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Health & Wellbeing Give your skin the right workout
Are you truly happy with your skin? Are you suffering in silence, not happy with what you see in the mirror? Have you tried it all and nothing works? Do you feel lost when it comes to skincare and knowing what you should or shouldn’t be using? As someone who has suffered with my skin for most of my adult life, I can totally relate to how it feels to not be happy with what you see. I understand how overwhelming it can be with so many skincare products that say they will fix your skin issues. And I know the disappointment when they don’t. There are lots of products and treatments out there that will tell you they are the magic cure, so how do you know what to choose, how do you know what will really work for you? This is where the importance of a professional consultation comes in – I cannot stress this enough. Not only will it ensure you get better results for your skin but it will also save you wasting money on skincare that’s not right for you. I’m here to listen and understand your skin concerns - really listen. I want to know how the problems began, what makes it better or worse and what products have you tried already. Your consultation will last for half an hour and harness a holistic approach too. There are so many factors that can affect our skin - environment, stress, what we put on it, diet, medication. No stone will be left unturned. What you can see on the skin surface is often only the symptom of a much deeper cause. This is why, after more than a year of research, I choose to work with high grade derma-cosmeceutical skincare. This allows me to not only work on the problems you can see but work deep within the skin to repair and work on your skin health. It’s important to understand that when it comes to skin, a one-time treatment isn’t going to solve your problems. It may help for a bit but it won’t solve them. Imagine going to the gym just once and expecting to instantly look bikini-fit! You need to put the effort in between treatments with homecare.
Jemma Sandell is an Advanced Massage & Beauty Therapist and owner of Relax & Remedy, Ferndown. Visit: relaxandremedy.co.uk.
There are many different reasons why people seek the support of a hypnotherapist. My sessions involve elements of coaching, NLP, counselling and psychotherapy, CBT and other therapeutic modalities, which, when combined with hypnosis, can be very powerful agents for change across a wide range of issues. Some of the common problems I work with are:
Anxiety Anxiety is not something we have - none of us are born anxious. Anxiety is something we DO. It’s a protective response that has become habitual and automatic. I use hypnotherapy to change these unhelpful patterns, and provide practical relaxation tools and techniques that can be used at home.
Weight Control Often people want to change their relationship with food or alcohol in order to lose weight. Hypnosis can really help with this, and my clients are often amazed at how easy
Health & Wellbeing How can hypnotherapy help?
By Susie Carver, consulting hypnotherapist with Sea Change Hypnotherapy in Wimborne seachangehypno.com it becomes to feel differently about food. Creating healthy habits and forming new, more helpful emotions and patterns of behaviour is critical.
Stop Smoking If you know you need to stop smoking and you need to do it now, I can help. I’ve had some incredible clients recently who have freed themselves from this lifelong habit quickly and easily. Watching someone walk out of the door to a happier and healthier future, gaining more years with their loved ones, is incredibly rewarding.
Fears & Phobias Unlike anxiety, which is often complex, a lot of fears can be eradicated in just one session. I can help you change the way you perceive the object or fearful situation. This rewires yours neural pathways and means you will never experience that fear in the same way again.
Confidence Perhaps you want to feel more confident for an upcoming exam, job interview or driving test. Hypnosis allows you to eradicate limiting beliefs, negative self-talk and destructive thought patterns. Soon you will be brimming with confidence and ready to take on the world! Motivation Whether you’re a sports person or a performer, hypnosis can help you get into peak state for performance. You’ll discover how to keep calm and centred, maximise your training mindset, access a ‘flow’ state and anchor a powerfully positive emotional response that can be triggered whenever you need it
Sleep Alongside tried and tested sleep science techniques such as CBTi, hypnosis can be used to reprogramme your mind and body for better sleep.
Pain Pain should never be ignored, but hypnosis can help you reduce and in some cases eliminate useless, unnecessary chronic pain. This is just the tip of the iceberg, of course - if you aren’t sure, visit my website or drop me a line and I’ll be happy to help.
Exploring Stour & Avon...
with retired Dorset rights of way officer CHRIS SLADE
TARRANT RAWSTON
Park by the cart shed at Rawston Farm, where you can pick up copies of both the New Stour & Avon the New Blackmore Vale magazines. Make your way through the yard to visit the lovely church which, although privately owned nowadays, is open. Back to the cart shed and, from there, walk east along the road crossing the River Tarrant. There’s been so little rain recently that they might feel the need to change it’s name to ‘trickle’! Continue to the bend where it then heads north east for nearly half a mile until, on your left, you come to the public footpath along the drive to Luton Farm, heading north-west. Passing the farm buildings, you then enter Luton Drove that heads due west in a straight line crossing quite a few contour lines. At the end of the Drove, Once past the woodland, you’ll see part of Blandford Camp behind high security fencing. The path soon arrives at a junction where you turn left along a narrow way through woodland. It’s worth pausing to peer back at the way you came as the views are wide and lovely.
Soon your path bends left and crosses Little Down, heading south east. You’ll pass a long barrow but it’s difficult to see through the hedge.
Then you come to the clubhouse of
Ashley Wood Golf Club. Join the road to its left and you’ll have an easy walk downhill over Rawston Down for a mile or so. Eventually it curves round to the north east and in another half a mile you’ll be back at your car, having walked five miles.
