Our bodies carry us through every version of ourselves — pregnancy, illness, ageing, menopause, scars, change and everything in between. Yet so many of us spend our lives criticising, controlling or trying to change them. In this personal reflection, I explore where those messages come from, why simply telling ourselves to “love our body” isn't enough, and what it might really mean to come home to the only place we will ever truly live.

A divorce and a breast cancer diagnosis at 44 changed the way I viewed health, wellbeing and what really matters. However, the Midwife in me is always “evidence first” …. This is a view into what we know is researched about Reiki, and why I practice it.