Shannon Dunn

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

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 lost. When another woman says healing prolapse isn't possible, it is generally because she[...]

Women's Wellness

Heal Prolapse: a Holistic Guide

This is a small draft excerpt from my upcoming book, JOURNEY WITHIN: A Guide to Healing Prolapse (to be released in the second half of 2021). I hope some of what I share here inspires you to go forth and embrace your own unique healing journey. My book will go into much greater depth. 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[...]

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[...]