Toxic Silence

Rudolph Steiner is quoted as saying -  "For every human illness, somewhere in the world there exists a plant which is the cure.”

Plants have been human’s companion since the beginning of time - providing us with everything we need to survive and thrive. 

Yet in today’s modern world of instant gratification, processed food devoid of a life force, screens everywhere, all the time, all at once, and a focus on wealth, youth and be...

The ancient Mayan and Incan civilisations were the first to record various theories of consciousness. Since then many different definitions have sprouted up in various spiritual, psychological, medical, and moral texts in both Eastern and Western cultures. The ancient Mayans were among the first to suggest an organised sense of each level of consciousness, it’s purpose and relationship to humanity.

Then about 150 years ago, Sigmund...

Hippocrates once said - A physician without a knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician. And many centuries later - super psychologist Carl Jung made this comment - We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born.

Jyotish is the traditional Hindu system of astrology, originating in ancient India - it’s fou...

The word 'Yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj', meaning 'to unite; ’to join' or 'to yoke’.

So yoga means union, but we don’t see a lot of uniting going on with trikanasana these days do we?  

Have we lost the point of yoga, or have we never found unity to be the point? 

As per Yogic scriptures, the authentic practice of Yoga leads to the union of Individual consciousness - The Self, with that of...

‘Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice. It's not a thing to be waited for, it's a thing to be achieved’. I had this quote by William Jennings Bryan stuck on my fridge for decades, as I've often thought about the difference between fate and destiny. Maybe we can control our destinies, but not necessarily our fate. And the difference is what? Some would say that destiny means there are opportuniti...

For many thousands of years ancient sages and enlightened communities have understood the significance of sound as a sacred instrument of immense power and potential, not only for healing but also for spiritual development. All tribes throughout history have been working in harmony with sound, and weaving it into their rituals, ceremonies, rites of passage, meditations, celebrations and healing philosophies as far back as the dawn ...

A single moment can last forever in our memory, yet research has shown us that perhaps our memories are less than accurate.  

Which begs the question - if the average person has approximately 60,000 thoughts per day, and 75% of these thoughts are negative, and 95% are repetitive - what would happen if we consciously changed or ‘reprogrammed’ our traumatic memories?

It’s a traditional Lakota belief (these are the Sioux people of Nor...

There was a time, and not so long ago, that matriarchal -or Mother-centred societies were the norm, and within this system there was Goddess worship - known as The Triple Goddess. During these times, especially in modern Pagan traditions, the Triple Goddess was said to represent the cycle of a woman’s life. Honouring the Maiden, Mother and Crone, and is often associated with Artemis - the Maiden, Selene - the Mother, and Hecate - t...

Psychologist Carl Jung called the energies that reside within us archetypes, and one of the primary archetypes we all possess is that of the Inner Child. The inner child is the part in our psyche that retains its innocence, creativity, and sense of wonder and awe - irrespective of our actual biological age. The Wounded IC feels that in the deepest parts of their being, there is something terribly wrong with them.

In this episode we...

EMDR is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with PTSD. In other words, it enables clients to heal from the emotional distress and physical symptoms that are the result of difficult life experiences. 

The Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho has a quote that goes something like this - ‘To heal a wound you must stop scratching it.’ He’s likening healing to a scar. There is something ...

The interaction between the mind and body was first put forward in the west about 500 years ago by the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes. Descartes believed that the mind was non-physical and permeated the entire body - interacting via the pineal gland, (also known as the ‘third eye’). And indeed we now know that the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis is stimulated via the Vagus Nerve through its different ...

PTSTD or Postnatal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder could in many situations be avoided if the mother had been heard. Instead we have too many women being diagnosed with PTSTD, stemming from a less than ideal birthing experience. 

PTSTD is a type of anxiety disorder, also known as birth trauma, with symptoms including vivid flashbacks - feeling that the trauma is happening right now, not being able to show affection to your baby, fee...

Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and direct your attention to your neck area, especially around the base of your throat. How does it feel? Does it feel like there’s something stuck in there? Or is it swollen or painful? So now imagine speaking your truth, an absolute free- flow of your self- expression. Expression without fear is liberating, right? And a bit scary too, for sure. So does expressing our truth need always to be verbal...

Janella Purcell is a pioneer of the Natural Health industry. Her role as a respected and awarded Naturopath, Herbalist and Nutritionist with almost 25 years clinical experience, and a whole-food chef with 5 best selling books, has shaped the way Australians view the connection between food and healing of the body-mind.

We'll discuss the root of individual disease, how it can and does attach to different places in our body-mind...