Hope some of you caught our recent chat about Gut health on “House of Wellness”. If you missed it, it will be available to watch online – go to www.houseofwellness.com.au (Episode 14). If you are interested in gut health, for more info, download my free ebook on my website which will go into what was […]
LOBSTERS?! It never occurred to me that they can teach us a lot about stress. I’ve heard this analogy twice today- totally independently. It provides an interesting perspective for us to look at stress. As we know, a lobster is soft inside with a hard outer shell that can’t expand much at all. As it […]
“Psychiatry : Friend or Foe – The Untold Story of Australian Psychiatry”, was premiered last night at the Sydney Opera House, hosted by CCHR Australia. It was indeed an eye-opening and compelling documentary. The statistics and reality of the situation are disturbing to say the least. And there is a similar story globally, […]
The words of James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul”- are featured in a British initiative – “On your feet Britain” – a national day (29 April 2016) on promoting less sitting and moving more. “Physical inactivity is the 4th biggest killer – World Health Organisation The three big “S’s” of today are – smoking , sugar and […]
“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen We live in a society that demands perfection in every way – which translates into people wanting the “perfect” everything in a perfect world- being perfect in themselves, […]
“Let Every Day Be Christmas” – Norman Wesley Brooks * Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself. Peace on Earth, good will […]
Bringing to you another fab article by Dr Shami on the emotion we call anxiety. Let’s take a closer look at this all too common emotion that affects many of us, how it arises and how we can change our perspective to overcome it. Acknowledging this is the pathway to transcending it. A useful acronym […]
Today we have a wonderfully insightful and very practical article on sneaky ways that stress affects our health – by Guest Writer, Dr Shamistra Barathan. This is the first of two parts. Dr. Shamistra Barathan has been practising medicine for 15 years. She is a graduate of the Imperial College School of Medicine in London, […]
“Dance is a conversation between body and soul” It was a pleasure to recently attend a “Dance for Health” masterclass at the Sydney Dance Company, conducted by UK professional ballet dancer, Andrew Greenwood. Some years back, in response to a friends diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease at the age of 37, Andrew started giving him dance classes […]
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” ― Mother Teresa Thank you again to another wonderful group of women who attended yesterday’s workshop. It gives great satisfaction to help women see what could be going on with different aspects of their lives and bring some hope that they […]
