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Órla O'Flaherty Naturopath & Herbalist

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Órla O'Flaherty Naturopath & Herbalist

Herbal Medicine is one of the oldest forms of treatment dating back to Ancient Greece. It is still used predominantly by 80% of the worlds population.

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Given the right conditions, the body can heal itself."It's the physicians duty to activate & reactivate the body's healing mechanism" Dr. Max Gerson M.D. Naturopathy is a form of complimentary medicine using tools such as Diet/Nutrition, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Homeopathy, Essential oils and simple lifestyle changes. The key point of Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine is to get to the root cause of illness and bring the body back into balance, not just treating the symptoms. Using detailed case taking skills, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnostics & Ayurvedic Constitutions, we can get a deeper understanding of what exactly is going on in the body. Working together, using plant based medicines, nutrition, lifestyle changes and mindfulness we can bring the body back to a place of balance. A place of health. "It is more important to know what type of person has a disease than to know what type of disease a person has" - Hippocrates.

09/03/2026

Hormones are not separate from your life.

They are responding to your nervous system, your environment, your relationships, your pace, and the load you are carrying.

Your cycle often reveals what your body has been holding all month.

Supporting hormones isn’t just about supplements, protocols, or “balancing” them.

It’s about learning how to listen to your body, respect your limits, stabilise your nervous system, and meet your needs before you reach full capacity 💜

28/02/2026

We’ve recently introduced a “swear jar” into the house. FINE is no longer allowed. Instead we’re opting for F*cked when feeling overwhelmed 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

Why? Because hiding what’s going on isn’t strength. Strength is allowing yourself to feel f*cked and sharing that with someone. Getting support is the real flex.

When you override your emotions or pride yourself on “being strong,” your body doesn’t register strength.

It registers threat.

And when the nervous system perceives threat, it shifts into survival mode.

In survival mode:
Cortisol is prioritised.
Progesterone is not.

Your body will always choose survival over reproduction.

Chronic emotional suppression → heightened stress response → hormone disruption.

This isn’t weakness.
It’s physiology.

Emotional honesty is regulation.
Naming what’s true creates safety.
Safety supports hormones.

So maybe next time instead of “I’m fine,” try:

“I’m overwhelmed.”
“I’m hurt.”
“I’m tired.”
“I don’t have the capacity right now.”

Sometimes you neee to dig deep and keep going. Sometimes you need to just let it out.

24/02/2026

Sometimes we can reach COMPLETE CAPACITY. Even in somatic work. That’s because we are still human. When I get like this I don’t try to “positive mindset” my way out of it. I go back to the body and the plants.

Herbs I reach for when my nervous system is at full capacity:

• Skullcap: for racing thoughts, rumination, intrusive loops
• Wild Oat: deep nervous and emotional exhaustion
• Lemon Balm: lifts the mood and soothes that anxious gut
• Rose + Hawthorn: for grief, heart heaviness, loss of joy
• Motherwort: when emotions are linked with grief of the mother or working through a mother wound.

Sometimes regulation isn’t a perfect morning routine.

Sometimes it’s:
“wow… I am absolutely at capacity.”

And starting there.

23/02/2026

There’s a loneliness epidemic happening.

Not just people being alone but people feeling like they have no one to really turn to when life gets hard.

Last week I asked who people call when they’re struggling.

A lot of answers were:
• “Myself.”
• “No one.”

That says a lot about the world we’re in.

Somewhere along the way many people learned:
don’t be a burden, don’t need too much, just handle it.

But humans aren’t built to carry life entirely alone.

I’m curious, do you think people are more lonely now than before?

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Lower Salthill
Galway

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 6pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 9:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 9:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 9:30pm
Saturday	9:30am - 9:30pm

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http://www.orlaoflaherty.com/

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