Natural Researchers; Natural Solutions

Joy, Morning joy, I’m always up before the birds and the sun, Always been a morning person, Partly due to a strategy developed in my early twenties, To hit the deck as soon as my eyes opened, In or…

Life as an autistic woman can be hard going sometimes, a balancing act between necessities that take energy from me in exchange for the means to survive and the pleasurable pursuits that replenish …

There are few things I find more soothing and energising than creating a problem to tangle my brain in. Sometimes when I feel utterly sapped of energy, and completely exhausted, I will spot an issu…

Honouring my inflexible adherence to routines actually enables me to be more flexible when I need to be, not less.

“If I don’t actively carve out time to be inactive, I fall apart.”

For me, health and well-being means a certain level of contentedness and a certain lack of physical pains and mental stresses. I feel healthy when I feel in control of what I’m doing.

These are some of the tools that that we and our contributors find helpful in supporting our health and wellbeing:- Essential oil roll-ons: these can be great for travel when you find the smells of…

For me, mindfulness has become one of my techniques that allows me to make sense of the world around me. It allows me to take control of my thoughts and bring into context how frequently they are o…

My favourite thing to do on a long run is to head for country roads or woods, and listen to stories; to lose myself in the scenery and in the words, crafting images in my head.

Growing up as I did – trans, bicultural and autistic – without knowing how different and sensitive I was, I had accumulated layers of emotional debris that would randomly explode, wreck…

I took to the sky like an eagle and flew above land and sea. I dove into the sea and went deep under water just to hang out with whales.