Calm and Clear Complementary Therapies

05/05/2025

I'm featured in the centre double spread of both The Express and the Daily Mirror newspapers today. The article is about my intraoral massage (also called ). Treatment done at my Moorgate clinic in City and Soul. This is something I've been offering for 15+ years for tight jaws (TMJ issues), intraoral decongestive lymph therapy too. You can have this as part of these treatments, or a part of my Signature Facial treatment.

10/04/2025

"Oh, I don't know how you work in City of London, it's so manic." That's what I hear all the time. My response is, have a walk, pause and look up. London is full of amazing history and architecture. And in the sunshine it's that much better. During my break I wandered to the Royal Exchange, grabbed a Grind and sat in the sunshine people watching. Then back to clinic with a spring in my step. ☀️ ☕

04/02/2025

Cancer turned my world upside down......

Since I was the age of 3 my life has been affected by cancer. Firstly my older sister, aged 4, had leukaemia, then when I was 7 my grandmother died from breast cancer (she helped raised me while my mother was in hospital with my sister). My mum in 2012, recovered. My dad died in 2017 from a brain tumour. One year later my younger sister had breast cancer surgery and treatment, still living with the effects.

And so many more friends and family.

Take your NHS screenings, go to the GP when you have any symptoms. Early detection means early treatment and gives you a better chance of recovery.

To all and any currently living with cancer and cancer treatment, I send you my love.
To any who are past treatment, but live with the ongoing effects, I send you my love.
To all the carers, family and friends I also send my love.

31/01/2025

Even more health cashback companies will cover you for reflexology sessions with me, as I'm a member of the AoR.

We're proud to announce that several UK cash plan providers now recognise reflexology as a complementary therapy. This means you can claim back the cost of your reflexology treatments through the following providers:

Beneden Healthcare
BHSF
Bupa
Health Shield
Hive Insurance Services
HMCA
Medicash
Paycare
Simply Health
Sovereign Health Care
UK Healthcare
Westfield Health

For more information please visit the companies listed

30/01/2025

Anyone else using BlueSky as a social network?

Just looking at options since I deleted X last summer and checking alternatives to Meta.

If you are on Blue Sky, my handle is https://lnkd.in/eBy3JFNi. Link is also on my bio.

17/12/2024

Need some relaxation and time for you?

I've added in one extra clinic before I close for the Festive holiday. I'll be in on Monday 23rd December, you can book slots via my website.

Then clinics and office are closed until 2nd January.

26/10/2024

I’m a self-employed sole trader – and as anyone who is in that boat knows, it can be a lonely place on occasion. Especially if you have worked in teams before.

However, in the past 23 years I’ve rented treatment rooms in established therapy centres where we have a multi-disciplinary team who are each sole traders also. But we’ve worked as a team and it’s great to have like-minded people to bounce ideas off and just have connection with our community. And we respect each other’s work and individual experience where we can refer clients to each other with confidence. And with many, they’ve also become great friends who I see socially.

Since the pandemic years, I’ve noticed that this feeling of community and teams had declined in some spaces, and I know that others have noticed it also. Many experienced long term practitioners either moved on to other places/locations, or changed their way of working – some clinics closed too. I began to miss this feeling of team work and unity, but then I had a message from 2 fellow therapist friends – an acupuncturist and an osteopath, they too missed this security and being in a team since the pandemic so they opened their own clinic and invited me to join them there. So I am now 6 months in at the lovely City and Soul clinic in Moorgate/Bank where they have developed (and are continuing to develop) a great team of practitioners.

And they are organising regular team get togethers and CPD sessions.
One of these we had this week linked to ‘fertility’ as so many of us work in that area (me in reflexology/massage, 2 acupuncturists, a female pelvic health osteopath). We got to meet and chat all things fertility with Dr Lisa Stradiotto, fertility nutritionist Mel Brown and andrologist Rachel from Andrology Solutions (working with Sheryl Homa). We all had great discussions and so many potential thoughts about more integrative and complementary ways of working which runs for the best for the patient/client to gain the most for their treatment and health. It’s about working together rather than against each other.

