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20/02/2026

13/02/2026

Our organic Dutch Cream potatoes are free of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. They contain electrolytes, vitamin C, fibre, antioxidants and of course essential macronutrients. Perfect for roasting, mashing or in soup. 🧡

12/02/2026

Emerging evidence suggests prolactin is much more than a pituitary hormone. It's also produced locally by the spinal cord and immune system, where it can change how pain receptors respond, making even mild signals feel painful, and potentially contributing to PMS, migraines, and pelvic pain, including endometriosis pain.

Prolactin is supposed to be kept in check by dopamine, but when dopamine signalling drops (e.g, late luteal and with chronic stress), prolactin can rise. Prolactin also rises with higher estrogen.

You can support more sustained dopamine (and therefore lower prolactin) with strategies like outdoor light, social connection, moving the body, magnesium, zinc, iron, and vitamin B6. (Scientists are also working on how to block or downregulate prolactin.)

Here are a couple of articles about the potential role of prolactin in pain, migraines, and endometriosis:
• Identifying a link between prolactin and female pain: https://healthsciences.arizona.edu/news/stories/identifying-link-between-prolactin-and-female-pain
• Prolactin-induced sensitization of trigeminal nociceptors promotes migraine co-morbidity in endometriosis: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03331024241313378

And stay tuned for my new book about periods!

10/02/2026

https://www.collectivelements.com.au/post/what-do-anxiety-neck-issues-and-poor-immune-system-have-in-common

Hi everyone,Here we are in February already...many of us are back into the 'usual' routine and wondering where the summer holidays evaporated to! As we're getting back into school, study or work we are reminded of any learning difficulties, concentration issues, and even relationship dynamics that c...

30/01/2026

Recently, I’ve become acutely aware of the energy around me because it feels heavier than it's ever felt before. People are carrying pain, exhaustion, and so much grief. I notice it in conversations I overhear at cafes. I feel it when I walk through the grocery store. There is so much fear in the collective field we all share.

And rather than judging it or trying to fix it, I’ve been sitting with one simple truth: the world is asking for love.

Not dramatic love, or performative love intended for likes on social media, but grounded, embodied, steady love — the kind that simply is.

Many people believe that to make a difference, we must be loud, visible, or constantly “doing.” But from what I experienced during my near-death experience, I know that energy speaks before words ever do. Consciousness communicates without effort. Presence itself is powerful.

You don’t have to be an activist. You don’t have to have a public platform. You don’t even have to leave your home. You can be a force of healing simply by embodying love.

When you soften your body, breathe with compassion, and choose kindness toward yourself, you send a ripple far beyond what you can see. So today, I want to invite you into a gentle commitment to consciously send love and healing into the world. You might imagine light moving through your heart and outward into the collective. You might silently bless the people you pass.

You might sit quietly and hold the intention: May all beings feel supported, safe, and loved. There is no right way to do this. There is only sincerity.

And please remember — you don’t need to drain yourself to uplift others. In fact, the most powerful energy you can offer is one that is grounded, nourished, and at peace. When you care for yourself, you raise the frequency of everything you touch. This is how healing spreads. This is how love moves. Quietly. Naturally. Effortlessly.

Thank you for being part of this shared field of consciousness.

13/12/2025

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12/11/2025

Are you feeling the end-of-year pressure? Take some time out to connect and recharge with ! Experience joyful connection with your child through a session that weaves together elements of play and storytelling, asana (poses) and mindfulness practices, relaxation techniques, a dash of acro yoga, and each participant's own creative spirit. It is a truly wonderful way to escape the hustle and bustle of our busy modern lives!

But don' t just take my word for it 😉 After a recent workshop, I received a lovely email from a first time participant thanking me "for such a positive experience today. Such a well put together session where every member of our family gained something.
It was lovely to reconnect and have some laughs too. I think this is something all families should try." 🩷

The final two sessions are happening in just under two weeks:
Saturday, 22 November at Yogita Yoga
2pm and 3.15pm

Places are limited so reserve your spot today! All are welcome and no previous experience is required.

🔗 Booking link in bio

See you on the mat!
Antje 💕
Founder
Flow and Grow Family Yoga

12/11/2025

More than a dozen randomized controlled trials have been published on zinc lozenges for the common cold, and, overall, researchers have found that oral zinc, when taken within the first 24 hours of symptom onset, may be beneficial in reducing both duration and severity of the common cold. Zinc lozenges appear to shorten colds by about three days and significantly reduce nasal discharge, congestion, hoarseness, and cough.

What’s the best way to take zinc for the common cold? Lozenges containing around 10 to 15 milligrams of zinc taken every two waking hours for a few days, starting immediately upon symptom onset, as either zinc acetate or zinc gluconate without binders (such as citric acid, tartaric acid, glycine, sorbitol, or mannitol) may work best.

Supplementing with zinc long-term doesn't appear to reduce getting sick in the first place, though. We should instead focus on including healthy whole-food sources of zinc in our diet by eating foods such as legumes, nuts, and seeds.

Watch the video “Would Zinc Lozenges Help with COVID-19?” at see.nf/zinc to learn more.

How Not to Age is out now https://see.nf/HNTABook.
PMIDs: 27378206, 25888289, 23775705, 28515951, 33472840

12/11/2025

Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a manual therapeutic approach that influences the central nervous system by engaging with the rhythm of cerebrospinal fluid. Emerging literature highlights CST’s potential in alleviating neurodevelopmental symptoms; however, its underlying neurophysiological me...

22/10/2025

https://www.collectivelements.com.au/post/are-you-anchored-this-spring

Hi everyone,Well Spring has sprung and the weather is certainly up and down like a Jack in the box! For some, Spring can bring relief that we can come out of winter hibernation, for others it can bring the annoyance or distress of hayfever and for some it can feel stressful as we realise the year is...

08/10/2025

A good reminder of how statistics can be manipulated to show very different pictures…

A Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right for you. “Physicians have a duty to inform their