Body
The Elephant in the Healthcare Room
It took me my whole career as a therapist to recognise the proverbial elephant in the healthcare room.
By Michael Lingard · 1 Oct 2026
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Michael Lingard
Health Practitioner & Author
Michael Lingard, a regular contributor to Wellbeing Magazine for the past 18 years. A passionate promoter of real health care and would like to see a paradigm shift in modern medicine; from a disease & pathology based system to a health & ethology based system.
Articles by Michael Lingard (80)
East Sussex
The New Revolution for Survival
The industrial revolution, for all its amazing technology and inventions, has brought us to the brink of a precipice where the extinction of life for
By Michael Lingard · 4 Sept 2026
Mind
You Are A Miracle!
Yes, that’s true. And you are human, which means you have an ego, an image, and a view of who you are and what you are, based on all the life experien
By Michael Lingard · 5 Aug 2026
Mind
The Intelligent Universe
If a simple creature like an amoeba could have evolved by changing its form to optimise its survival in its environment, why should it not be possible
By Michael Lingard · 5 Aug 2026
Mind
Modern Industrialised Man Must Learn From the Ancient Greeks!
Many years ago, I discovered that the ancient Greeks viewed time differently from most of us today. They had two gods of time, Chronos and Kairos. Chr
By Michael Lingard · 10 Jul 2026
Food
GBOMBS for Health, Longevity and Happiness
How to Transform Your Life With Your Fork! Our modern diet is the major cause of our health problems, from heart disease and diabetes to cancers and A
By Michael Lingard · 3 Jun 2026
Mind
Community and Family
Today, we have a serious crisis in our society: a breakdown of communal ties and disassociation, exploited by politicians to deepen our separation fro
By Michael Lingard · 3 Jun 2026
Body
The Hidden Health Hazard - Microplastics
Two hundred years ago, Thomas Robert Malthus wrote an essay on population growth in which he described how its continuing expansion was controlled by
By Michael Lingard · 4 May 2026
Body
You are Made of Stardust!
You and I have an amazing history of development that goes back billions of years. It is thought-provoking, occasionally, to remember that every eleme
By Michael Lingard · 3 Apr 2026
Life
A Wake-Up Call to Mankind
Mankind is drifting through life in a dream-like state, but this dream of reality is more like a fantasy nightmare.
By Michael Lingard · 4 Mar 2026
East Sussex
The Secret of a Happy Life
Can we be healthy if we are not happy? Can we be happy if we are not healthy? Are the two totally linked? Can we choose ourselves?
By Michael Lingard · 6 Feb 2026
East Sussex
New Year, New You! Why Gratitude is Good For You
Research shows that expressing gratitude has measurable benefits not just for mood but also for hormone balance, nervous system function, digestion, and…
By Michael Lingard · 2 Jan 2026
East Sussex
Living Life!
The very process of living is built on dealing with, embracing, and meeting the unknown throughout our lives. The common factor among all living things is…
By Michael Lingard · 3 Dec 2025
Body
Should We Accept Medical Diagnoses?
You or a close friend may have been given a medical diagnosis of a chronic disease and been told there is no cure, that it will need lifetime medication,…
By Michael Lingard · 2 Nov 2025
East Sussex
Curiosity, Intelligence, and the Power of Why?
In this article, I hope to stimulate readers’ imagination and interest by presenting a few strange and interesting facts. Here are just a few peculiar facts…
By Michael Lingard · 2 Oct 2025
Body
Gaia's Microbiomes
Gaia, like us, also depends for its health and survival on its own microorganisms, which we have broadly called “wildlife,” every living organism not under…
By Michael Lingard · 3 Sept 2025
East Sussex
Take Control of Time
Returning to the ancient Greeks, they had a deeper understanding of “time study” and recognised two different types of time. They, like us, had time that…
By Michael Lingard · 2 Jul 2025
Body
Healthy, Hale, Whole, Holy!
Twenty years ago, I wrote an article for a local church magazine, entitled “Healthy, Hale, Whole and Holy”, which I thought would promote the idea of health…
By Michael Lingard · 2 Jun 2025