Whole-person Health

I have been a passionate advocate for a whole-person approach to health since I experienced it working at a Swiss Medical Rehabilitation Spa in the late 70s.

At the time, as a physiotherapist, I was more of a body mechanic than true 'therapist'. It was only when I began working in Switzerland that I realised there were so many more dimensions to 'being well' than simply addressing symptoms from a biomechanical/biomedical perspective.

It's about considering everything that goes on in your life – your mind, body, spirit, environment, culture, relationships, background, the quality of your social interaction, events happening in your immediate environment and wider world. All will influence your wellbeing in a significant way. Each can change your thoughts, behaviours, feelings, how you react to life's inevitable challenges or recover from ill health, even your body chemistry and the way your brain functions.

Life, stress, disease and feeling well are multi-faceted so it follows that to be successful in the longer term any approach to 'being well' needs to consider all the influencing issues.

You have the power to facilitate positive neuroplastic/bioplastic change. With knowledge and perseverance, you have the power to change your own body chemistry and the way your nervous system/brain and your body's protective systems react.

That potential is exciting and can change your future. The future isn't an inevitable path that is laid out for us. It's something we are creating right now.