Fiona Dalziel Holistic Therapy

It’s World Mental Health Day today.

I am not an expert on Mental Health

I am however an expert on how my battle with my mental health has affected me personally.

I wish I knew way back then, when my world felt like it was imploding, that vulnerability was actually my ace card, my superpower, when I learned what to do with it 🩷

And this experience has allowed me to be far more mindful, compassionate and understanding of myself and others who are, or have been on this journey with themselves and others.

And this year, all of these feelings have come back to the surface, due to one thing and another, and it was so easy to fall back into the pattern of putting yourself last and feeling weak for not being able to take on the world single handed.

What I can share with you from my personal experience is this.

Mental Health IS NOT

❌something you can just snap out of
❌shameful
❌a sign of weakness
❌always negative
❌feeling bad all the time

Mental Health IS

🩷worth prioritising over everything else
🩷something everyone has
🩷complex
🩷real
🩷positive and negative

It is so incredibly important to look after your mental health, every day.

It is also important to understand that what works for you may not work for someone else and vice versa. It’s personal to you.

Give yourself some grace.

Prioritise your Mental Health today and everyday 🩷🩷🩷

Your mind, body and soul will thank you.

Much love Fiona x

If you need help with your mental health, today or anyday, you can reach out to SAMH or if it is more urgent contact the Samaritans - you can call them, without judgement, from any phone, any time, day or night on 116 123 🩷

Last Friday, 2nd October, was World Smile Day!

It’s always celebrated on the first Friday of October!

Full disclosure- I totally thought it was today (I for some reason dreamt this was the first Friday in October and prepared this post, and then realised that today is the 9th 🤦‍♀️🤣) and it is such a great subject, I am going ahead with it anyway

What a great day to celebrate- I am smiling just typing this!

I bet you smiled just reading that!

I love to smile! I smile to myself regularly throughout the day and I smile to almost everyone I see, even if they aren’t smiling back!

The other day I was sitting in traffic and I turned and looked at the car next to me – the lady driver was looking kind of stressed and was frowning. She looked round at me and I smiled – she smiled back. That made me feel good too!

I like to think my smile changed her day even just a little bit!

Everyone loves the quote “laughter is the best medicine” and probably you have used this yourself in many situations. And did you know that the simple act of smiling is enough to boost your mood and even your immune system?

There are many reasons why it’s important to live life with a smile.

Smiling has many positive effects on our brains, bodies, and the people around us.

It can make you feel better, make you more attractive, and you can make the world a better place just by smiling more often. Your smile is the sexiest curve on your body 🩷
This is credited to my friend and awesome photographer Jenny Beckett from JB Moments Photography who took this great smiley photograph of me!

According to scientists, smiling causes an influx of positive emotions that help in relieving stress and lowering your blood pressure.

Each time you smile, you benefit your health and happiness.

Not only can smiling lift your mood, but it can also elevate the mood of those around you.

When you smile at others, it gives them a boost of happiness, helps them to lead a healthier life, and influences how they perceive you.

The bottom line is if you smile at others, not only will you bring positive things to your life, but to the lives of those around you.

The world would be a more beautiful place if we all would smile more at ourselves and at others.

The next time you feel down, nervous, stressed out, or just need to elevate your mood, try smiling and thinking of something positive.

You will be amazed at how good you feel.

What is making you smile today?

Have a fabulous Friday!

Much Love, Fiona x

So happy to have my Buffalo Drum out for not one, but two Eight Soul Magic Spa Rituals this afternoon.

Eight Soul Magic is a beautifully deep, and immersive journey for true release.

Warm stones at the palms, heart and sacrum, slow wave‑like massage, deeper hot‑stone work… facial radiance, warm‑oil scalp therapy, grounding hands or feet and a Reiki drum journey to help you let go of what no longer serves.

It’s sound‑infused, soul‑centred and designed to bring you back to your deepest stillness.

Pure relaxation at it’s finest 🩷

I am currently fully booked for October & November, and I have some availability for December that would suit this longer ritual or my shorter Eight Moments of Magic ritual.

Why don’t you get yourself booked in and escape the madness of the season for an hour or two.

Your mind, body and soul will thank you 🩷

Much love, Fiona xx

And breathe!

My favourite kind of Saturday evening!

A wee glass of chilled Alberino, in a nice bubble bath, run for me by Mr D - a perfect way to kiss goodbye to another busy week, filled with a busy brain, lovely moments with clients and a whole load of fun!

