Mindset

Photo credit: I took this photo in New Orleans, Louisiana. I chose it to represent today’s podcast because the musician and the vibrant colours evoke a lot of emotion — for me, at any rate. [...]

Welcome to my podcast, Healing with Dr Helena, where I challenge the limiting way we currently view disease, and offer a new paradigm for vibrant health and true healing. If modern medicine isn’t [...]

Think about this for a moment: modern medicine has made the most staggering advances. We’ve mapped the entire human genome. We’ve synthesised hormones. We’ve implanted embryos, and we’ve [...]

After last week’s Health-e-Byte about ageism, I received numerous requests for more of what I spoke about at the American Society on Aging Conference in Orlando, Florida. Thank you for your [...]

Ageism is an unrecognised form of discrimination that will affect all of us at some time — if we’re fortunate to live long enough. It’s also a form of discrimination that we perpetrate against [...]

Welcome to 2025! May the year bring you joy, fulfilment and the best of health. As it turns out, joy and fulfilment are in fact the greatest contributors to good health. When we feel positive [...]

Have you ever noticed that the language of modern medicine is the language of war? Western medicine wants to fight the infection, kill the virus, defeat the disease, and wage war on obesity. This [...]

Why don’t we ever hear about the brain functions that IMPROVE with age? Yes, that’s right. Everything does NOT go downhill as we get older. Some — and only some — aspects of brain function may [...]

After my recent Health-e-Byte about anger causing damage to our blood vessels, I was asked, ‘Is it just the stuff of movies, or can someone really die of a broken heart?’ The answer is: yes, [...]

Research has found that in the hour before a heart attack, people are more than twice as likely to experience intense emotional upset or anger than during the same period the previous day.  To [...]