by Dr Chris Pickard | Feb 11, 2025 | Wellness Coaching
Background:For over 25 years, Karen has struggled with epilepsy, anxiety, and frequent debilitating head rushes and dizziness. She attributed these symptoms to either anxiety or side effects from her medication, assuming they were an unavoidable part of her condition.... by Dr Chris Pickard | Jan 9, 2025 | Wellness Coaching
How to get rid of a chronic cough. As there are so many chronic coughs around at the moment, I thought I’d do an article that first of all reminds everyone about prevention, and initial care for when you get a cold or flu, and also reveals what has to be done a little... by Dr Chris Pickard | Sep 11, 2024 | Wellness Coaching
In simple terms, there are nerves that go to muscles, organs and skin, and nerves that go from your muscles, organs and skin back aot your brain. The nerves that go to your organs are also divided into your parasympathetic and your sympathetic nerves. Have a look and... by Dr Chris Pickard | Aug 25, 2024 | Wellness Coaching
Your Circulatory System: Supporting Heart Health, Blood Flow and Everyday Energy Your circulatory system includes the heart, blood and a vast network of blood vessels. Together they deliver oxygen and nutrients, carry hormones and immune cells, remove carbon dioxide... by Dr Chris Pickard | Aug 25, 2024 | Wellness Coaching
Why Strength, Movement and Muscle Matter More as You Get Older Your muscles do far more than move your arms and legs. They help you stand upright, balance, breathe, produce heat and carry out everyday tasks. Muscle tissue also helps the body manage blood glucose and... by Dr Chris Pickard | Aug 25, 2024 | Wellness Coaching
The Gut–Brain–Stress Connection: Why Digestion Changes When Life Gets Difficult Digestion is not an isolated process. What we eat matters, but so do appetite, sleep, movement, medication, illness, stress and the speed at which we eat. The gut and brain communicate... by Dr Chris Pickard | Aug 25, 2024 | Wellness Coaching
Why Your Body Can Stay on High Alert After Stress Has Passed The nervous system helps you sense the world, move, think, feel and respond to challenge. When demand is brief, the body can usually activate and then recover. When pain, poor sleep, worry or uncertainty... by Dr Chris Pickard | Aug 25, 2024 | Wellness Coaching
The Elimination Zone: How Your Body Processes and Removes Waste Your body already has sophisticated systems for processing substances, maintaining fluid and chemical balance, and removing waste. The liver, kidneys, bowel and lungs do most of this work continuously.... by Dr Chris Pickard | Aug 25, 2024 | Wellness Coaching
The Glandular Zone: Hormones, Stress and Everyday Health Hormones are chemical messengers that help coordinate many of the body’s essential processes, including growth, metabolism, reproduction, sleep, blood-sugar regulation and the response to stress. Because these... by Dr Chris Pickard | Aug 25, 2024 | Wellness Coaching
Understanding Zone Therapy: A Six-System Approach to Health and Recovery Health rarely depends on one joint, one muscle or one isolated symptom. Pain, energy, sleep, digestion, stress, movement and daily habits can all influence how well we feel and how effectively we... 
