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Supporting Your Gut Health
The best way to support your gut health at any stage of life is through a holistic approach. This includes gut nourishing nutrition, stress reduction and self-care techniques such as mindfulness, movement to maintain a healthy weight and getting plenty of sleep.
As a Naturopath, I am trained to tailor a treatment plan …Continue Reading
The Impact of Sleep on our Wellbeing
We spoke to Lisa Maltman from The Sleep Connection.
How widespread do you think sleep deprivation is with our children and teens?
“Unfortunately, approximately 30% of primary school children and 70% of teenager’s experience insufficient sleep.”Continue Reading
Are you a Lifelong Learner?
With the school year starting, the kindies in their new uniforms, teenagers entering the new world of high school, and others commencing their first year out of formal education, we have to question how learning looks in the modern world. School and its structure offer learning in a traditional manner which suits some, and conflicts with …Continue Reading
Are Wellbeing, and Happiness the same?
Do you often refer to your ‘wellbeing’ or ‘happiness’ when describing your current mental state?
What about when you talk about ‘being happy’ – is this the same as ‘being well’?
Wellbeing, and happiness are two terms often often used interchangeably in the news, and on…Continue Reading
Building resilience for life after school
Finishing school can come with a mix of emotions for all students, and their families. Whilst relief, exhaustion, and elation come to mind, for many the uncertainty, ambiguity, and emptiness seem all-consuming.
So, how do we best support our children in preparing for …Continue Reading
What is the impact of mental wellbeing on the brain
Various research studies have demonstrated observed changes in the brain with different mental health problems like anxiety, and depression. But what do we know of the opposite pattern? What does the structure, and function of the brain look like in…Continue Reading
What does Wellbeing mean to men? That is the question.
As part of our growing focus on men’s health, and wellbeing, we had an in-depth chat with Professor John J Macdonald, Director Men’s Health Information, and Resource Centre School of Science, and Health, UWS, and a Patron of Men’s Sheds in Australia…Continue Reading
That which does not kill us…
We’ve all heard the phrase! It’s often tacked on to the end of an anguished diatribe in which someone regales you with a long list of their current woes. You know the kind of thing – “All my work deadlines have converged, my teenage son is driving me nuts, and now the doctor tells me…Continue Reading
