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Author: Erik Punaks

Is your firm “healthy” or “ailing”? We often use the metaphor of illness to discuss the success or efficiency of a business. The simple image should remind us of a significant truth: our state of health and well-being – and that of our employees and colleagues – can be crucial to our overall success.

The obvious links between health and business success are now taken as read. Stress leads to greater rates of illness, reduced efficiency, absenteeism and so on. But there are subtler links between health and success. How does your state of mental and physical health affect your morale, mental clarity, commitment, relationships, and enthusiasm on a daily basis? Multiply that by all the people you work with. Wellness consists of far more than just not being at crisis point and needing medical intervention. Difficult decisions and challenging projects stand a far better chance of success when approached from an alert and well-balanced state of mind and body.

From this point of view, complementary medicine could contribute a great deal to the success of a healthy business. A basic concept underlying most complementary therapies is that there is more to health than simply “fixing” something that is “broken”: health is also about increased alertness, contentment, commitment and creativity.

The Woodbridge Complementary Health Centre addresses both kinds of need through a wide range of therapeutic approaches. An increasing percentage of clients return not because they are ill but because they wish to stay well. The Centre combines a wide range of choices with sensitive personal advice as to which approaches might be most enjoyable and beneficial for you. All therapists offer a free fifteen-minute introductory consultation, the receptionists are experienced in guiding clients towards an appropriate choice.

Author: Erik Punaks

If you can honestly say that you have never suffered from the stress of modern life you are in a fortunate minority.

For most of us the demands of simply getting on with everyday activities have increased massively. We expect to achieve more in less time, and the pace of life and the pace of change seem to be getting faster and faster.
Even the developments that supposedly make our lives easier come with their own problems. Motorways were designed to speed up journeys – until the next traffic jam or contraflow. Supermarkets are so convenient until our first family disagreement. What about the times you have been delayed at the airport on your supposedly stress-free package holiday?

I’m sure you could write your own article, or even a book, on the many stresses in your life.
Modern life is exciting, stimulating, fast-moving and fast-changing: yet it can also lead to greater worry, anger, depression, and eventually to physical ailments such as headaches or ulcers. So much in life seems stressful that we are in danger of assuming that that is how it has to be. Some people even take a misguided pride in working under extreme stress – until that first illness or breakdown.

But there is really no need to be a martyr to modernity!

Complementary medicine offers a wide range of techniques and approaches that are particularly suitable for dealing with the effects of stress. Some approaches are good at rescuing you when you have reached crisis point. However, prevention is better than cure – and many therapies are relaxing, enjoyable, and extremely effective in reducing the minor symptoms of stress so that you can fully enjoy life.

The field of complementary medicine is growing rapidly as more and more people find how helpful various therapies are and recommend them to friends. The huge range of choices can appear confusing to a newcomer – this is why it may help you to begin by using a complementary health centre.

A place such as the Woodbridge Complementary Health Centre has a wide range of approaches on offer by experienced and well-qualified professionals.

With some 25 different techniques on offer most people should be able to find the right therapist and approach for them.