September 3rd 2025
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Dr. Will Cole
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How do biofilm disruptors work, and can they help you heal your gut? Here’s how they work for SIBO, gut infections, and beyond.
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September 3rd 2025
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WellBeing Magazine
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Discover your September–October 2025 Horoscope. Eclipses, shifts, and cosmic cycles bring change, growth, and new beginnings.
Virgo, your solar month has some tricks in store. You get a total eclipse at September 8’s Full Moon and a rare two New Moons, indicating fateful times. Planet Saturn brings the odd reality check, via people important to you. Plus, the Uranus theme of shifts and changes in your worldly roles continues with some pleasant surprises. September 18 to 22 challenges you when your second New Moon, an eclipse, opposes Saturn. Yet, this also begins an important cycle when you can prove yourself in new ways, and eclipse old fears. Navigate early October with care, then October 15 to 19 and 25 to 29 provide great opportunities.
When Mercury enters Libra on September 18, you get a first taste of the rare Air sign harmonies supporting you. Mid-September to October 31 is a memorable wild ride. With Neptune moving through your partner sign, someone close may seem strange or mysterious. Give this time to cook, then it will free you up to be more truly yourself, to stretch your mind like never before. October 7’s Full Moon will illuminate issues that are best parked, for later attention. While Venus is weak in Virgo, pressured by Saturn, you are distracted. Once Venus enters Libra on October 14, you get the best of the wild ride.
Synchronicity rules for Scorpio! First September 22’s New Moon sees Mars enter Scorpio, its home and hearth. This energises you. Then October 21’s New Moon is when Mars meets Mercury in Scorpio, driving insights, research, communication and strategy. This empowering cycle is accelerated by Sun’s shift into Scorpio on October 23. Having the extra strength of Mars in Scorpio during Sun’s cycle is quite rare, since Mars only returns every 26 months. This makes the waxing Moon cycle from October 21 through early November a special time. First long-needed conversations, then renewed confidence, open you to a new era, a fresh start.
Usually cruisy, Sagittarius is now under some pressure from Jupiter in your sign of shared resources. Everyone may seem to need something from you. At the very least, you could be putting too much pressure on yourself. September 8’s Full Moon brings family strongly into focus. Make sure you share your time with an important project that is a chance to shine creatively. From September 22 to October 8, creative projects develop well. Likewise, love relationships benefit. Business planets, Jupiter and Saturn, hold Water harmonies through the rest of October into early November: Working from home or unexpected financial assistance can help you reach your dreams.
September’s Virgo energy is in tune with your practical bent, urging you to complete tasks that are unfinished. Dreams of adventure are equally strong, and the first week of September best supports plans and research. Since September 8 is an eclipsed Full Moon, emotional dramas may emerge. Capricorn understands suffering and is usually ready to help those close who suffer. Now Saturn is back in compassionate Pisces, you may find that September 18 to 22, and October 11 to 14, have a theme of helping others. While these periods ask a lot of you, the Saturn-Jupiter harmonies from October 19 to 31 come with many blessings.
With Pluto in Aquarius for years, most everything is intense. In September, tedious financial details require attention. A total lunar eclipse on September 8, and a partial eclipse on September 22, both emphasise your resources and money management. Make time in early September, to be nicely prepared, as your rulers, Saturn and Uranus, are both challenged from September 21 to 23. Once the Libra Sun engages harmoniously with Pluto and Uranus on September 24, a new era takes shape. A sometimes-challenging transition lasts until mid-October. From then, creative juices, interesting surprises and inspiring collaboration make transformation fun.
Currents and tides are as true of Pisces as of the ocean; Pisces mutates. On September 1, Saturn returns to Pisces for the last five months of a 30-month stay. With a total lunar eclipse in Pisces on September 8, plus Saturn challenges from September 21 to 23, it is wise to respect the flow of this fateful trajectory. Maybe, to let something go. Regular periods of seclusion, growing things, soaking up nature’s beauty will midwife the renewal this cycle brings. October 21’s New Moon accelerates your progress, with Jupiter in a three-way Water harmony. Fixity of purpose and expanded sense of adventure help you manifest a dream.
Impatient to act is the Aries way. Obstacles have forced a slower pace since June, but on September 1, Saturn backs out of Aries precipitating change. Also, deepening family bonds coincide with fortunate Jupiter in watery Cancer. Once your ruler Mars enters Scorpio on September 22, those bonds are strengthened but more complex. Do not let financial issues spoil loving links from September 24 to October 4. Important tasks call you around Aries Full Moon of October 7, and a role you love, which has strangely lapsed, regains creative force. Through most of October, Neptune in Aries leads an outer planet dance, which opens a new path.
Taurus, you embody Earth’s fertility, its holding power. The earthy harmonies of September suit you well, particularly September 4 and 12 to 16. With Venus in Virgo, many demands also come. If September 20 to 24 impose pressures, just hold firm to your true priorities. Then no regrets. Venus helps you process a family hurt, which is emotionally freeing. Energies shift from October 8 to 15: First Jupiter harmonies, then Venus links with Uranus, giving you an edge, new clarity. A helpful strategy takes shape from October 15 to 18. Three-way planet harmonies of October 21 to November 5’s Taurus Full Moon are reminders that life is sweet.
