠀⠀
None of us are going anywhere until this is over. So... in that space... everything gets reconfigured. Without external pressure, we must turn inwards & develop a deeper relationship to the signals of our own being to determine trajectory & timelines.
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As someone who spent an age on self-knowledge, & another one on body-awareness... this feels like a time where we’re all being called to tune into ‘us’ & learn how to actually listen & be led *by our beings*, rather than our agendas, as we surrender to the flow of this strange time.

Is this Virus a “Great Leveller”? ⠀⠀ I hea

Is this Virus a “Great Leveller”?
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I hear a lot about how Covid-19 is not discriminating: no population or country is “safe”. The virus seems to be affecting all ages, genders etc., & some suggest that this makes SARS Co-V2 a “great leveller”.
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But this is, in no way, true.
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This virus isn’t impacting equally. It is going to, without doubt, disproportionately affect those of lower socioeconomic class - as all illnesses do.
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Now I live in what is referred to as a 1st & 3rd world country, I have the privilege of being one of the most fortunate in the 1st world population here. I earn in pounds, a strong currency compared with Rand which is now officially at junk status. I am white, heterosexual, independently “wealthy” & without communicable disease (HIV is rife here).
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And I CAN stay inside. I might whinge & be annoyed I can’t get my feet in the sand & sea. As someone who has walked 45-90 minutes every day since I got ‘better’, I might be frustrated that I’m now ‘not allowed’.
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But I CAN stay IN. Alone. Here, that makes me one of the lucky ones.
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There are those here whose homes (such as they are) are the real risk. Many people in one house, no reserves of cash to stock up, no access to water & soap to wash frequently.
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As a South African minister said last night: this is the time to be very UN-South African. Instead of finding solace in community we MUST spread apart. But communities here will find that absolutely impossible. They then prove a risk to us all, but I still have a home where I can minimise that risk.
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None of these people have WiFi. They can’t jump online & find solace in ’positive’ IG posts, the “Health Tip” to not get lost in Netflix (as if!), just "do an online course instead" (again, impossible). They won’t be making themselves feel better by joining a communal workout running 2km round their garden & tracking it on Strava.
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I am, without doubt, going to hit points of struggle in the next 21 days & beyond (there is no guarantee that this will end then - in fact, I think it probably won’t).
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But I will not be suffering. Not in the slightest. So I’m going to try hard to ride out my feelings with perspective & NOT complain 🤞

So it begins... we're trundling on through Day One

So it begins... we're trundling on through Day One of a 3-week lockdown in South Africa. In a world that seems to be unpredictable & destabilising, I need points of orientation. So - mostly for my own intrigue - I've decided to do one of my "Insta-series". It's been a while, but they're always popular. So I hope this entertains some of you...
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I'm going to let this series go wherever it goes. I haven't planned it out (how could I?) & I don't have a 'purpose' or 'goal' in mind. Except to say that there is so much noise specific to Covid-19 that my plan isn’t to talk just about that (though it might come up!), or even about 'life on lockdown'.
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Also - this is going to be a deeply un-practical series. I am NOT going to tell you how to structure your day, stay 'Healthy', exercise without leaving the house or survive incarceration with loved ones. You'll figure that out. You'll have to 😉
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But, deep within me, I can feel the transformational energetic shifts that are occurring as a result of (or, I would argue, in lockstep & allied to) the spread of this global pandemic. It is changing us all. Me included. It is transforming the way we commune, the way we interact, the role of government in our societies & the role of humanity in our lives. None of us will leave this experience un-changed. And change - especially when experienced like this - isn't easy.
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This pandemic is challenging us to truly, & with integrity, show up.
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So, over the next three weeks, I plan to do just that. Perhaps more 'honestly' than I ever have.
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You don't need 'Health tips' from me right now. I am going to use these three weeks to pay attention to the shifts of energy as it changes, within me & the world, & chart my own journey through this, observing how Healthcare, the world, & I, are being transformed.
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Who knows, you may all unfollow. I may find days where I've nothing to say. But some of you reading this have sent me private messages in recent weeks imploring me to come back & start writing more frequently again. Especially about my unique perspective on dealing with fear & threat, which seems quite appropriate right now. So, if you'd like to, stay tuned... 😊

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