The use of flower essences have gained world-wide recognition due to their contribution to holistic health and emotional healing. However, these subtle medicines can become somewhat “watered-down” as they are difficult to study on a biochemical level due to the limitations of science and research. Although this shouldn’t mean we ignore the thousands of years they have been used traditionally to heal physical and mental imbalances.

It’s no secret that sisters Caitlin and Larissa Stores love their infrared saunas. With one thriving infrared sauna business in Sydney’s East, Bachelor of Complementary Medicine alumni, Caitlin Stores and her sister both sauna at least three times a week, year round and love the way it makes them feel, both physically and mentally.

When Caitlin Stores departed Sydney for Fort Lauderdale in Florida, she took her natural health studies with her and loved the experience.

The wonderful thing about this recipe is that it can be flexible and ingredients can easily be substituted, depending on what you have leftover in the fridge.

Do you eat the same five vegetables on rotation? Apples and bananas the two options in your fruit bowl? Variety is the spice of life and will feed lots of different species of friendly bacteria to keep the population strong and fend off the angry mobs.

Lexi Crouch’s experience with Anorexia Nervosa began when she was seven years old. Officially diagnosed at 13, conventional treatments did little to help Lexi overcome the eating disorder. Aged 24, she started studying Nutrition at Endeavour and found the confidence and skills to heal herself.

As a young girl playing doctors, Ema Souness loved to blend up medicines using different plants from her parent’s country garden. Back then, she could never have guessed her own health would lead her to study naturopathy.

The idea of your first year in clinical practice can spark many different emotions – excitement, nerves, dread, curiosity and relief. Or maybe you are pushing the thought to the back of your mind until the last week of your last semester!

Before Jenna Carroll started her studies at Endeavour, she was a professional ballerina. At 16, Jenna left Sydney’s northern beaches to pursue an international career with the Birmingham Royal Ballet.