In Gemini since July, Uranus will shift realities in your sign for many years. Seeds of change take root from September 6 to 8. A desire for significant reform arises. An eclipsed Full Moon illumines roles that require change; new commitment beckons. September 18 to 24 energises this shift in perspective, when your ruler Mercury enters Libra, gaining support from Awakener Uranus. Despite restless urges, patience is needed, especially on September 21. It is September 22’s New Moon in your home and family sign and planet harmonies on September 24 that show you the way forward. October 15 to 29 is the next exciting stage.
Water is a subtle element, often hidden from clear view. This is often true of Cancer, but expansive Jupiter is now in Cancer for many months. Life is big, particularly around September 8’s Full Moon. September 15 brings a Crescent Moon in Cancer, meeting Jupiter there on September 17. This helps you channel the enthusiasm and personal magic that Jupiter offers. Natural beauty, family times, creative solitude are all energising and healing. September 22’s New Moon is another accelerator, when close Saturn-Jupiter harmonies begin, extending through October. Excellent timing and the ability to make things happen are the special gifts of October 15 to 30.
Leo is the radiant one, however Pluto opposite your sign has sometimes brought disturbing emotions to cloud the sun. Therefore, on September 24 and on October 8 avoid confrontation. Channel energy via creative tasks and refuse to let family issues ignite stress. Despite these challenges, the Libra Sun-cycle from September 23 is helpful for you, an exciting time. From October 14 to 16, Lover Venus in Libra is very much on your side. A conversation that you need to have can bring a reconciliation. All negotiations prosper. October 25 to 29 opens a gate to meaningful change. October 30 to 31 clarifies what you have achieved.
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September 3rd 2025
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WellBeing Magazine
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Discover how one lifelong worrier broke free from anxiety through mindfulness, self-compassion & surrender to live with ease.
I was an Olympic champion of worriers. Someone should have given me a medal. I worried about work, the state of the world and all the wrong things I’d done and couldn’t undo. I was particularly skilled at creating multiple future scenarios and running each one through to its worst possible conclusion.
My prominent topic, and the one that can still have me lying awake at night, is worrying about my family members. If any adult or child is having a challenging issue, I go into a fretting frenzy.
I was so exhausted by all the worrying that I knew something had to change. My never-ending loops of thoughts were always a form of fear, which had me in a constant state of anxiety. I was stuck in my mind, unable to connect with the small daily pleasures of my life.
Worrying did not help in any way. I wasted so many days worrying about things that didn’t eventuate! Mark Twain is often quoted as saying, “I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”
I see now that worrying was an unconscious strategy by my childhood self. At times, that child felt unsafe in an environment of reactive and dysregulated adults. The big emotions of fear, confusion and insecurity created an emotional charge that was overwhelming for her developing nervous system. As a clever protective adaptation, she locked away those too-big feelings and ran off into her mind, attempting to create meaning and a sense of control.
The endless thoughts were trying to protect the younger me from the overwhelm of feelings. They still do that now. Other people’s struggles bring up buried pain in me, then worrying thoughts take over to distract me from that pain.
For me, it’s an ongoing four-step process: Stop, regulate, feel, surrender.
Stop: Interrupt and reframe
If I can catch myself before I jump onto the worry- train, I say a simple word that helps me step back from the platform. “Stop”.
I also make a conscious effort to challenge and let go of my self-identity that says, “This is just who I am. This is how I love.” Having compassion for my younger self’s attempt at protection, I internally say to the worrying thoughts, “Thank you. You gave me some semblance of control during that childhood stage, but it’s not helping now.”
Regulate: and settle my nervous system
This happens by doing anything that has me in the flow state — connected to my senses and the present moment. Establishing a daily mindfulness meditation practice is essential. This allows me to relax, drop into deep breathing patterns and, crucially, discipline my mind to witness my thoughts instead of being embroiled in them.
Other ways I settle my nervous system include spending time in nature, bubble baths, relaxation, breathwork, exercise, singing, dancing, drawing, gratitude practices and journaling.
Feel: the feels
Inevitably, life continues to present triggering situations that flush up the exact emotions that have been buried in my cells for years. Now that my system is more regulated, instead of running away into my mind, I can sit with the bodily sensations that are signposts to an emotional charge that’s been locked away and is ready to be released at last.
Like a new version of a parent, I imagine holding myself as I would a little child, rocking her and saying soothing words like, “I’ve got you. It’s safe to feel this now. Let it pass through.”
Surrender: Hand it over
Only after navigating these four steps does a wonderful option arise. I can trust that there are powerful forces protecting and helping all situations, often through subtle miracles. It’s not up to me to hold it all. It never was, and it never will be.
Anchored and joyful
Nowadays, I’m more relaxed and steady in the world. But how am I doing with my prominent worry trigger — my family having challenging issues?
