WORDS OF WISDOM FOR YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

Words of Wisdom For Your Health & Happiness: 101 Articles, Questions & Answers On Natural Health, by Breda Gardner. – Applied Image, c2011.

This useful book is a joy to read.  It is filled with practical ideas to improve health and well-being on many levels.  Good energy practically flows from its pages!  I know, because I had it with me during a recent hospital stay.  I could not stop reading it! Partly because each section was short and did not tire me out to read...and partly because it was so interesting, with new ideas on every page..  I was able to identify improvements that I could put into practice immediately.

Breda Gardner is a complementary health therapist working  in southeast Ireland.    She is trained in homeopathy, iridology, kinesiology and nutrition, and writes a natural health column for the Waterford Today and Kilkenny Advertiser newspapers.  Breda also  contributes a monthly health slot on South East Radio.  She presents a balanced  blend of both complementary and standard health wisdom.

 The 101 articles are  clear, direct, and practical.  They are  brief and  concise, focusing on action not theory. Some are based on Breda’s case studies or qquestions from her columns. 

The book is divided into  sections covering  body-mind relationships, things you might not be aware of  that can make you ill, general and physical health, emotional well-being, homeopathy, positive living, and some miscellaneous ideas.  Each section includes between seven and twenty-three brief articles that take just a few minutes to read but contain a wealth of information thatis easy to put into practice.

The articles  cover ways in which the body tells you what it needs, and how to listen and make good changes.  How can loss and sadness, for example, affect your health?  more ot the point, what can you do about it?  This book provides  clear, positive, and reasuring answers in a brief and simpple style.  Some  introduce ideas that may be new to you, such as muscle testing, iridology, and kinesiology.  A few of the more common homeopathic personalities are described, along with why it can be important to know yours.  The most common health problems, such as irritable bowel syndrome, ear infections, high blood pressure, cystitis, etc. are covered along with suggestions for alleviating them.  The top ten homeopathic remedies introduced. 

Ways of helping  problems that appear to have no solution are also  suggested.  This includes not only mental and emotional pain but also such things as constitutional and genetic illness.  One article, for example, discusses  „healing hurts“  and asks the reader to think back to the first time the hurt appeared, and how we can change our responses to it when it gets triggered.  Another tells how to overcome fear.   The suggestions offered are very powerful, at the same time Breda helps us see  how  easy they are  to put into practice.  Every  discussion  includes not only remedies to try , but also ways of adapting thoughts and behavior so that healing takes place on all levels. Breda expresses herself with kindliness and clarity.

A  resource section contains useful addresses, and a reading list.

You can read this book from cover to cover, or you can open it  randomly to discover something new, helpful and interesting.  It has something for everyone, and you can return to the brief articles over and over.

 “Words of Wisdom for your Health & Happiness”  is available at www.bredagardner.com/shop.html or  breda@bredagardner.com.