Now before you think that Mark has got all romantic, running me a bath, it’s really just his way to get more quality time with his other love!

The one with a lovely shiny body and more even more strings than me!!

Yes, you may have guessed it - his guitar 🎸

And it was a great trade off, I can tell you! I have the new Good Housekeeping for company so I am a happy girl!

This hour or so of sheer bliss will be followed by my PJ’s, maybe a wee episode of Blue Lights, our current favourite TV drama, and an early night - just perfect 🩷

Are you making time for yourself this weekend?

What are you up to?

Whatever it is, I hope you enjoy 🩷

Your mind, body and soul will thank you ✨

Much love, Fiona xx

It’s October and it is Menopause Awareness Month.

Menopause is always such an important subject, and it’s no different here in my therapy room.

It will be no shock to you that Menopause is no longer a secret!

The menopause has gone mainstream and after the deafening silence surrounding it for so long, that change is very welcome. More work is required though!

I don't know about you? I never remember people talking about it when I was younger - in fact I really knew very little about the menopause until I wondered what was happening to me!

The influx of information and misinformation over the past few years can be overwhelming and confusing and there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution. Everyone has a different experience.

You need to do what suits you and your situation best.

It's no secret that my own menopause journey has not been particularly smooth - it started early, lasted a long time and now I am post-menopausal and finally feel that I am in charge of the situation!

My own journey, which started when I was in my late 30”s, was one of the main drivers for me starting my business as a holistic therapist working with women.

Peri menopause wasn’t even a thing when I started to feel things weren’t right, and with so little information available, I started to take care of myself, and that the benefits of holistic therapies form an essential part of that.

I couldn't always find the right balance - something that was both therapeutic and nurturing all rolled into one!

So offering therapies that are so much more than just a massage or a facial, became my soul purpose.

In my blog, “Menopause, Massage & Me (& You)” I share the many of the benefits of massage for the menopause - perimenopause and post menopause.

I hope you find it helpful - no matter where you are in your menopause journey,right through to being post menopausal 🩷

You can check it out here https://www.fionadalziel.com/post/menopause-massage-me-you

I hope you enjoy reading it,

Much love Fiona x

I don’t know about you but I can’t actually believe that this is the last day of September.

Where has the time gone?

This is an old picture that I found of me blending oils from almost two years ago, taken at JB Moments Photography’s studio in Auchterarder- I can’t believe how much my har has grown!

This last week I have been planning like mad when I haven’t been working with holistic therapies, to get the raw materials and packaging organised for my beautiful range of aromatherapy products as my stock is running low and that day in December is edging closer and closer! You know the one I mean!

So today, in between appointments, is all about blending - blending essential oils for my lovely pulse point roller ball range, The Five Essentials of Life.

They make lovely gifts, for others and for yourself, either individually, or as a set of five, and are very popular all year round.

You can check them out on my website 🩷

I have some new smaller gifts I am going to be adding to my range in the coming weeks so keep your eyes peeled!

What are you doing today, the last day of the month?

Your body feels everything — the storms and the sunshine.

So today, choose one small moment of lightness.

A smile. A breath. A spark of laughter.

Your whole system will glow for it.

And, your mind, body and soul will thank you 🩷

Have a magical Monday!

Much love, Fiona x

📸 JB Moments Photography

Isn't it funny how you never see things and then all of a sudden you see it all the time?

I was listening to a therapist "live" on Instagram last week and she was talking about this, and since then I have seen this question and answer several times. It must be telling me to sing more!

Sorry to everyone else!! All of the singing talent in this house went to my gorgeous daughter Natalie!

I have been watching A Star is Born the other day when I was doing my ironing, and now I think I am Lady Gaga!! Sadly Mr Dalziel doesn't agree but it is making me happy!!

What do you like to sing in the house or the car by yourself? and who do you like to be?

I am not the world’s greatest singer and I always say that what I lack in talent, I make up for in enthusiasm!!

Never be afraid to belt it out and sing like no one is listening - your mind, body and soul will thank you 🩷

Have a great day!

Much love Fiona x

You don’t have to believe in magic - you are magic!
Believe in yourself 🩷

Your mind, body and soul will thank you 🩷

Much love Fiona x

Have a fabulous Friday

📷 JB Moments Photography