Are you someone who takes offence at an innocent comment and sulks for days? Do you only hear the 1% constructive criticism and ignore the 99% positive? Do your family and friends tiptoe round you on eggshells, never sure how you’ll react? If you answered yes to any of those questions the chances are you’ve been labelled “sensitive”, and I bet that label doesn’t feel positive! Doesn’t it feel just like another criticism! Don’t people realise you’re trying your hardest? How d

I talk a lot about self-help homeopathy to relieve everyday health niggles and homeopathy is brilliant for hay fever symptoms. Today I’m introducing you to another dimension of homeopathic support, a much deeper level which is best entered into with a qualified homeopath. I’ve had hay fever this year and I don’t usually. I’ve had: Watery, red, itchy, sensitive eyes with a creamy discharge which dries crusty and is worst in the morning; Bouts of sneezing A drippy nose which h

Have you ever gone through phases when you can’t remember people’s names? I have, and I’m in a bad one of these phases at the moment. I was talking to a friend recently and told her I’d suddenly stopped being able to remember names when my mum died. “Oh that’s just old age,” she said, “everyone gets like that”. Yes, undoubtedly, it happens more as people get older – but what also happens as we get older? We get bad news more often Our friends and family become unwell and die