By Dr. Kirsten Whitlock, MBChB GP with Special Interest in Mental Health & Neurodiversity When you picture ADHD, what comes to mind? If you're like most people, you probably see a hyperactive boy, climbing on desks, running around at break, unable to sit still. That boy on Ritalin that everyone knew at school. Now let me introduce you to someone else. She's highly empathetic, deeply affected by others' pain and world events. She's socially adept on the surface, but every inte

By Dr Angelique Oliveira - Functional Medicine GP Not so long ago, women were institutionalised for what we now understand to be perimenopause and menopause. Let that land for a moment. The rage. The insomnia. The palpitations. The brain fog. The feeling of completely losing yourself, all of it, was pathologised as madness. Women were committed to asylums, medicated into submission, or told they were hysterical. It's a stain on our medical history. And while we've come a long

Lebo Dioka: Registered Dietitian The Modern Health Crisis Nobody Is Talking About Loudly Enough There is a quiet epidemic unfolding in our bodies. Not in hospital wards or emergency rooms, but in the everyday hum of our overscheduled, overstimulated, under-nourished lives. We wake up exhausted. We reach for sugar when we are tired. We skip meals when we are anxious. We comfort-eat when we are overwhelmed. And most of us have never once considered that these habits might be th

Anxiety can feel like a heavy cloud hanging over your day, making even the simplest tasks seem daunting. I’ve been there, and I know how overwhelming it can be. But what if there was a gentle, natural way to ease that tension? Energy healing offers a unique path to calming the mind and soothing the nervous system. It’s a holistic approach that invites you to reconnect with your inner peace and find relief without relying solely on medication or conventional therapies. Let’s e