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  • The latest edition of ‘Marketing your Complementary Therapy Practice, 101 Tried and Tested Ways to Attract and Retain Clients (4th edn)’ by Steven A Harold has been published. This essential guide shows 101 ways for complementary therapists to market their practice, helping to develop marketing skills for success.  The book also covers areas from preparing…

  • Complementary therapy coordinator receives MBE Congratulations to Keith Hunt, complementary therapy coordinator at the Royal Free London (NHS), who is to be awarded an MBE as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2012. People from across the United Kingdom receive Honours in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to society. Keith started a…

  • This great ‘10 keys for happier living’ poster has been produced by Action for Happiness, the movement for positive social change.  Their aim is to create a happier society, basing these 10 solutions on research which identified the best ways for a happier and more fulfilling life. More info PS. The ‘10 keys for happier…

  • Natural ways to beat insomnia Zest magazine provides some natural ideas for helping you to sleep, with a focus on issues such as stress, caffeine, cramps and bloating. The NHS reportedly spends £50million per year on drugs to help beat insomnia when there are natural solutions available. Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos

  • New research has identified vitamin B6 deficiency as a link to PMS, recommending 100mg a day for PMS sufferers, as reported in Zest magazine. “You’ll need to combine it with zinc (15mg a day) and magnesium (200mg a day) for vitamin B6 to work effectively. Magnesium has the added bonus of being nature’s tranquiliser.” Your…

  • ‘Dos & Don’ts when Caring for Pregnant Clients’ Jennifer O’Rourke, director of admissions at the Canadian Beauty College, and Jolene Ali, owner of Sweet Momma pregnancy spa in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, share with Salon Magazine their tips on the best ways to treat pregnant clients. Image: iStockphoto

  • One of our favourite bloggers, Mary Atkinson MFHT, has been working with Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline, to bring the Positive Touch programme to 13 visiting children from Ukraine and their host families. Read her latest, inspiring blog

  • Huffpost Health Living has reported the benefits of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) for depression, anxiety, PTSD, phobias, and food cravings. For those of you who are unfamiliar with EFT, this therapy is an emotional form of acupuncture except that needles aren’t used. Instead, fingertips are tapped to stimulate certain meridian points while you are tuned into a…

  • Marie Polley introduces the importance of coping strategies when working with clients in palliative care Do you consider yourself a ‘giver’ or a ‘receiver’ by nature? It is commonplace to find that therapists are the givers in this world, wanting to help other people. As practitioners we have been taught to keep ourselves healthy so…

  • Always reaching for coffee when low on energy?  Trying the new ‘superfood’?  NHS Choices looks at the scientific evidence behind detoxing, superfoods, energy drinks and vitamin supplements, and what actually does work. Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos

  • Following our blog from Dr Fiona Holland on re-evaluating judgements about our bodies to promote self-esteem, we have seen some real developments on this subject in recent days.  The All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image has released a report, ‘Reflections on body image’, supporting the need for the promotion of positive body image: “There…

  • Have your say! Should alternative medicine be taught in medical schools? Click here to vote Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos