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• The Effects Of Essential Oils On Therapists
  by Penny Price
  Do essential oils affect therapists for better or worse. What are the health implications of working with aromatherapy oils.

• Nature, Nurture And Free Will
  By Jane Thurnell-Read
  Our work as therapists often fits into that niche of 'not nature' and 'not nurture' to help people work with the bodies they have and the life-story they have to become something more important, to become themselves.

• Healthy Weight Loss Tips
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  Here are 25 healthy weight loss tips you can use yourself or pass on to your clients.

• Getting More Web Visitors For Free
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  You’ve got a web site, but how do you get visitors? How do you increase the traffic to your site without having to pay for it?

• Is Your Practice Successful?
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  Is my practice successful? Some of you will instantly answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’, but others will say ‘It depends what you mean by success’. So what is success? When people are asked this question, they usually include some or all of these.

• Double-Blind Trials And Complementary Therapies
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  There is a fundamental reason why complementary therapies do not, on the whole, respond well to double-blind trials on the few occasions that they have been conducted.

• Mentoring Life Story Changes
  by David Krueger MD
  New research shows that we can rearrange brain cell connections (neuroplasticity) as well as produce new brain cells (neurogenesis) throughout our lives. In other words, by creating new experiences consistently, we can generate new neuronal pathways and neural networks.

• Correcting Migraines with Bowen
  By Peter Short
  The following is a system that has been effective for me, in correcting in excess of 90% of all migraines, no matter how severe they are. This procedure uses only basic Bowtech moves. Sometimes we can report a permanent correction which has lasted 12 months, & up to 2 years so far.

• Free Images, Free Info For Your Web Site
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  If you’re one of the many people who don’t have the time or inclination to write, and don’t have the creativity or bank balance for professional images, there are some simple solutions.

• Reiki on the Road
  by Bronwen Stiene
  Have you always wanted to travel but your budget is a little short and you're worried you'll 'feel so lonely I could die, boom boom'?Well there's something that you could take with you that might help and will always leave love and compassion strewn across the path behind you.

• 10 Tips for Telephone Success
  by Jo Ann Kirby
  The telephone is an often under-appreciated and much maligned piece of office equipment. These 10 tips will help you improve your telephone presence and presentations.

• A Basic Branding Introduction For Therapists
  by Devin Dyason
  I have found over the years that so many excellent therapists just aren’t good (to put it mildly) at branding and marketing themselves. In fact many will not even understand the concept of branding, thinking it to be a company logo or something similar.

• Getting Your Marketing Message Across
  by Robert Middleton
  How do you create a message with substance? Here's a 5-step process that will work for you.

• Eliminating Speaker Jitters
  by Sandra Schrift
  Nervousness is fear of failure. Here is the secret of conquering anxiety. Become message-centered and audience-centered, not self-centered. Stop thinking of yourself, and start thinking of your message.

• Folic Acid May Protect Against Heart Attacks, Strokes
  by William Angelos
  Simply consuming more folic acid-rich foods may be a cheap, safe and effective way to significantly lower the risk of heart attacks or stroke, suggest researchers who analyzed the results of multiple studies.

• Money And Emotions
  David Krueger, M.D.
  In over 90% of the hundreds of people I have polled, their annual income would need to be roughly double its current amount for them to feel happy, content, without money problems and worries.

• Be A More Confident Practitioner
  By Jane Thurnell-Read
  The more confident you are as a practitioner the more clients you are likely to have. You are also likely to be more successful both in financial terms and in terms of getting people well. How do you achieve that fabulous confident air?

• What Makes a Good Speaker?
  by Sandra Schrift
  Therapists often get called on to give talks, so here are 10 characteristics of successful speakers by the owner of a national, professional speakers bureau.

• Effect Of Yoga On Visual Discomfort In Computer Users
  by Shirley Telles et al
  Visual discomfort is common among computer users. This controlled study looked at the effect of yoga on this symptom.

• The Goal Setting Blueprint
  by Michael A. Jones
  Is there some goal setting formula or strategy that can be employed to increase your chances of success? Thankfully, YES! What follows is a blueprint for success in goal setting.

• Fibromyalgia And Exercise
  by Kim Dupree Jones et al
  A comprehensive review of 46 exercise treatment studies in fibromyalgia (1988–2005)

• Why Don’t People Get Well?
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  When I was a practitioner I spent a lot of time worrying about some of my clients who weren’t getting well. I don’t believe there is one reason, but I think there are quite a few different possibilities.

• Herbal Medicine: Women's Views, Knowledge And Interaction With Doctors
  by Kathryn A Vickers et al
  There is growing concern that serious interactions are occurring between prescribed/over the counter and herbal medicines and that there is a lack of disclosure of herbal use by patients to doctors.

• In Vitro Antibacterial Activity Of Some Plant Essential Oils
  by Seenivasan Prabuseenivasan et al
  An abstract of a study evaluating the antibacterial activity of 21 plant essential oils against six bacterial species.

