From-the-trenches advice for being a better person and health coach from Karo Paszkowska – Founder, Director & Master Coach at The K Method They say success leaves clues. I say your attitude leaves clues. When you assume responsibility for everything you do and for everything you say you will do, people will feel reassured, safe and […]
The Wellness Coaching Mindset
Article contributed by Tanya Didovic I find that one of the biggest obstacles to transition into being a wellness coach is our mindset. There is resistance in our minds due to our fears, doubts, or self-worth issues. Maybe the people around us don’t believe we can do it. Maybe we think we don’t have the […]
Connectable Life – Online Therapy Platform
The global pandemic, devastating as it is, has created many exciting new opportunities for wellness practitioners and business owners. One of the most exciting opportunities is the mainstream acceptance of online coaching and therapy platforms and South Africa is blessed with some of the best homegrown platforms. Here’s a brief introduction to Connectable Life shared […]
Herbal Therapeutics (Clinical Herbalism) Specialization
The primary aim of the Herbal Therapeutics Specialization is to enable participants to demonstrate the ability to evaluate, integrate, and apply appropriate information from various sources to formulate therapeutic treatment protocols and to evaluate their effectiveness. If you want to help yourself and your clients manage conditions or symptoms without drugs or invasive therapies, this […]
The Medicinal Plant Families of southern Africa
Southern Africa has a rich floral heritage that includes 215 medicinal plant families, 1 240 genera, and 3 689 taxa (species, subspecies and varieties), representing 15% of the regional flora. Of these, 771 taxa are actively traded. Field botany is the study of identifying plants and grouping them into categories based on shared anatomical characteristics. […]
Tulbaghia violacea | Muthi Flora of southern Africa
A condensed Tulbaghia violacea monograph, including its known uses in traditional medicine and its botanical information. Side note: This is the only details the references cited below have about Tulbaghia violacea; if you can provide any additional information, photos or reliable records, please leave a comment below or in The Muthi Flora of southern Africa […]
Is it Safe to Use Comfrey?
I’ve received a flood of emails regarding my previous article about comfrey speeding up the healing of a fractured finger. Most people were concerned about the safety and legality of comfrey. So in this article, I’ll try and debunk some of these safety issues. Comfrey is Banned in Foodstuffs Let’s start with comfrey’s status as a banned herb […]