Health & Wellbeing We’re all entitled to feel proud
Recently, my colleague and I delivered our first ever online group coaching event. It had been weeks in the making. During the session I experienced goose pimples for I was speaking passionately from my heart about what I believe in. I have facilitated and delivered presentations in previous careers, and although interested in the subject, I was never moved to a point where I could feel the emotion in the back of my throat or know powerfully that what I was delivering was on point. For me, the difference between delivering a message that you are passionate about is very different to delivering something that does not make a fire burn in your belly. And I don’t think we can control that passion, it’s either there or it’s not. For an audience, I believe they can see, hear and feel that passion. We received lovely feedback. People were inspired, happy, motivated, and one lady even said that we’d made her spine tingle. It’s fabulous knowing that you have resonated to the point where you have lifted someone’s mood or ignited a sparkle in someone’s soul. The morning after, still high and pumped, I opted to express my pride on social media channels, all in a bid to help promote our small businesses. However, after I posted, I began to fret. What if people think I’m blowing my own trumpet? What if people think I’m being big headed, banging on about how marvellous the session had been and how marvellous I am? Why do I even care what others think? The trouble is, I do. I want to be loved and admired as much as anyone. I want people to think kindly of me, be pleased for me, care about me. And if I don’t receive that then potentially, like many other people, I can be left feeling low or empty. Grrrr... the evil joys of social media! Rather than await affirmation and encouragement from others, I think it’s important that we are our own champion, believe and trust in ourselves, be pleased and triumphant if something goes well that we have worked long and hard for. So I’m taking this one for me. I stepped out of my comfort zone. I put my big girl pants on and delivered a 90-minute session to people I didn’t know. I’ve worked hard. It went well. I enjoyed myself. And from the feedback it would seem that it hit the spot. Whether anyone else gives a tuppence worth is their business, not mine. I’m owning it. I’m owning this pride.
n Victoria Arnold is a life coach from Wimborne Victoriaarnold.co.uk
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100 years up for Brenda
Brenda, a resident at awardwinning care home Pine Martin Grange in Wareham, has celebrated a very special birthday – 100 years young! Brenda was a lumber girl during the Second World War, and was married to an RAF pilot. She attended Kings College London and studied botany with a second degree in chemistry. Whilst at Kings Brenda was the cox for the rowing team. After graduating Brenda worked with the police as a dog handler ,training German shepherds. Brenda has four children and nine grandchildren. The team, along with her family and her special milestone. Pine Martin Grange is part of Dormy Care Communities and offers residential, nursing and dementia care. www.dormycare.co.uk
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One of the things I’m asked most often is to help people with motivation. They see me doing things so they assume I’m feeling motivated all or a lot of the time, but motivation is a feeling and it comes and goes for me as much as anyone else. Here’s the way I look at it: imagine motivation is a charismatic friend; they’re really good fun, they’re the life and soul of any party and you love hanging out with them. They light up the room and make you feel great. The problem is, they’re quite flaky and unreliable and quite often they let you down. They’re great for making plans and coming up with exciting ideas that you’ll look forward to, but then, at the last minute, they don’t show up. Naturally you’re going to be left disappointed as you were relying on them being there and for them to set the tone for you. Motivation is a great friend, but you cannot rely on them to be there all the time or to get things done. Instead, make consistency and habit your friends too. Consistency and habit might not be as exciting or glamorous as motivation, but they’ll be there for you and they won’t let you down. You need them in your life too, they’ll help your confidence and be there quietly cheering you on and encouraging you long after motivation has left. They are the action that follows through. The reason you’re not making progress or not sticking to something isn’t because of lack of motivation, but because you’re expecting too much from motivation and you need a wider support team that you can really rely on. When we make changes in our lives to better our health and improve our fitness, we’d hope that those around us and those close to us, are supportive and encouraging. Unfortunately that’s not always the case. What may happen is that your changes and positive progress may start to make others feel uncomfortable, undermine their sense of self or throw some light onto their inability to change and lack of focus and direction. It’s important to remember that it is about them and not you. Sometimes we grow apart from people, or grow at different times, but that isn’t always a bad thing. Try not to let others hold you back from making changes to improve yourself.
Health & Wellbeing
Find your support
Katrina Keeling is a Wimborne-based Personal Trainer. She coaches at WOW Ladies Fitness and independently. Her specialisms include functional strength for ageing. kkfitness.co.uk kkeelingfitness@gmail.com
Fun, food & friendship summer staples at St Ives House
St Ives House care home is situated in a delightful location near Ringwood, on the edge of the New Forest National Park. We are committed to providing residents in our care with plenty of Fun, Food and Friendship and are welcoming new guests.
The home has a variety of charming communal lounges, a library and on-site café, perfect for relaxing in with family and friends. Outside our beautiful, landscaped courtyard and gardens are the perfect spot for a warm, sunny day.
St Ives House is owned by Care South, a not-for-profit charity and leading provider of residential and home care across the South of England. We have 60 rooms and offer residential, respite and dementia care in a safe, home-fromhome environment providing peace of mind for loved ones.
For further information about St Ives House call 01425 481220 or visit www.care-south.co.uk
Horton Road Ashley Heath, BH24 2EE
St Ives House residential and dementia care – warmly welcoming new residents
and inviting families and friends visiting their loved ones to share in the
Food, Fun and Friendship
In the heart of the Ashley Heath community