• Effective Communication Skills - How To Build Rapport With Everyone You Meet
  by Michael A. Jones
  Understanding people's preferred method of communication can help you to establish rapport more easily.

• Why Your Local Business Needs a Website That Can Be Found By Customers
  by Lynn VanDyke
  The truth of the matter is that EVERYONE is using the Internet in some way. People go to the Internet first when they’re thinking about purchasing something or learning about something.

• From Cells To Self in the Biology Of Belief
  by Mary Desaulniers
  What is the connection between a cell membrane and the human brain? A lot, according to cell biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton.

• Geopathic Stress & Subtle Energy
  Geopathic stress (GS) is the general term for energies emanating from the earth that cause discomfort and ill health in human beings. Here's a fascinating look at many different aspects of this complex subject. You may start as a sceptic, but the case studies really suggest there is something going on.

• Guided Imagery And Recurrent Abdominal Pain In Children
  by Joy A Weydert et al
  This research looks at whether guided imagery can help children with recurring abdominal pain.

• Confidentiality: The Core Of Counselling
  by Colleen E Swan M.A.
  Confidentiality is an important aspect of couselling. Here a practicing counsellor describes some of the legal cases around this.

• Omega 3 Fats: Are Fish Oils Essential?
  by the UK Vegetarian Society
  To begin with we must distinguish between the two polyunsaturated fatty acids which are termed essential because they can not be made in the body and therefore must be present in the diet.

• How Does It Work?
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  Many alternative medicine practitioners have difficulty answering this question. Here's some suggestions about how to do it.

• “Anecdotal Evidence”: Why Narratives Matter to Medical Practice by Rafael Campo
  To offer an anecdote these days is almost to admit the insufficiency of one's knowledge, and so we do so very apologetically, but can we learn from the stories our clients/patients tell us?

• Business Card Design: The Power Of Three
  by Sean D'Souza
  The brain finds it relatively easy to grasp threes. Push that marginally up to four and the brain gets confused about where to look and what to do.

• Heart Disease and Gum Disease
  by Carey O’Rielly, DDS
  Research has increasingly suggested that gum disease can be seen as a reliable indicator of pre-disposition to heart problems and disease. There is clear evidence that people with gum disease are more likely to suffer from coronary artery disease than those without gum disease.

• Type 2 (Adult Onset) Diabetes
  by Tracy S Gates
  Information on dietary and lifestyle modification, vitamin,mineral and herbal supplements for the management of Type 2 diabetes.

• Networking: Five Myths and Realities
  by George Torok
  Many people are frightened of networking or believe that they have to be loud and pushy. Learn the right way to network.

• The Trio of Abundance
  by Michael Lee
  Wishing alone will not lead to abundance. Here's a practical three section strategy to living abundantly.

• Allergy Questions & Answers
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  Over the years I have used kinesiology to allergy test thousands of clients. During that time clients have asked me many different questions, but here are some of the more common ones with my answers.

• Hormone Replacement Therapy Could Damage Hearing
  by Tom Harrison
  Here's another reason to be concerned at the almost routine prescribing of HRT to menopausal women.

• The Effect Of Long Term Combined Yoga Practice On The Basal Metabolic Rate Of Healthy Adults
  by M S Chaya et al
  Different procedures practiced in yoga have stimulatory or inhibitory effects on the basal metabolic rate when studied.

• Integrative Manual Therapy And Parkinson’s Disease
  by Kimberly Burnham
  A single-subject research design case study looking at the effects of IMT on Parkinson’s disease.

• Specialisation & Your USM
  by Dr Bryan Knight
  Many practitioners try to be all things to all people, with a long list of problems they treat. Here's a different view from Dr Knight.

• Doctors And The Drug Industry
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  There are many life-saving drugs, but the pharmaceutical industry's influence on the medical profession is worrying.

• Take Your Therapy Practice Abroad
  by Deborah Marshall-Warren
  You may be surprised to discover that your consultancy could be as short as fourteen days. This allows you to prepare to be away more easily, and to schedule these ‘away-days’ in the sun into your overall professional and personal life. 

• Frequency of Adverse Events after Vaccination with Different Vaccinia Strains
  by Mirjam Kretzschmar et al
  Smallpox vaccination has some adverse effects, occasionally infecting the brain. As smallpox became rarer, the dangers of vaccination began to outweigh its benefits.  Now, however, there are fears that smallpox may be used for bioterrorism.

• Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  by Carsten Heilmann
  The developing immune system may be damaged in some babies by exposure both before birth and after birth through breast milk to “immunotoxicants” such as polychlorinated biphenyls. This has implications for childhood vaccination programs.

• Lysozyme, Diarrhoea, Tooth Decay & Cleanliness
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  The current research into this digestive enzyme is showing how important it is in many different ways.

• Look Where You’re Going!
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  I don’t know about you, but as a child my parents often told me to look where I was going. As a small child I was irritated by yet one more parental instruction, but thinking about it as an adult it’s a really sound piece of advice – and not just to avoid walking into other people. It’s a piece of advice for the whole of your life.