Who doesn’t remember spending endless hours on the monkey bars at school? Honestly, I don’t remember a day in my primary years when I didn’t swing from them; ’round the world’ flips off the monkey bars were a competitive sport when I was 8! But where have they gone? Australian playgrounds are now populated with … Read more
The Grow Foundation was established to provide assistance for families of young children with neurological special needs such as Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and Autism, just to name a few. Natural & Alternative treatments exist to enable these children to achieve their greatest potential, but funding and support for such treatments is largely non-existent. One … Read more
I woke this morning to my son trying to ‘bite mummy’s nose’ with Dad’s glasses case. I buried my nose in his delicious soft neck – ahh the smell of your own child’s skin! It’s kind of irrelevant to me now that as well as being cheeky and smelling divine, my son has Down syndrome. … Read more
We are very excited to announce that Dr Peter Holsman, Medical Practitioner & Naturopath from the Well Being Institute of Australia, will be speaking at our upcoming Grow Foundation launch dinner. Dr Holsman has been very supportive of my book and activities to date. Dr. Holsman practices here in Melbourne; his areas of speciality include digestive … Read more
I bumped into the gorgeous Janella Purcell at Sydney airport recently and gave her a copy of my book. ‘Kristen has shown us that with caring, patience and determination anything is possible. In my clinic everyday I see the healing potential of medicinal herbs, nutrition and other natural therapies, but when it’s mixed with a … Read more