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posted on May 27, 2019 by Paul Sullivan
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Nurture Your Mind, Nourish Your Body: Transform Your Life

 

 

Nutritious Minds and Lisa Nash Fitness have teamed up to bring you a 1-Day Workshop: Nurture Your Mind, Nourish Your Body: Transform Your Life.

The event takes place on Saturday 20th July 2019, 11.30 – 17.30, at Westbank Art Gallery (nearest tube Ladbroke Grove).

Early bird tickets are available – but for a limited time only.

This is going to be a fun packed day with something for everyone! We have an amazing line up with world leaders in Nutrition, Health, Fitness & Wellness. There will be opportunities for networking, a healthy and delicious buffet lunch, an interactive body-coaching session, exhibitors and give-always, a mindfulness meditation session, Q&A panel discussion on mental health, a poetry recital, celebrity guest appearances and more!

DURING THE WORKSHOP YOU WILL LEARN:

1. How brain function is related to the food you eat and why nutrition can be a game-changer in improving attention, focus, learning and mood

2. The role of nutrition in child development: Why it matters!

3. How nutrition and exercise in combination to help “invisible” brain-health condition (e.g., ADHD, Autism, Depression, Anxiety or Addiction(s)

4. That junk food is addictive and why it can lead to low mood, fatigue and irritability

5. How to nurture and nourish your child’s brain and optimise their health & happiness

6. How to acquire a change of life-style adopting a mindful approach to all aspects of your life

7. Why diets don’t work: The psychology and science behind eating and fitness

8. How to achieve the body shape you have always wanted but struggled to maintain it

9. How to retrain your thought processes so you are no longer a slave to negativity

10. Body training which you can practice anytime and anywhere for all levels and abilities (come dressed comfortably!)

Top-flight speakers

You will hear from special guest speakers and leaders working in the fields of nutrition, fitness, brain-health and wellness. In addition to clients who have beat depression and positively altered their lives through a combination of nutrition and exercise.

There will be an interactive body coaching session by Lisa Nash. A mindfulness meditation session with author Emma Mills.

Guests include Professor Michael Crawford (Imperial College London), Professor John Stein (University of Oxford), Brandon Block (Happy Days), Mike Pickets (Raver Tots), a poetry recital by EMY.P. and more to be announced.

Proceeds from the event are going towards a Nutritious Minds Community Music Project.

Filed Under: event Tagged With: brain function, child development, health, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, nutrition, wellness

posted on December 12, 2017 by Rachel Gow
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Dr Rachel V. Gow’s Private Consultancy

Book an appointment for 2018 and receive free NEOM Organic Oils goody bags!

Gooseberry Bush private consultancyAs a qualified Child Neuropsychologist working in the field of nutritional neuroscience, I know perhaps better than most just how challenging and overwhelming parenting a child with ADHD or other neurodiverse condition can be.

My private consultancy, based at the Gooseberry Bush Centre in Wimbledon*, provides a specialist service to families with children and/or individuals affected by learning and behavioural differences including ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety and Dyslexia. [Read more…]

Filed Under: ADHD, Consultancy Tagged With: ADHD, diet, dyslexia, NEOM Organic Oils, New Year, nutrition, omega-3

posted on October 15, 2016 by Rachel Gow
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Grave concerns about infant nutrition in new UNICEF report

Breastfeeding is the beginning but not the end of the infant nutrition story

According to a recently released UNICEF report, five out of six children under the age of two lack adequate nutrition for their cognitive and physical wellbeing.

One in five have received no solid foods at all by the age of 11 months, and half of all children receive less than the minimum recommended number of proper meals. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Diet, World Tagged With: children, infants, nutrition, UNICEF

posted on October 12, 2016 by Rachel Gow
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One for ADHD Awareness month – my personal path from real estate agent to neuroscientist

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a small step

(Lao Tzu)

Endless Road by Vincent Moschetti FlickrOctober 2016 is ADHD Awareness month. For anyone dealing with ADHD issues, every month is ADHD awareness month; neverthless, I thought this might be the ideal time to tell my own story, as a positive message [Read more…]

Filed Under: ADHD, Diet Tagged With: ADHD Awareness, children, exercise, nutrition, omega-3

posted on October 7, 2016 by Rachel Gow
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Why we need to emphasise nutrition when talking about children’s mental health

An increase in mental health care in UK school children, but no mention of the role of nutrition?

School MealsThe Guardian newspaper published an article on 3 October 2016, reporting on the quarter of a million young people in the UK receiving mental health care. The story was as follows. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Diet, News and Research, NHS, UK Tagged With: children, diet, mental health, NHS, nutrition, UK

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