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You Are Not Your Diagnosis
A diagnosis is simply a name given to a pattern of signs and symptoms. Signs are what can be seen or measured through examinations, blood work, scans, and imaging. Symptoms are what you quietly carry within — the pain, the fatigue, the anxiety, the sensations only you can truly feel. From this collection of evidence, a doctor offers a diagnosis. Cancer. Lupus. Thyroiditis. IBS. Words that can fall into a person’s life with enormous weight.
Petra Sedlak ND
Mar 28, 20223 min read
Mental Health Crisis 2020
Perhaps we also need to look deeper beyond symptoms and temporary coping strategies and consider the origins of emotional distress. Many mental health challenges have roots in childhood experiences. As children, we develop coping mechanisms to help us feel safe in a world that can sometimes feel unpredictable or threatening. Stress, fear and emotional instability during childhood can become deeply embedded patterns that continue into adult life.
Petra Sedlak ND
Nov 14, 20204 min read
Lamb meatballs with turmeric and herbs
4 portions Ingredients: 4tbs of gluten free oats (soak in 8 tbs of water for 2 hours minimum or overnight) 2tsp of turmeric 1tbs dried oregano 1tbs dried marjoram 1tbs of dried basil Juice of 1 lemon 500g of organic lamb mince Sea salt or Himalayan salt Olive oil 4tbs of buckwheat flour Black pepper Paprika Method: Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. 1. Mix the mince and fermented oats. 2. Add the dried or fresh herbs, salt, turmeric, lemon juice, black pepper. 3. Mix really
Petra Sedlak ND
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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