Stress and high blood pressure

3 simple ways to improve your blood pressure without medication!   Do you, or someone in your life, suffer from heart problems? The chances are, you do. One in five Kiwis suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure), and it is the number one cause of death in New Zealand. In fact, it kills more people [...]

2019-03-15T11:20:30+13:00 March 20th, 2018|Health, Fitness & Wellbeing|Comments Off on Stress and high blood pressure

Are you getting forgetful? Use Ginkgo!

A powerful herb to keep your brain active.   “Memory is the mother of all wisdom” – Aeschylus   What is dementia? Can you imagine forgetting the names of your children, or your partner? Can you imagine waking up one morning, in the same house you have lived in for the past 30 years, not [...]

2019-03-15T11:20:30+13:00 September 26th, 2017|Health, Fitness & Wellbeing|Comments Off on Are you getting forgetful? Use Ginkgo!

Top 5 tips to help you breathe!

Can’t breathe? … It’s not fun, is it?   Many kiwis are affected by this chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), also known as asthma. In fact, one out of every seven children, and one in nine adults, suffer from asthma. If you are not affected by it, you’d likely know someone who carries an asthma [...]

2019-03-15T11:20:30+13:00 September 3rd, 2017|Health, Fitness & Wellbeing|Comments Off on Top 5 tips to help you breathe!

Episode 1 – What is Ripple Podcast all about?

Hello and welcome to the first episode of Ripple Podcast! In this episode, I will be introducing myself as the host of this podcast, what Naturopathy is, and how I became a Qualified Naturopath and Medical Herbalist. You see, my passion for natural medicine being a patient myself. I suffered from chronic eczema which forced [...]

2019-03-15T11:20:30+13:00 August 24th, 2017|Podcast|Comments Off on Episode 1 – What is Ripple Podcast all about?

Depression and the… gut?

Depression is undoubtedly a major issue in New Zealand. Over half a million kiwis have been diagnosed with depression at one point in their lives, and one in nine adults are on prescribed anti-depressants. New Zealand also ranks NUMBER ONE in teen suicide rates amongst developed countries. How does this happen in this beautiful, free [...]

2019-03-15T11:20:30+13:00 July 19th, 2017|Health, Fitness & Wellbeing|Comments Off on Depression and the… gut?