May Riddell Therapies

12/05/2026

Check this marvellous and valuable place out if your looking to improve your health, it belongs to
Janek a good friend of mine. 🫡

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Don't miss the opportunity to improve your health . HBOT in Lanark is a medical treatment where a person breathes 100% oxygen inside a pressurized chamber. The pressure is usually 2–3 times higher than normal atmospheric pressure, which allows the lungs to absorb much more oxygen than usual.

How it works

Under higher pressure:
• Oxygen dissolves more effectively in the blood plasma
• More oxygen reaches damaged tissues
• It helps reduce swelling, fight infection, and stimulate healing

Conditions it’s used for

Doctors commonly use HBOT for:
• Decompression Sickness (often in scuba divers)
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Gas Gangrene
• Chronic wounds (e.g., diabetic foot ulcers related to Diabetes Mellitus)
• Radiation injuries from cancer treatment
• Severe infections
• Skin graft or flap healing

What the treatment looks like
• You lie or sit in a sealed hyperbaric chamber
• The chamber is gradually pressurized
• Sessions usually last 60–120 minutes
• Many treatments require multiple sessions

Possible side effects

Most are mild but can include:
• Ear pressure or ear pain (similar to airplane pressure)
• Temporary vision changes
• Fatigue
• Rarely, oxygen toxicity or lung injury

Don't miss the opportunity to improve your health . HBOT in Lanark is a medical treatment where a person breathes 100% oxygen inside a pressurized chamber. The pressure is usually 2–3 times higher than normal atmospheric pressure, which allows the lungs to absorb much more oxygen than usual. How i...

08/05/2026

Lately life has been a mixture of meaningful work, lovely people, quiet moments, and little reminders of how important work/life balance really is. I speak a lot about balance, honesty, and reconnecting with ourselves - and I’m learning all the time how important it is to make space for those things in my own life too.

A few little snapshots from recent weeks ✨

☀️ A lovely weekend at the Heal Scotland Festival in Tarbert, Loch Fyne. I had the privilege of facilitating a workshop there whilst also taking time to enjoy the festival myself, connect with lovely people, and recharge a little too.

🌿 Making oat & courgette kefir rolls - healthy, nourishing and absolutely delicious, alongside some beautiful wild garlic flowers fermented in brine and full of life. I’ve been trying to spend more time slowing down in the kitchen and reconnecting with simple things. I love learning more about natural health, fermentation, and the connection between nourishment and wellbeing. Another reminder to check out Nourished by Nature 💯

🧠 I also recently completed a course in the Basic Neuroscience of Complex PTSD & Recovery. I’m always learning and always wanting to deepen my understanding to better support the people I work with.

🌲 Finally, one of my favourite recent experiences - building a shelter from scratch & learning survival skills during a bushcraft day with Howl Team in Harrogate. Such a lovely reminder of the importance of teamwork, resilience, nature, and stepping away from the pace of everyday life for a while 🌿

28/04/2026

My therapeutic art workshop at Second Chance Project went down a treat today 🎨

The best thing about these sessions is that no one needs to be ‘good’ at art - it’s about expression. The group were guided through a gentle garden meditation, then invited to draw the landscape they saw there.

I love facilitating these workshops 💕

There’s something really powerful about watching people slow down, settle, and simply be in the moment. It’s a simple but effective way to help calm the nervous system - something we all need from time to time.

18/04/2026

A real full circle moment for me 💫

In 2013, I completed the Scottish Drugs Forum National Traineeship in the early stages of my own recovery.

Fast forward to 2025, I had the privilege of coming back through my own business, May Riddell Therapies, to deliver 9 weeks of personal development sessions to the trainees - which I really valued being a part of.

And this week, I was invited back once again - this time as a guest speaker at the 2026 National Traineeship Graduation Ceremony at Glasgow City Chambers.

To be standing in that room, in such a different place in my life, sharing my story and representing my own business… it was a bit surreal, if I'm honest.

But more than anything, it was about the graduates.

