Wellness – SHANNON DUNN

Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie Bowl

Heavy metal detoxing is a critical component of any holistic healing protocol. I'm covering it in my book, but there is also some great information here. While foods such as cilantro are excellent for pulling heavy metals from the body, there are also some supplements to have on hand at all times such as spirulina and wheatgrass juice. Iodine and zeolite are also excellent for removing heavy metals. I also work with homeopathy. Because heavy metals are basically everywhere, consistent action is needed to experience a body free of these damaging elements to[...]

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Allowing Forgiveness

How willing are you to forgive yourself? To release the energy of self-blame and victimhood? How willing are you to say, I am human, therefore I am perfectly imperfect? How willing are you to let go of the same stories that repeat in your head? How willing are you to say, regardless of any self-judgement, I am human, therefore I am perfectly imperfect? How willing are you to send the self-perceived wrongs to the light in order to invite in new, more supportive experiences? As we enter into the final month of the year, this is the perfect time to let go. To[...]

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Salt Water Sole Benefits + Recipe

salt water sole is highly beneficial to health

Highly processed salt is a supermarket mainstay that has found its way into many a kitchen pantry. However, it is detrimental to health and should be avoided in favour of naturally occurring salts, which can also be made into the highly beneficial salt water solé. Ancients have long known the benefits of salt, and even more so in the concentrated elixir known as solé (pronounced sol-ay), a Celtic sea or Himalayan salt solution, known to lower blood pressure, support the body with detoxification, improve digestion, regulate blood sugar, act as a natural anti[...]

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Embrace the Light / Sunscreen Toxicity

Wearing sunscreen can be hazardous to health

A decade ago, I started a natural, holistic beauty blog to share what I knew to be true about fostering authentic beauty, from the inside out. I wrote many articles, some which would trigger people’s emotions, based on what they believed to be true about wellness in relation to beauty. None more so than when I would write about sunscreen. When I first wrote about sunscreen being toxic and how we should stop fearing the sun, many a keyboard warrior told me to bugger off (to put it politely). While my views went against every mainstream recommendation, I knew[...]

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Hemp for Health & Beauty + Recipe

Hemp seeds are darlings of the holistic health and beauty industries thanks to their high fibre, protein, Vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc content, as well as an abundance and balance of good fats. “Hemp seed oil has three times more antioxidants than flax seed oil and is rich in Omega 3 and 6. It’s also a wonderful substitute to fish oil,” says holistic health coach, model and natural beauty advocate, Elise Carr. “It’s also very safe, as it’s toxin free it does not harm your body. It is also sustainable—no need for herbicides, pestic[...]

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Super Fasting with Dr Caryn Zinn

Is fasting the best way to feel and look better?

The spiritual side of fasting has been around since the beginning of time, literally and is mentioned countless times in the bible for spiritual reasons. Most religions have a period of fasting or a strategy of giving up something which is linked to cleansing not only the body but also the mind.

Wellness, Wholefood

Hemp Consumption Legalised in Australia & NZ

It is now possible to legally buy and consume hemp products in Australia and New Zealand. Hemp is one of nature’s true superfoods that comes with a list of health and beauty benefits, yet, until today you couldn't find it on your local supermarket shelves without labels warning against internal use. Today, Australia and New Zealand join the rest of the world in allowing consumption of "low THC hemp seed foods", according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand. It is an industry worth $570 million in the US and Canada alone¹. Long deemed illegal for human co[...]

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The Importance of Doing Nothing

It's one of the most important keys to good health, yet fast-paced living and a seemingly insatiable appetite for achieving more is putting our wellbeing at risk. Put your feet up and do absolutely nothing and you just might achieve more, say some. Are you stressed and don’t know it? Are you caught in a constant cycle of doing more, wanting more and achieving more? If you’re not sure of your emotional state right now, take a minute to focus on your body. Are your shoulders tense? Is your breath shallow? Is your stomach in knots? Often we get so used to being[...]

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How to Use Activated Charcoal

Whether it’s for pearly whites or as a hangover helper, activated charcoal is garnering much-deserved attention as the latest wellness and beauty do-it-all. While Gwenyth Paltrow has waxed lyrical about the benefits of activated charcoal for a booze-induced upset tummy, there’s actually a host of wellness and beauty can-dos with this simple yet potent ingredient. A health go-to for more than 10,000 of years, activated charcoal is a carbon-based porous powder—usually sold in capsule or powder form, traditionally to be taken orally to alleviate sym[...]

Wellness, Women's Wellness

Homeopathy for Pregnancy & Beyond

homeopathy, shannon dunn, prolapse, coach

When you're a mama that has a child with eczema and food allergies, you become somewhat of a detective - especially when you're not willing to walk the path of steroid creams and topical, short-term fixes. So where do you turn when you decide to treat your child holistically? No one can answer that question for you because every child is different and has different needs, different triggers for their allergies and different constitutions. A good start is to tune into your mama gut. I filed away good-meaning advice, disengaged my brain for a moment and tuned into[...]