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  • October’s FHTNews is out! In our monthly e-newsletter, we update you about your membership and what’s happening in the therapy world. This month, you can also enjoy a free book extract about seiki soho. Members, check your inbox for the latest news and information. Images: Dollar Photo Club, Wikimedia Commons, FHT

  • Gwen Stefani joins OPI for their holiday collection – festive colours for your clients The holiday party season is upon us and it’s time to get glam! This year, add a little edgy sophistication with a collection of one-of-a-kind colours and unique glitters inspired by always glamourous Gwen Stefani. The holidays are the perfect opportunity…

  • Study reveals parents’ choices in providing children’s packed lunches

    Research conducted by academics at Leeds Beckett University has revealed parents’ motivations for sending their children to primary school with a packed lunch, as well as exploring what parents choose to include.  Initial findings from the study reveal that parents predominantly provide their children with packed lunches in order to ensure that their child has…

  • Quote of the week via FHT Member Boglarka Toth-Bagosi. Do you have a favourite quote or saying? Image: iStockphoto

  • Your top tips on… funding. FHT Member is seeking funding for her not-for-profit organisation, which offers free complementary therapy treatments to injured service personnel, veterans, carers and their families. If you have any top tips, please leave your recommendations below. Remember to get in touch if you would like your questions posted. Image: Dollar Photo…

  • If you want to win, let it all out Sportsmen and women who want to win need to let their feelings out, according to new research. In the first study to examine the effect in endurance sport of suppressing emotions, Dr Chris Wagstaff, of the University of Portsmouth, has found strong evidence that burying feelings…

  • “Have you ever spent time with someone who said they were fine, when they tell you that everyone was OK in their life, but after you left you had a nagging feeling that everything really was not fine?” “I’m Fine” – How you can sense when someone is lying is a great article by David…

  • FHT members announced as finalists at the Venus Awards

    Alison Day FFHT, proprietor of My Beauty Room, has made it to the finals of the Venus Awards in the ‘NatWest Small Business Award’ category. Alison’s employee, Charlotte Cardosi MFHT, has also made the finals for Employee of the Year. Finalists were announched at the Natwest Venus Awards Afternoon Tea on Thursday 25th September, at…

  • We want to hear all about it Please be sure to send in a post-event write-up and high resolution pictures of your World Reflexology Week event to the FHT, so that we can give you a mention in International Therapist and on our website! Please send to kyoung@fht.org.uk, writing World Reflexology Week in the subject…

  • Quote of the week! Do you have a favourite quote or saying? Image: Dollar Photo Club

  • NHS Choices looks at chokeberry extract, following a study into its use in chemotherapy Researchers found that adding the chokeberry extract to gemcitabine (a chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of pancreatic cancer) was more effective at halting the growth of cancer cells than the drug alone. Pancreatic cancer is a condition with notoriously poor…

  • Whether you are training to be a complementary, sports or beauty therapist, we offer all the help and support you need, every step of the way. As an FHT student member, you can enjoy… Free case study insurance* – to cover you for practising on people outside of college The FHT Code of Conduct and Professional Practice – to…