Written by Phillipa Brown A large portion of nurturing mental health entails listening to your body. There are three key areas to focus on that functionally serve to increase resilience and prevent mental health decline. These three key areas are 1. Sleep, 2. Diet, and 3. Exercise. When utilised properly, these functions serve to support good mental health and ability…
How you learn to listen to your body again Written by Adriana Krueger You can eat whatever you want, and you will still maintain your feel-good weight! What sounds like a diet promise that is far too good to be true, summarizes the basic idea of intuitive eating. What is “intuitive eating”? (Intuitive eating) Eating intuitively is something we do…
Written by Natasha Zervaas N.P. If you are the sort of person who always puts themselves last on their list of priorities, there may come a time when your body will literally force you to look after yourself – and you don’t want to get to that point before you do something! Many years ago I was working full time…
Teach Your Team To Listen To Their Bodies Written by Katriina Tahka Workplace wellness programs don’t have the best track records, especially if you look at places like the USA. Many of these programs, while intending to be helpful, become invasive and place undue pressure on workers. True wellness doesn’t come from a fitness program that coerces people into cooperation.…
For Listening To Your Body Written by Lisa Cox Disabilities come in many forms. Some of them are easy to notice while others are so well-hidden, you can know someone intimately for years without ever learning that they have had limitations. In fact, as many as 20% of the population identify as having a disability, whether it’s physical or mental.…
Written by Nikki Cox Self-care mean good parenting, although many of us have been led to believe it means selfish parenting. Although it is natural, normal and sometimes necessary to put your children’s needs ahead of your own, more often than not we tend to over-action this message. Practicing self-care restores the internal balance that is often disrupted as a…
Image credit: Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash Written by Susan Jarvis, The Maven Our bodies are magnificent, biological machines housing the World’s most complex computer (though some may disagree on that point). We are built for function and for pleasure and our body definitely knows what it wants, and needs, but are we listening? When we are hungry, we eat.…
Written by Laura Naomi When we talk about sensuality and sexuality, a lot of emphasis is on the physical experience, and some on the minds involvement. Establishing a healthy connection to our body and learning the language it speaks, nourishes a more fulfilling relationship with our sensual-selves. The language of the body speaks with feeling, body language and through energy.…
Written by Naomi Radke There is nothing more exposing to a woman’s deepest inner thoughts … than a mirror, especially when we are standing in front of it naked. This simple piece of glass with a reflective coating that frames magical powers sending out secret whispers direct to our souls, influencing our opinion of our ‘Mum-Bods’. It is an honour…
Keep doing the things that make you happy Written by Brooke Reardon, Wills & Estates Principal Lawyer. Life can be uncertain and full of surprises. That is why it is important that we keep doing the things that make us happy in life such as playing music, spending time with our pets and enjoying our hobbies. It is important to…
About Money Written by Amanda Cassar What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Did you know that financial stress can cause adverse health conditions? We are certainly living in difficult times and being overwhelmed can cause stress and anxiety. But there is help to be had. Living under the cloud of debt and money problems can leave some feeling down, hopeless and…
Written by Peter Horsfield Every day we are bombarded with media, work colleagues, strangers, families and friends judgments about our body shapes. Our feelings of self-worth, twisted and magnified by our own expectations, past experiences and the physical changes due to our hormones and the foods and drinks we consume. The good news is that we are not our past…
Simple Steps For Composting Success Written by Lucinda Flynn It is common knowledge that organic waste going into landfills is a big environmental problem. It releases methane – a very concentrated greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere, not to mention losing us a fantastic opportunity to recycle our organic wastes back into nutrients for our gardens and communities. But what…
Cars Driving Up Global CO2 Levels How To Reduce Your Transportation Footprint Written by Joanna Auburn The transportation sector accounts for around a quarter of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, of which almost three quarters are associated with road vehicles. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise to most of us, I mean when you think about just how many…
Written by Ahmad Fraij Each home has many equipment and appliances that consume energy and therefore, we need to learn how to use them efficiently to reduce their energy consumption and our energy bills and in the same time protect the environment by reducing the CO2 emissions. Since we have many appliances at home, I will talk about these appliances…
Written by Kareem Tawansi We have been using internet services (in the form of apps and platforms) without having to hand over any cash, for such a long time now, that we have become addicted to getting stuff for what we believe to be free. The problem is that nothing in life is free and somewhere along the way we…
Facebook’s Media Ban Lessons To Be Learned Written by Sophie Richardson At the end of February, media giant Facebook made the decision to remove all news from its platform. A few days later, they reached an agreement with the Australian government, and news content was reinstated. While this quick turnaround is a relief to many, it raises some important considerations…
And give it what it needs Written by Tanya Abbey Over the past 18-months, we’ve had to learn to accept an unfamiliar way of living amid a worldwide health pandemic. Some of us struggled to adapt to this changing environment, trying to hold onto some sense of normality to keep pushing through, maintain control, keep money coming in and maintain…
Written by Susan Nefzger When you let go of fear and face your surroundings, you call up the ability to alter the experience of the present moment. At this point, you can change the present landscape by changing your perception. Its not escapism, it is the opposite, actually. The action taken assists in the realization that what you are sensing…
In Eating and in Business The Importance of Listening to your Body Written by Taly Matiteyahu (CEO of Blink, an audio-only blind speed dating app) “Trust your gut.” A common phrase, usually meant as a reminder to trust one’s intuition. I’ve learned, however, that it should also be taken literally. While sometimes we have a little shoulder angel and shoulder…
Written by Kate Witteveen When it comes to making decisions, we all have plenty of opportunities to practice. Although the often-reported estimate of 35,000 decisions per adult per day is hard to verify (see more), a quick reflection on the many choices we face each day confirms that, regardless of the precise amount, we can be confident that the number…
Written by Donna Cameron As we all close the door on 2020 and enter the year 2021, there are expectations and hope for a year free of restrictions and regulations. Unfortunately, this cannot be promised as the COVID-19 word has not yet disappeared. This is the perfect time to look at what has changed in the world of mental health…
Written by Dr Melissa Keogh, Clinical Psychologist New research in the journal Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing by Proyer, Gander, Brauer, & Chick (2020) (https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aphw.12220) investigating the personality trait adult playfulness has found that playfulness can be stimulated by undertaking specific exercises and that increased playfulness positively impacts wellbeing and symptoms of depression in the short term. THE STUDY (Positive…
Written By Katie Lowe (BA, GradDipPosPsych) For many of us, the ways that we would normally take care of our physical and mental health went out the window in 2020! From gyms and group fitness sessions, wellness retreats and massages – to Friday afternoon drinks – it was all put on hold. For many, this was a difficult transition filled…