Looking forward to what more this brings for us.

13/09/2024

It's Friday, yay. I found that gorgeous sun spot in my house and trying to soak it up. These past few days have been cold, and with it getting darker earlier - I'm already missing the summer months! I REALLY needed this moment today after several quite intense weeks. The sun and warmth always makes it all better for me and a few minutes to unwind. I hope you get your time to soak up the sun, or whatever you need to reset. And my nieces and nephew will appreciate the music. Happy Friday. ☀ 💆🏾‍♀️🧘🏾‍♀️💛

04/07/2024

During the month of July I'll be doing extra days at my clinic in because are doing some necessary building work in the therapy rooms for the whole month and the building will be closed. You can book as usual on my website (link in bio). Slots also available in N3. I'll be available for the full summer for anyone needing some relaxation and time out.

15/03/2024

Very happy to announce that I’ve got a beautiful new clinic in The City of London in Moorgate. I’ll be there every Wednesday afternoon/evening.

You’ll find me at City and Soul Clinic inside 1 Kings Arm Yard EC2R 7AF, conveniently located between Moorgate, Bank and Liverpool Street.

The online appointment diary is open for bookings at this location from this coming Wednesday 20th March.

I look forward to seeing some of you there.



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08/03/2024

International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality.

Marked annually on March 8th, IWD is one of the most important days of the year to:

celebrate women's achievements

educate and awareness raise about women's equality

call for positive change advancing women

lobby for accelerated gender parity

fundraise for women focused charities

Everyone, everywhere can play a part in helping forge gender equality. From a wide range of IWD campaigns, events, rallies, lobbying, and performances - to festivals, parties, fun runs, and celebrations - all IWD activity is valid. That's what makes IWD so inclusive.

So make IWD your day and do what you can, in your own way, to help forge a gender equal world.

The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2024 is Inspire Inclusion.

When we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion, we forge a better world.

And when women themselves are inspired to be included, there's a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment.

Collectively, let's forge a more inclusive world for women.

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There's much more information about the theme and actions on the IWD page and website.

What will you do today to ?



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14/02/2024

Long post.

I can’t believe I missed this last week – but on 8th February it was my 20 year anniversary of running my clinic from Neal’s Yard Therapy rooms in Covent Garden!

I started there in February 2004 on alternate Sundays and on Monday evenings – and I’ve stayed on Monday evenings every since. 20 years!!

As many of you may know, I worked in Neal’s Yard Remedies head office from 2001 to 2004 – as both their UK Sales rep (involving driving all over the UK and working with independent retailers who stocked the products and running training for them) to working in Customer Services (helping customers with queries and problems and also running some staff training sessions).  It was from there that I started in their Covent Garden therapy rooms, having completed all my therapy training in the year 2000 and then also working in their Clapham therapy rooms.

I’ve been reflecting on these past 20 years, these are just a few things that stand out.
 
I’ve tried and tested different locations and therapy rooms and found the ones that worked best. 

I helped design and ran the Neal’s Yard Remedies Holistic facials course for the first 10 years that it ran until they took it in house. 

I designed many of my own CPD courses, including a Pregnancy Reflexology diploma and workshops for midwives. 

I’ve done big press events and trade shows, and worked on the Radio and BBC TV as well as featuring in top magazines and newspapers.

I co-ran the Association of Reflexologists Central London group for registered therapists, inviting many leading speakers and teachers as well as offering support. 

I’ve been shortlisted for several awards, and have won a few others.

I’ve made life long friends from my clinics and from associated work.

There are of course many ups and downs over the years – personal things and then pandemic.
Working in this industry now is quite different to 20 years ago, and we all have to bend and change as needed – but I have to say I’ve enjoyed it immensely.

Want to say thank you to all who have supported me over these years – family, friends, colleagues, students and clients.  I’m grateful to you all.