Unity Wellbeing

13/08/2025

For decades, the appendix was dismissed as a useless organ. Doctors removed it without hesitation, believing it served no real purpose in the human body. But groundbreaking research out of Duke University is now revealing a very different truth. The appendix is far from expendable. It might actually be one of your gut’s most important allies, packed with neural power and immune function that supports both digestion and brain health.

Scientists have found that the appendix contains over 200 million neurons, more than your spinal cord. These neurons are not just sitting idle. They are connected to complex networks that allow the appendix to operate semi-independently and communicate directly with the brain. That’s right: the appendix could function like a second brain in your gut, playing a crucial role in the gut-brain axis.

One of its most vital functions is serving as a safe house for beneficial bacteria. When your body experiences illness, especially something that wipes out your gut flora, the appendix acts as a reservoir to restore microbial balance. It also helps regulate immune responses and supports immune memory. In short, it is an unsung hero in maintaining your internal health ecosystem.

People who’ve had their appendix removed may notice long-term changes in digestion, increased vulnerability to intestinal infections, and even altered stress responses in the gut. This is pushing parts of the medical community to rethink the routine practice of removing the appendix during mild inflammation. Some hospitals now opt for antibiotic treatment when possible, choosing to preserve the organ’s function for long-term wellness.

If you no longer have your appendix, there’s still hope. You can support your gut-brain communication system by improving your microbiome through fermented foods like kimchi and kefir, taking high-quality probiotics, and incorporating nutrients like collagen, zinc, and bone broth to repair and protect your gut lining.

The appendix is not a leftover piece of biology. It’s a guardian of your gut and an essential part of your body’s internal communication network. Science is finally catching up with what the body has known all along.

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25/12/2024

21/08/2024

BEYOND ACTIVE LISTENING

I cringe looking back at the times in my life I mistakenly offered unsolicited advice due to excessive empathy, loose boundaries, an unintegrated rescue savour archetype ontop of being a HD projector and neurodivergent (wired to overshare)

Something I’ve learnt with age and from offering the work I do is, often when people share their feelings it’s simply to be heard.

I don’t have to always respond and neither do you.

It’s ok to just listen.

In fact, it seems to be a lost art these days.

May I share a beautiful practice my hearts led me on these last few years?

It’s simple, like most good things in life.

It’s obvious, once one really practices it, just how healing it is, for both parties.

When someone speaks, give them all your attention and deeply listen

Move from your mind to your heart and truely hear them

Hear them with every cell of your body

Hear beyond the words they speak

Feel them

See them

Love them

Thats what they really desire

Words are just the bridge …

Sit exuding love from every pore

Wait for them to be complete in their expression

IF and only IF

Enough silence has permeated the space since words spilled from their lips

Your heart feels drawn to respond

AND

The invitation and consent is there

Speak

However, If you notice your mind jumping up and down to say something

Breathe and smile into the silence some more…

There is medicine here.

04/08/2024

Happy Sunday Lovers!
It’s been a BIG week, month, year…
Get some sun on your face
Grass or sand under your feet
Move that body
Hang with family
Swim in the ocean
Let your inner child play
Take a few deep breaths
Blast some music
Shake those hips
Hum or sing out loud
Laugh with friends
Smell a flower
Listen to the birds
Walk in the forest
Hug a tree or two
Kiss a human
Smile
You’re alive
😄

23/07/2024

There is a deeper kind of honesty
that wants to find it’s way
into the space between us.

Its a kind of honesty
that breaks spells
and aligns life
with true love.

Its the kind of honesty
that doesn’t pretend
or perform
or shape itself to fit in.

Its the kind of honesty
that grows us into genuine adults,
ripens us into a kind of integrity
we didn’t learn from the world
we were born into...

a genuine integrity
that only lives in
this deeper form of honesty...

