Anam Chara Natural Health - Dr Kate Broderick

09/07/2025

Come on down this weekend to Hart's Mill Port Adelaide for the Queen of Wands Psychic Fair. This one is a big one, two days, lots of amazing live music and other entertainment, food vans, healers, readers, and abundant stalls full of wares to feed your spirit!

I'll be there both days for flower essence readings and prescriptions. Come on down and see us! Looks like the weather will be much better than today LOL

Event post in comments for more details!

07/07/2025

This is a beautiful explanation of our complexity . . .

06/07/2025

Of course, you’re seeing this on a device. Sigh.

"Brain rot" is a slang term describing the negative effects of excessive online content consumption, particularly on social media, on cognitive functions and mental health.

Recent studies in neuroscience support the idea that the commonly used term “brain rot” reflects real changes in brain function caused by excessive digital media use. A study by Shaheen E. Lakhan (2025) introduced the term digital anhedonia, which describes the reduced ability to enjoy real-life experiences due to overstimulation from social media. The study found that the brain's reward centers, such as the ventral striatum and amygdala, become overactive, while areas responsible for self-control, like the prefrontal cortex, become less active. This imbalance can lead to low motivation and difficulty focusing on tasks outside digital platforms.

In addition, a longitudinal study by Maza et al. (2023) found that habitual social media checking behaviors were associated with changes in adolescent brain development. Brain scans showed altered activity in areas related to emotion, reward, and decision-making, including accelerated thinning of the prefrontal cortex, which may result in reduced attention and impulse control.

Another study by Yan et al. (2024) demonstrated that short-form video use negatively affects attention functions. EEG results revealed that frequent exposure to mobile video content weakened sustained attention and cognitive focus. Similarly, Mark et al. (2008) found that frequent digital interruptions cause users to take significantly longer to return to a task, with an average recovery time of up to twenty-three minutes. These findings suggest that digital media overuse negatively affects attention span and cognitive control, especially in young people.

If our brains are being reshaped by the media we consume daily, how much of our attention, motivation, and emotional well-being are we unknowingly trading for convenience and entertainment?

05/06/2025

Good to have this now shown with a rigorous study, as clinical practice has been supporting this for a while now.

Indian researchers have just published a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of individualized homeopathy for patients testing positive for COVID-19.

Two hundred and sixty-nine participants who tested positive for COVID-19 infection (N Gene, ORF 1-ab-Gene, and the S Gene of the SARS COV-2 virus) were randomized into two parallel groups. A total of 133 participants (49 %) were randomized to the homeopathic group. The remaining 136 (51 %) patients in the control group received a placebo intervention in addition to standard care of modern medicine.

The results:
"Of the 269 participants, 133 (49 %) were in the homoeopathic group and 136 (51 %) were in the control group. There were no significant differences in the demographic characteristics, comorbidities, or allopathic treatment administered within the groups at baseline. The median scores for shortness of breath, cough, weakness, and fatigue significantly reduced on days five and ten. There were no significant differences in the median values of inflammatory markers. The ICU requirement (p = 0.01), ventilator requirement (p = 0.01), and mortality (p = 0.003) were significantly lower in the homoeopathic group."

Conclusion
"Homoeopathy as an adjuvant to standard care in the management of COVID-19 resulted in lowering of clinical symptoms, and a significantly lower ICU requirement, requirement of ventilation, and mortality rate compared to standard care alone."

Source: Govindarajan Sankaran, Anil Khurana, Leena Shah, Kishor Khillare, Debadatta Nayak, Navin Pawaskar. A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial using Homoeopathy as an adjuvant to standard care in the management of COVID-19,
Advances in Integrative Medicine, 2025.

13/05/2025

Lots of really useful layers in this series . . .

07/05/2025

Hey Adelaide folks!
If you're feeling stuck in a mental or emotional space that's not allowing you to be the fullest and most optimum version of you in this journey we call life, come see me at the Queen of Wands Psychic Fair in McLaren Vale on Sunday 11th of May (Mother's Day)!

I'll be offering personalised flower essence consultations, including a card reading, and send you home with your own bespoke formula to support positive mental and emotional shifts.

Plus there are so many amazing stalls, readers and healers at the Queen of Wands events! What a great way to spend the day with your Mum :)
Hope to see you there!

Check out the event page here for more details on where and who will be there! https://www.facebook.com/events/672551448514614

04/04/2025

Excellent advice, and if you find yourself irritable a lot with no recognisable cause, there's a good chance your liver needs some support as well.

Irritability is the first sign your polyvagal state (nervous system) state has changed. The best part is: you can help your body go back into ventral vagal (a parasympathetic state.) Eat fat or protein— it’ll stabilize your blood sugar. Then move your body, a brisk walk is the quickest and most accessible way. You have much more control over your mood and emotional state than you know

03/04/2025

Are you a Dad, or do you know a Dad, who needs support? This free circle is being facilitated by my dear and trusted friend, Tree Pinney--highly recommended!! 💙💙💙

01/03/2025

Taking the month of March off of social media, please reach out by email if you need my support 🌼

28/02/2025

Hey, guess what? Naturopaths are super good at helping with this ✨

25/02/2025

How long has it been since you went an entire day without social media (noting the irony that I'm posting this on social media)?

21/02/2025

The three most important factors to overall health: diet, sleep, and exercise!

Naturopaths have known this for a long, long time (and traditional systems of medicine have known it for millennia). Glad science is finally catching up!

OK, but let's get real . . . what gets in the way of healthy diet, solid and sufficient sleep, and moving our bodies? Because the things that get in the way are the real causes of poor health.

The list of things that get in the way is longer than my arm. But we do have the power to change them!

What small step can you take this weekend toward greater health of body, mind, emotions and spirit?

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