Overactive Sympathetic Nervous System: Signs, Causes and How to Calm It
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]An overactive sympathetic nervous system means your body stays locked in fight-or-flight when there is no threat in front of you. The common signs are a racing heart, shallow breathing, broken sleep, a clenched jaw and tension you cannot shake off. It is reversible. Slow breathing, grounding, magnesium, nutrient-dense food and deliberate pacing all […]
The Zen of Healthy Teeth: How Yoga Reduces Stress and Inflammation and Improves Your Oral Health
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yoga for oral health may seem like an unusual idea until you realise that oral health is about more than just teeth and gums. Our mouth is the gateway between our inner and outer worlds, connecting emotional balance and physical wellness. At the Sydney Holistic Dental Centre, we understand that caring for your smile starts […]
The Five Pillars of Health
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Modern life can be stressful, and stress affects our health. To solve a problem, it first helps to know what that problem is. In our modern world, stress combines emotional, environmental, nutritional, postural, and dental factors, some obvious, while others get little attention. While problems in modern life seem to become more complex, the solutions […]
8 Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Happy, Healthy Holidays
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Focusing on having healthy holidays and a season of joy and celebration allows you to enjoy good times when friends and family come together to celebrate another year gone by. This is a timely reminder after the last few years of how wonderful it is to get together, enjoy face-to-face contact and hug someone. Unfortunately, this […]
Holiday Health Tips – Post Pandemic
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The holiday season is fast approaching and once again what a welcome relief, after all we’ve been through! After the challenges we’ve all faced during the pandemic, the SHDC team are sharing some of our top holiday health tips for staying healthy and feeling good. Rest, recharge and reconnect Now is the time to rest, […]
How The 5 Pillars Of Health Can Support Us
During Times Of Uncertainty
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]’Lockdown life’ can be stressful, and that stress affects our health. But to solve a problem, it first helps to know what that problem is. In our current pandemic world, stresses can be amplified, and it can be too easy to forget the basics of support we need for daily wellbeing, and strength for our […]
Cosmetic Dentistry with Invisalign® for a Confident Smile
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Invisalign is a highly effective cosmetic dentistry approach using an orthodontic technique to correct many different orthodontic issues effectively. The process gives you a balanced, even smile. The Invisalign method of straightening teeth can be more comfortable, pain-free and virtually invisible compared to traditional braces.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] The More Comfortable Teeth Straightening Method Invisalign are […]
8 Ways To Have A Healthy Holiday Season
The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration, a time when friends and family come together to celebrate another year gone by. This year, 2020, for many of us it is a year to ‘let go of’, to feel a new sense of relief from many challenges we have experienced. Despite new habits […]
The impact of cortisol imbalance and what you can do
Cortisol is commonly referred to as our stress hormone. It is produced when we face a real or perceived stressor. Cortisol is the hormone that allows glucose to be released from our cells so it can power the heart and muscles to take action. Traditionally that meant running from a sabre tooth tiger or surviving […]
Why I wrote ‘A Life Less Stressed: the five pillars of health and wellness’
A Life Less Stressed. There’s so much that I never get a chance to say to my patients. It’s not just about knowing where to start but deciding where to finish. In that way, writing this book – A Life Less Stressed, which covers such broad issues, has some similarities. As a dentist, I have a unique […]