Its not here right now...
not just in the mainstream world,
not just in political ecosystems,
not just in greedy corporations...

its not here in our friendships,
in our families,
its not here in those communities
that call themselves conscious,
and its not embodied in those leaders
who teach from stages
or write on pages
but can’t be truly touched.

This kind of honesty
isn’t always pretty,
isn’t always fun,
doesn’t always make sense,
doesn’t always make things easy,
isn’t always flowers and rainbows
and it won’t always reinforce
our existing idea of the world
or our concept of ourselves...

Infact,
more often than not,
this kind of honesty
will ask us
to let go of the ground
that we built our lives on
over
and over
and over again...

But it’s fu***ng real...

actually, genuinely real...

and we need to remember
that it’s as important as oxygen,
as vital rain,
as essential as sunshine.

Honesty
is how consciousness
penetrates
living creation...

and it’s time we were all
penetrated to the bone
by this love
that we secretly crave;

the love of the one
who truly sees
what lives
underneath the skins
we’re yet to shed,

the love of the one
who reveals themselves
as they truly are,
not as we want them to be,

the love of WHAT IS
exactly as it is,
of what we sense
exactly as we sense it,
of what we feel
exactly as we feel it...

not dressed up,
not gentled down,
not shaped to make us
comfortable,

but honest,
direct,
revealed,
raw,

love.

✍🏻 Matthew Liam Gardner

30/01/2024

The last few years have shown a lot of us the world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It doesn’t matter how “tough” you are, we all go through challenging times in life!

Dr Gabor Mate an expert in trauma education has given many speeches about how trauma is often held in the body, not by the event itself but more how we perceive and process the event.

Please remember you are NOT what happened to you, you have the capacity to feel, heal and move forward knowing you get to CHOOSE who you become in each and every moment.

If you need support healing from an event where you haven’t quite felt the same since I get it, I was there once and let me tell you there IS hope and relief from PTSD with the modalities we offer.

If you’re on your knees and can’t see the light through the trees, DM us for a free chat to see if we can help! 💫

Much Love,
Sally

24/01/2024

Move the way love makes you move 💃
Fear will always surface for time to time but if you breathe through it enough, get to the core wound (inner child) and hold that part of yourself without judgement, you’ll feel the love underneath that’s truely you! We always have a choice which place we move from…we just have to be patient enough to dance through the layers back to love…move from here, you’ll feel better for it ❤️ If you’d like an inner child healing head to our website.
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23/01/2024

Be still, listen and breathe, it’s amazing how this alone can calm the nervous system and regulate all other bodily systems! Your body knows how to heal itself given the right conditions. Sunlight, fresh air, clean water and food, deep breaths, exercise, good sleep, nature, a healthy mindset and of course connection, human touch 🤗
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13/01/2024

☝🏼Empaths this one’s for you. If you’re not being respected (regardless of the type of relationship you’re in) respect yourself and communicate your truth, if nothing changes, exit stage left! No one deserves breadcrumbs, go where you’re offered fresh loaves of bread on the daily. Know your worth! 👑❤️

10/01/2024

Feels like summer 🏖️😍 Love regulating the nervous system at the beach. Cleansing ocean swims and vitamin D to boost immunity and mood, winning. 🌞 🌊

17/11/2023

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10/11/2023

Back to Basics!

When I grew up in the 80s, on a Sunday morning there was this rogue breaky us kids would often get called bubble and squeek, which was basically left overs cooked up with some eggs the next day!

Of course as a kid I use to winge about it, ewww I don’t want sausages, beans, mash and eggs dad, gross!! But here’s the kicker, it always taste bloody great, especially with some tomato sauce haha.

My breaky today was left over mashed potato, sweet potato & pumpkin repurposed with 1tsp coconut oil, silverbeet and two scrambled organic eggs.

That’s four veges, protein and good fats just for breakfast, more nutrients than what most kids (and adults) are consuming in a day!

Feul your body & your brain, nurture yourself & your family the old fashion way, it’s easier than you think 🍠 🥥 🥬 🥚