"I have followed the work of Andrew Austin for a number of years now. He is utterly engaging as a speaker and trainer, and will often challenge perceptions you might have with his often controversial style. What I like about training with Andy is that he has real world experience from his private practice, not just uber-compliant course delegates, and will do whatever he needs to do in order to help people change. His time in Neurosurgery and pragmatic commitment to excellence have given Andrew a unique take on therapy and change. I also like the way he inoculates against some of the barmier therapies with a dose of common sense. I have trained with Andrew on several occasions, He is massively congruent in what he does, as he has worked with some really extreme cases therapeutically, His trainings represent extremely good value, and have personally revolutionised my private practise. Anyone who is interested in personal development, therapy or coaching should train with him."

Alan Whitton, Hypnotherapist and Trainer

5 natural tips for helping you get your depression under control.

When dealing with depression even while on medication, you can still battle symptoms that seem like they will just never go away. Below I will list ten natural tips for battling depression that will be beneficial to any treatment program. Before starting any natural program please consult your physician.

Treating depression with medication is only one part of an effective program of controlling this condition. What we want to help you with here are some natural tips that can add to help take the edge off the daily struggles we have dealing with this condition.

Here are 10 tips or ideas that should help in your program:

1. Exercise
Exercise is probably the most effective way to deal with depression symptoms, but not just any exercise will do. We need something that can help relax our minds like yoga, meditation, aroma therapy, acupuncture and deep body messages. These can all help depression and are all natural.

2. Avoid Alcohol and Caffeine
Alcohol can have very damaging effects on our minds and body when depressed. The actual feeling after drinking is one of recovery. Our bodies have to use many of its own resources to deal with recovering just from one night of drinking and these resources can be better used in dealing with our depression instead. Caffeine also has adverse effects on us. Have you ever seen a person that is depressed on overdrive? This can be a result when we drink coffee or caffeine drinks. We don't help ourselves we actually do more damage.

3. Diet
Eating the right food is so important. We have to pay attention to the foods we eat and eat everything in moderation. Depression already makes us feel like everything is a chore so it is very easy to fall into a pattern of not wanting to make healthy eating decisions. We need to plan ahead. Let's make sure we have our eating plans in place that will allow us to eat healthy food and not anything that could cause us harm. To many sweets, fast food, a lot of fried foods. Your diet should be balanced by using all food groups.

4. Therapy with light
When depressed the need to be in the sunlight can change our mood a great deal. Most people suffering from depression do stay indoors and avoid any outdoor activity. It is important to get out in the light and try to take in the warm sunlight. This can boost your mood and have you feeling better.

5. Vitamins
Vitamins are vital to any get well program and controlling depression is no different. We lack vitamins in our daily diet, the more we don't replenish these deficiencies more they become out of control. We lack minerals on a daily basis and vitamins are important to re-establish these mineral levels. We don't always get our recommended dosage of vitamins and minerals in our