Shannon Dunn, Author at SHANNON DUNN

HOW TO HEAL PROLAPSE: AN INTERVIEW

How to heal prolapse? It's one of the most common questions I'm asked. Most women don't know where to begin or understand how their body could heal what most doctors say cannot be healed. It all begins with undoing what we have taken on as beliefs. Once we understand we have not been given the truth nor the full picture related to prolapse, we begin to understand what prolapse actually is: a symptom that needs to be tended to in order to resolve. Watch my chat with integrative maternity expert and bestselling author, Kathy Fray, below. Healing prolapse[...]

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Beauty

Awaken Organics: For Every AGE

Awaken Organics, an Australian-born skincare range, has launched onto the natural beauty scene with a tailored range based on age, rather than skin type. The COSMOS Organic certified range and its cellular-extracted formulations promise effectiveness sans the need for marketing hype—because they work. While many products claim to fight the signs of ageing for women throughout their life, Awaken Organics understands skincare needs change over time, as such curated a customised range for each decade of a woman’s life, for those their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s pl[...]

Wellness

Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie Bowl

Heavy metal detoxing is a critical component of any holistic healing protocol. I'm covering it in my book, but there is also some great information here. While foods such as cilantro are excellent for pulling heavy metals from the body, there are also some supplements to have on hand at all times such as spirulina and wheatgrass juice. Iodine and zeolite are also excellent for removing heavy metals. I also work with homeopathy. Because heavy metals are basically everywhere, consistent action is needed to experience a body free of these damaging elements to[...]

Women's Wellness

Our Symptoms Are Our Signs

Our body's symptoms are signs: a call to address the cause of the pain and discomfort. The majority of women plug up the pain so they don't have to feel it. This simply sends a signal to send another symptom, somewhere else in the body. There is no escaping the body's innate wisdom. There is no pill in the history of all pills that can fully address the true roots of any ailment. To truly heal where the symptom is no longer, it is always best address from an holistic perspective. This can be painful, to really look at how we got to the point we're at.[...]

Women's Wellness

Healing Prolapse Takes Courage

The following is an excerpt from my book, HEALING PROLAPSE: Where to Begin, available here. When someone makes a sweeping statement about pelvic organ prolapse, saying healing isn't possible, it reveals more about the person saying it than the ears listening to it. Let's break it down. The mainstream medical model deals with prolapse by offering solutions to manage it (makes money for the person recommending it) or by cutting organs out (makes money for the person recommending it and the person doing the cutting). If a patient were to heal, income is[...]

Women's Wellness

Heal Prolapse: a Holistic Guide

This is an abridged excerpt from my just-released book HEALING PROLAPSE: Where to Begin. I hope some of what I share here inspires you to go forth and embrace your own unique healing journey. My book goes into much greater detail. This list is simply a guide to help women who do not know where to start with to heal prolapse with a holistic approach. • I worked with various holistic practitioners throughout my healing journey to heal prolapse. I also worked extensively with (certified pure) essential oils. The modalities/therapies I highly recommend are E[...]

Women's Wellness

Body Conscious: A Book for Women

Body Conscious is for women who are seeking to connect with and understand their feminine body on a deeper level. It shares the answers to the questions women have about topics that are often considered too delicate to talk about. This book is for women who want more than the western medical approach that offers a limited scope of wellness. Rooted in an understanding that we are more than our physical body, it offers an exploration of how our emotional, energetic, and spiritual health impacts our pelvic health and our overall wellbeing. Body Conscious res[...]

Empowerment

Claim Your Femininity, Without Apology

Popular culture has deliberately suppressed and stripped the feminine of its potency. We have subconsciously succumbed to the lies that it is wrong to be truly, fully, unapologetically feminine. We each need to awaken to the fact that, as women, we are powerful because we are women. We aren't meant to have the flat bellies that healthy men naturally do. We are meant to have curves, yet we have been taught to diet them away or strap them in with garments that have nothing to do with celebrating our natural female form. Hollywood has embedded the image of a[...]

Empowerment

Self Love is Not What You Think It Is

Self love. So much talk about it, yet few seem to truly understand what it means. Self love is not an action to be taken. Self love is an innate knowing that we are enough, we are sovereign and we are connected to the innate. Self love is not about adoring our physical from the ego. Self love is about appreciating our body and its functions, its shape, and all the while knowing we are each unique in our physical expression. Self love is nothing to do with the social programming tied to the overused words of "self love". Self love is deep, all-knowing an[...]

Beauty

Moor Spa: Deep Sea Beauty

Being fussy about what you put on your skin is essential if you care about your health and vitality. My skincare routine begins from the inside, then I rely on only all-natural, ethically produced skincare products. Finding them can be a challenge if you don't know how to look beyond the label. One of my latest brand discoveries is Canadian formulated Moor Spa, a gorgeous all-natural collection of skincare must-haves that are CertClean certified. It regularly receives all-star ratings and is a favourite of spa industry experts. While there are many d[...]