Now, I can gently hold the feelings that are triggered in me when my loved ones are having their issues. I can be present for them in a way that holds space and validates their emotions without trying
to rescue them. I can remind myself to trust in their resourcefulness and in the higher power that is guiding the unfolding of events.
As a by-product, when I’m not trapped on the worry-train to nowhere, I am more present to the joyful moments in my life.
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September 2nd 2025
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Wellness Mama Blog | Simple Answers for Healthier Families
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For many years, I avoided grains completely and was vocal about it! During the height of my Hashimoto’s autoimmune disease, removing grains from my diet was one of the things that made a noticeable difference in my healing. Now that my body is back to a healthy state, I’ve added a lot of foods back […]
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September 1st 2025
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Dr. Will Cole
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Manifestation Backed by Neuroscience | Mimi Bouchard Click An Icon Below To Subscribe In this episode, I sit down with Mimi Bouchard, the visionary founder of Activations, to explore how identity shifts and everyday rituals can rewire our lives. Mimi shares her journey from rock bottom to building a new category of audio in the…
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September 1st 2025
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WellBeing Magazine
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At 87, illness left her weak and fearful, until a vitamin D deficiency was revealed. Supplementing restored her health and vitality.
I had an amazing experience a couple of years ago. I was 87 years old, perfectly healthy and not on any medication. One Saturday afternoon, as I stood in the kitchen making a pot of tea, I began to feel so ill that all I could do was walk down the passage and fall onto my bed. I remained there for the next couple of hours, wondering what had gone wrong since I wasn’t in pain or even nauseous. I just felt very, very ill.
Eventually, I summoned enough energy to phone a friend and ask her to take me to the emergency department at the nearest hospital. All I could tell the doctor was that I “felt dreadful”. He gave me a thorough examination and asked lots of questions, but I could see he was as nonplussed as I was. The only problem he found was that my blood pressure was slightly high, so after an hour, he told me to go home and rest.
In the next 10 days, I landed in the emergency room twice more. On the second occasion, I had managed to drive myself to an appointment with my eye doctor. When I collapsed in her office, she put me in a wheelchair and told her receptionist to take me to the Emergency section in the hospital next door! This was the only time I found anything remotely funny about my situation.
Again, the doctor on duty could find nothing wrong, but this time he had me admitted to the hospital immediately and ordered a brain scan. That evening, my blood pressure measured 224/110 (very high) but the nurse who took it didn’t seem alarmed, so I decided I would not be, either. After a sleepless night, I had the scan, which declared me to be perfectly healthy.
My own doctor was equally puzzled. He arranged for two urine tests that came back negative. Then, after a couple of telephone discussions with a specialist, he decided it would be helpful if I had exploratory surgery for a suspected four-syllable condition in the region of my liver (I declined). All this time, I continued to have peaks of very high blood pressure and he would sometimes phone me in the evening to ask how I was.
By now, six weeks had passed and I thought I might be dying. I would wake in the mornings feeling normal but within hours my heart would start racing with my ears singing, face flushed and body hot. I had no appetite and sometimes just walking to the kitchen to make a cup of tea seemed impossible. I felt weak and very ill most of the time.
A friend suggested I get a second opinion from Dr B, who combined conventional and alternative medicine in his practice. He, too, could find nothing wrong with me, but he sent a blood sample away to be tested for vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The cause of my problem was revealed: I was very low in vitamin D. Instead of having a healthy level of about 70, I had a dangerously low level of 8.
I went to the pharmacy with a prescription for vitamin D3 and magnesium citrate (without calcium). It’s recommended to take them together because they are synergistic and magnesium is required for the conversion of vitamin D into its active form.
Within 48 hours, I could feel the difference. A week later I was ready to run around the block. I continued to take the two vitamins for several months as insurance and I have remained in good health ever since.
While writing this, I thought I would do a little survey of my own, so I asked 15 friends and acquaintances what they knew about vitamin D. Thirteen of them looked blank before remembering a connection with sunshine and rickets. Another had a friend who had taken it but she didn’t know why. And one had actually been prescribed it by her doctor but had stopped taking it because she felt she was on too many medications.
Vitamin D seems to be the forgotten vitamin. Most people are more familiar with vitamin C and the B vitamins (especially B12), but recent research suggests that D3 is coming into its own and could help with a whole raft of health problems; it might even help prevent some chronic diseases.
The owner of a health shop told me that 15 minutes in the sun around 12–2pm every day was sufficient to keep normal levels topped up. I was then living in a flat with a sunny garden, so that was easy, although I could not tell how much it was helping.
I have moved to a retirement home and these days, just in case, I take my newspaper into the garden three or four times a week when it’s sunny. I had my D levels tested a month ago and they were good.
I’ve read that quite a large percentage of the population is under-supplied with vitamin D, which isn’t surprising when you consider how many people nowadays spend their lives in offices with artificial lighting or in accommodation without gardens.
When I told my doctor about what I felt was almost a miraculous recovery, he was too polite to say so, but I could sense the word “coincidence” hovering in the air. But, believe me, this was no coincidence. Two inexpensive little bottles of pills brought me back from the brink.
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