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Healing Inherited Family Trauma Through Family Constellations
“Accepting your fate is not enough. You must agree to it. If you are able to face up to your fate with humility, you gain strength.” Bert Hellinger It is a miracle that you and I are alive. What were the chances of us being born? We each won a battle against on average 200 million other…
Read MoreWelcome to Silvia Siret, Family Constellations Life Coach
We’re very happy to announce that Silvia Siret, Family Constellations Life Coach, is now part of our team at Helix House. Silvia brings with her a wealth of experience, sensitivity and dedication, helping her clients break our of repeating cycles of unhelpful behaviour and healing the wounds of their pasts. For those of you…
Read MoreFarewell to Finn, Welcome to Oliver
At the end of 2022 we were sad to bid farewell to our friend and colleague, Finn Thomas (pictured below, left), as he and his family left the UK for pastures new in New Zealand. It’s always difficult to see a kindred spirit in our line of work depart, but we wish Finn and his family…
Read MoreYan-Chee Yu, Clive and Kerstin Lindley-Jones: The Old Guard and the New.
All change at Helix House, so that we can stay the same and keep on providing you with the best quality care! While nothing stays the same in life for long, change is coming to Helix House, but never fear, all that you appreciate that is special and unique, in the care we all give…
Read MoreDecember 2021: Farewells and Final Words
Farewell and good luck to Susan Farwell It is over a decade since noted Osteopath Susan Farwell moved to Oxford with her family, as her historian husband, Nick, became a fellow at All Souls College. We at Helix House were very happy to offer her a professional home and she has become a valued part…
Read MoreTell us what you think!
Every month or two, for the past 10 years, Clive has published his blog as part of the Helix House newsletter – our way of keeping in touch with you, our valued clients, patients and friends. One of the downsides of publishing a blog these days is that there are plenty of software bots which…
Read MoreJune 2021: Changes at the Top & Near Death Experiences
A Turning Point This month marks a turning point for Helix House. After a two-year change-over period, which we never expected to include a global pandemic, Clive and Kerstin are now stepping down as owners and directors of the practice. Many of you will have met Yan-Chee Yu over the last five years as a…
Read MoreMarch 2021. Blog: Caste – The Origins of Our Discontents. Our Unacknowledged Debt
Hold onto your hats. This time we are going to some uncomfortable places, but we must all heal our cultures and heal those who suffer disproportionately from all our pasts. During this pandemic, we have come to learn that BAME people were, for complex reasons, at up to four times greater risk of dying from…
Read MoreJanuary 2021: Immunosenescence
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested. But when it is wasted in heedless luxury and spent on no…
Read MoreClive’s Wellness Webinar
As you have probably seen, the COVID virus’s preference for killing older men had me pulled back from face-to-face work for many months, but I am happy to say that I plan to be back from Monday 5th October to see patients again. In the mean time, here is a recent webinar I did with my friend…
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