Live Well Clinic

13/10/2026

13/10/2026

Gotta be inquisitive
Open mind today and hopefully some learning.

30/09/2026

So Licensed products are now against nst community guidelines !

30/09/2026

29/09/2026

This is important

Why this matters to Ireland: • A Proven System: For decades, Ireland has operated a safe and effective "Natural Health Ecosystem" through Health Food Stores and local Pharmacies - already governed by strict FSAI guidance. • Public Health: 80% of Irish adults have used food supplements to support...

27/09/2026

They are trying to ban or severely restrict all of these wonderful supplements.

Get informed

A report by a working group of the Heads of Food Safety Agencies in Europe (HoA) identified 13 priority substances in food supplements slated for potential restriction or review under Article 8 of EU Regulation No. 1925/2006. [1]

The 13 Priority Ingredients in this review, ( I call madness)

I'm identifying just one reason for each,there are many others

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), used safely for adrenal support, to destress

Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa / Actaea rhizome), used for menopausal help

Coumarin (in plant preparations), anti inflammatory use

Curcumin (in Curcuma preparations), active ingredient in tumeric, anti inflammatory

Maca / Peruvian ginseng (Lepidium meyenii), helps boost energy, s***m support

Melaleuca essential oils (tea tree)- seriously! The best natural anti inflammatory and much more

Melatonin, helps regulate sleep

Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum), for stress, blood glucose regulation

Piperine, digestion support and more

p-Synephrine (in Citrus preparations), us d in weight loss support

St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum), mild depression/SAD

Tribulus terrestris, helps libido

Tryptophan , helps serotonin production, so mood and sleep

Ask your MP why?

26/09/2026

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YOU CANNOT DEMAND ATTENDANCE AFTER YOU HAVE BROKEN TRUST.

I don't think we talk enough about the extraordinary amount of trust involved in sending a child to school.

I remember leaving mine at primary school and thinking: You are basically strangers to me, and I'm handing you my child.

I'm trusting you to keep them safe. To notice. To listen before jumping to conclusions. To be fair. To have a conversation before a consequence. And to believe me when I tell you something about the child I've known their entire life.

But the child is trusting too.

They're trusting that when their parent leaves, the adults will look after them. That they'll be listened to. That mistakes won't define them. That somebody will have enough time to notice when something isn't right.

And when that trust is there, attendance is a very different conversation.

The problem comes when things start going wrong.

A child struggles. A parent raises it. School sees something different. Someone feels blamed. Someone becomes defensive. A conclusion is reached too quickly. Another concern goes unheard.

Sometimes the parent gets it wrong. Sometimes the teacher gets it wrong. Sometimes everyone is trying their absolute best.

And sometimes the failure happened much further up the chain — leadership, local authorities, unavailable services, funding, government policy — leaving the people closest to the child without what they need.

But eventually attendance drops.

And suddenly that's the problem we're measuring.

The percentage. The persistent absence. The letters. The parent who needs to “engage”. The child who needs to get through the gate.

What if we're starting at the end of the story?

Before asking “Why isn't this child attending?”, perhaps we need to ask:

“What happened to their trust in going?”

And before asking why a parent isn't getting them through the gate:

“What happened to their trust in sending them?”

Attendance matters. Education matters.

But you cannot rebuild trust by demanding more of the person whose trust has already been damaged.

Attendance might be the number we measure.
Trust might be the thing we should have noticed first.