Being part of such an important moment in their journey - having the chance to encourage them, share a bit of perspective, and remind them that things really can change - is something I feel genuinely grateful for.

A huge congratulations to every single graduate.

Your journey is just beginning - and there’s so much ahead of you ✨️

15/04/2026

𝟭-𝟭 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 ✨️

A welcoming, non-judgemental space.
An honest conversation.
A different way of looking at things.

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 💕

📧 For your complimentary & confidential consultation, send a message to May Riddell Therapies or email hello@mayriddelltherapies.co.uk

*𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕-𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔.

08/04/2026

Argyle Botany
One of the best small businesses I know and they have the most wonderful skin care range with all the natural herbs and other magical stuff, grown on their land. I’ve been to the wee shop a few times and can only say I wish I could visit more often. (You can order online too) Such a great company and so down to earth 💚

🌿BEST SELLING PRODUCT ...BACK....in town....

Living on the west coast o scotland, no matter how bad the midges were the year before ye always forget as sping arrives and ye just canny wait for the sunshine and summer tae come..then the midges decend..and puure end..yer joy o the coming months. So here at botany i have tried to create something to fend them off...an old trick used by the farming folk to keep the beasties at bay...and bog myrtle is what they did say, to keep the midges away..and perfect for pets and children too.


🌿Now for the science part...the active ingredients..


🌿Bog myrtle has a delicious sticky vinger residue on the leaves which cause the bugs to stick and die. The bugs are aware of this danger especially as the vinegar scent is what alerts them and they avoid the scent of this plant.


🌿citronella naturally masks the oders that the bugs are drawn to on your skin and therefore the bugs are tricked and seek other feeding areas.


🌿peppermint or menthol is the active ingredient as it is a natural pesticide and has been said to be the longest repelling essential oil for bugs.


🌿Rosemary is pungent aromatic scent repells bugs and also again like bog myrtle, its woody sticky residue can make the bugs stick like a spiders web.


🌿olive oil slows the evaporation of essential oil escaping from the skin which in turns means longer protection againt the wee blighters.

The link...if ye...think...its for you...

https://www.argyllbotany.co.uk/product-page/bog-myrtle-bug-spray

🌿Directions for use: sray the oil directly onto your skin and allow to absorb before going outdoors.

04/04/2026

29/03/2026

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can ✨️

- Arthur Ashe

19/03/2026

Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to Abbeycare for having me on their recent podcast, which is now live ✨️

It honestly meant a lot to be part of that conversation - just being able to sit and speak openly about addiction, recovery, and the real, human side of it all. It’s something that’s incredibly close to my heart, both personally and professionally 💭

Abbeycare continue to do such important, life-changing work supporting individuals and families affected by addiction, and I feel genuinely grateful to have been given the opportunity to contribute in my own way.

If you’d like to watch or listen to the full podcast, it will be available over on Abbeycare’s platforms - I’ll pop some of the links below for you to head over and have a look 👇

🎥 Facebook: Abbeycare
🎧 YouTube: https://youtube.com/?si=X1PrYdbFFuTIKOk2

Check out the amazing work they do - it really does make a difference 💫

Thank you again to Abbeycare for the opportunity, and for continuing to support so many people on their journey to recovery 💕

06/03/2026

The anxiety a woman can feel when she is faced with drug addiction and being a mother is off the scale… so we stay where we are, struggling through as best we can. Hoping we don’t lose our children. This creates so much stress which adds to the vicious cycle of addiction… the head work is unbearable, the lying and hiding never ends, the hoops we jump through are many and the addiction progresses….
Let’s help the women to get the help they need and help their children, let’s stop running them into the ground with our ideas of how a society should be and let’s ask THEM what they need!

Supporting the mother protects the child. 💜

For many women, the fear of losing their children stops them from asking for help.

Our research shows that the trauma of separation often leads to a cycle of despair rather than recovery.

We believe that mums deserve support that offers hope and dignity, not judgment. We need systems that acknowledge this complex grief and offer connection.

06/03/2026

Busy afternoon at work ahead ✨️

but first... coffee. 😍☕️