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Mental Wellbeing

Practical advice, insights and news from across Walnut Grove Clinic and Walnut Grove Studio.
18th April, 2023

Psychosomatic Coaching

By Tatiana Mirren

I am a life coach with a psychosomatic approach. In simple terms, psychosomatic coaching can be described as “yoga meets psychology” and is based on the premise that the root...

18th April, 2023

How do Scars affect me?

By Kate Oldham

There are various reasons for a scar on a body from injuries to surgeries and many other causal factors. Why do they affect your body? Scars, even small scars can...

16th March, 2023

Still sleepy after 8 hours? Here’s why…

By Kathryn Harper

Do you often wake up tired despite having had a good night’s sleep? This is fairly normal and can be due to lots of reasons such as staying up too...

17th January, 2023

Boost your energy and beat the Winter Blues

By Kathryn Harper

It can be difficult to get out and about at this time of year, with shorter, colder, and often wet days. It’s pretty much second nature to want to stay...

17th January, 2023

Don’t give up on your dreams, sleep longer!

By Kathryn Harper

We all love to sleep, don’t we? There’s nothing quite like climbing into bed, fresh sheets, snuggling up under the covers and dozing off into the land of nod.  However,...

17th January, 2023

To go dry or not in January?

By Kathryn Harper

After the excesses for many during the festive period, lots of people feel they need a detox and do ‘dry January’ whereby they go sober for the month. So, we thought...

17th November, 2022

How to reduce stress with supplements

By Zara Ford

Stress awareness day is coming up and there are so many articles written about stress and how to manage it. It is a massive subject and very individual but cortisol...

19th July, 2022

Self-esteem – Why is it important?

By Zara Ford

Self-esteem is used to describe a person’s overall subjective sense of personal worth or value. In other words, self-esteem may be defined as how much you appreciate and like yourself...

20th January, 2022

Sleep – Essential To Wellbeing

By Zara Ford

The 3rd of January was the festival of sleep day. There is a reason why they use sleep deprivation for an effective torture method – it’s because it’s essential for...

16th December, 2021

Touch Starvation

By Zara Ford

Touch Starvation – what it means to us as humans Humans are largely social beings, and some research suggests that many people feel comfort, security, and satisfaction from physical contact. Deprivation...

29th November, 2021

Stress – what is it and is it bad?

By Zara Ford

Stress is your body’s reaction to help you deal with pressure or threats. Your stress hormone levels usually return to normal once the pressure or threat has passed. A small...

26th October, 2021

The perks of going sober

By Zara Ford

This month is “Go sober for October month” – so we thought we would look at the benefits of going sober even for a month and see if it could...