Ruth's Holistic Therapies

21/12/2025

Good morning & happy Winter Solstice. I'm looking forward to a zoom workshop this morning hosted by my mentor. Then I really must clean the plaster dust that Bob created on Friday when he was doing some work for us. I can't get the tree out of the garage and put it up until the flat is clean. That could take a while, lol.

Have a great day everyone and from tomorrow the light starts to return. Yay! ###

20/12/2025

Good morning and happy weekend before Christmas. I'm feeling a bit sniffly this morning so decided not to go to Heswall farmers market. I don't want to sit on a bus and either pass on something or pick up something else if my immune system is a bit low. So I'm just going to take it easy this morning then we are off delivering cards and pressies to friends in the Chester, Flintshire area. So I won't be going in and socialising. I don't want to pass anything on. But there is a new moon tonight so if you're feeling a bit off, hopefully that will be why.

Have a great day and a lovely weekend. Stay safe and healthy. ###

19/12/2025

Good morning & happy Friday. Gosh the big day is getting nearer. We had a lovely time with Jess yesterday. Got a few things done and she was a big help when I went shopping.

Food shopping for me this morning. Going to try and get as much done today so that I'm not panicking next week. I hope you all have a great day and I believe it's going to be sunny here today. Keeping everything crossed then. I'm still getting used to the difference in temperature from Tenerife to here, the difference is about 20 degrees centigrade. Well, it was well into the 20's last week. It's so good to see the sun though whatever the temperature. 😃

18/12/2025

It was lovely to see my reflexology client yesterday. She has lots of health issues and since I saw her last month has been quite poorly and had to have several tests in hospital. But after her treatment she said she felt much better and was in less pain. I'm hoping this relief will last a while for her, probably won't until next month but I will keep my fingers crossed that it lasts a few days. A lot of my clients report that they are in less pain after their treatments. I love that I can help them. My job is done, until their next treatment.

I'm looking forward to seeing Jess later today. She is coming over to help strip the woodchip paper off the remaining walls. (We have a steamer thing to make it easier). Whatever you do today have a good one and stay safe. There was an accident at the lights by the Arrowe Park pub this morning. I don't think anyone was hurt (hopefully) but it's not good just before Christmas, life is stressful enough as it is. ###

18/12/2025

I attended a course in fertility reflexology some years ago. Reflexology may be able to help you to relax so that your body can 'reset' itself and heal. Please get in touch if you would like to know more. ###

As we head into the festive season you may be meeting up with loved ones who are trying for a baby.

And we know, if someone you care about, a friend or family member, is struggling with fertility it can be difficult to know how to support them.

Here's a few things to consider:

Create a safe space for them to share and really listen. It can be tempting to offer positive stories of successful pregnancies that you've heard about or tell them they've got time.

Whilst this might feel like your helping it could add to the pressure they are already feeling. Leading them to question why it hasn't happened yet. Stress is something we want to reduce when a person is trying for a baby.

You could offer to attend the difficult appointments with them. Especially if they are for fertility treatments or if they are perhaps receiving results of testing, even just sitting in the waiting room shows how much you care and how much you support them with their journey.

It's in our nature to want to solve problems and relieve loved ones when they are sad, worried and upset. The best thing you can do is be there, let them feel and sit with them.

17/12/2025

Good morning Wednesday. Back to normal today. Looking forward to seeing my lovely regular reflexology client this afternoon. But lots of things to do before then so I had better get off here and get started. Have a great day and stay safe in the rain. I believe the M53 is gridlocked due to a bad accident at junction 9 so please take care.

16/12/2025

Good morning Tuesday. We landed in Liverpool more or less on time, but did take off about 25 minutes late so the pilot did OK and the flight took about 4 hours 5 minutes. Such a long and boring flight though. And lots of serious turbulence. I don't mind a bit of turbulence but the plane was really being thrown around for a while, more than once. Little bit scary at times. We arrived at the Premier Inn around 11.30 and put the TV on for a bit. Go woken 2 or 3 times by inconsiderate people letting their doors bang closed at 2 or 3 in the night and again around 5. Anyway, we are back safe and sound on UK soil. Not sure I like the weather though. lol

Our main aim today is to get home and put the heating on. Then food shopping.

Have a great day and stay safe. ###

15/12/2025

Actually I lied. I took one more photo from the departures lounge. It's the runway and El Medano.

15/12/2025

We're at the airport, checked bags in and through security. Yay! Last 3 photos from Tenerife ###

15/12/2025

Good morning Monday. Going home today so a bit stressed. Being picked up around 2pm so we still have a few hours to top up the tan. And the sky is blue and the birds were tweeting very loudly earlier. They still are actually. So we need to shower and get down for breakfast because we still need to pack. Oops. I read reports that the airport was jammed at the weekend and people were missing flights because it was taking so long to get people through border control. Another stress factor. I'll be OK once I'm through security. (I hope). lol.

Whatever you do, have a great day. See you on the other side. ###

14/12/2025

Had a nice day. Went on another bus ride to a place I can't remember the name of but it's in the photos lol. It was half way up the mountains and at one point we could see the snow on the volcano. We were on the bus so couldn't take a photo. Today's photos

14/12/2025

Good morning Sunday. Our last full day in Tenerife. We are being picked up around 2pm tomorrow for the airport. 🥲

Yesterday was a right off. The wind was wild, the rain torrential and although it was quite warm it wasn't really safe to go out far. We did attempt to go out to the cafe that we went to on Friday, managed to cross the road without being blown over but just as we got across the heavens opened (as it did most of the day) so we went back to the hotel, had coffee and peppermint tea in the bar and then went back to our room. Stayed there most of the day. We went out around 6.30 to the fish restaurant up the hill, had another gorgeous meal then went back to our room again. We went to bed around 10pm which is very early for us. By the time I came out of the bathroom Brian was fast asleep. Then the thunder storm started. The thunder was loud, very loud because it was echoing around the mountains. Brian stayed asleep. If it hadn't heard him breathing I would have thought he was dead. How can anyone sleep through that. Anyway luckily it stopped and I feel asleep. No idea what time that was. lol

But it seems all quiet out there now. Fingers crossed it stays that way. The sky looks blue too. A good start. Hopefully we will get out and enjoy the day again. Whatever you do have a great day and stay safe. xx