The days and nights are cooling down, which means it’s the perfect time to soak in a steaming hot bath and soak up the benefits – for your body and mind. Who...
Where do you keep your exercise program? Do you even have one? What’s your motivation to exercise?
Having a plan is the most important thing you need to do in order to achieve...
Healthy Skin Solutions is committed to not only treating the symptoms of their patients’ skin conditions but treating the underlying cause of the condition as well. These include aspects of health like...
A study from universities in Australia and overseas has linked the practice of yoga with mental health benefits.
The study, from the University of South Australia (UniSA), the Federal University of Santa Maria,...
What we're eating
“Too much” is the short answer to this one. But, if we’re going to get specific, we’ve been devouring homemade biscuits like they’re going out of style, namely these brown...
In sport, we always talk about teamwork and team building, and how this could be the difference between winning or losing.
Today, we face this very same question at work; as we head...
What do you do when an unforeseen pandemic means you find yourself at home with a bit of extra time on your hands? Judging by the empty shelves of flour in Canberra...
Local Exercise Physiologist, Kirra Rankin, offers great advice for those who find they’ve been walking a lot more since health restrictions around COVID-19 temporarily closed many fitness facilities and put boot camps on hold.
In 1908, Anna Maria Jarvis arguably celebrated the first Mother’s Day when she sent 500 white carnations to her local Episcopal church in West Virginia to honour the life and work of her mother and all mothers.
Hearing problems can arise at any age, and if you’re concerned about your hearing, it’s best to get it addressed sooner rather than later. This is where Helen King Hearing Solutions can...
COVID-19 has significantly disrupted our experiences of, and our rituals associated with, dying, death and bereavement, according to Edith Cowan University lecturer and psychotherapist Karen Anderson.
With the new school term under way, and it looking like the kids will be home schooled for some of it, it’s a good idea to think about how to keep them...
I was talking this week with Live Well’s holistic GP, Dr Orla Teahan, about key immune system nutrients. Dr Teahan commented that many people she’s testing have low or borderline low zinc...
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The
world we are living in is changing rapidly, and as our editor says: “It’s life,
Lee, but not as we know it”.
As we enter uncharted waters, it’s important to
try and keep your...
Children’s routines have changed dramatically within a
matter of weeks due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Along with the likelihood that
they’re no longer going to school or daycare, they’re unable to socialise with
their friends...
Dancing is one of the best ways to burn calories and stay active, according to a new list of the best home-based activities for quarantined people who want to keep fit.
In particular,...
From the couch choir to YouTube yoga, online communities are flourishing, as the restrictions on social gatherings to fight against the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic become tighter and tighter.
An online course facilitator and...
We’re way out of our comfort zone with the level of disruption and uncertainty that COVID-19 has delivered. No doubt, you already had a lot on your plate before coronavirus hit, and...
With many people now self-isolating and social distancing at home, the need to stay active has never been greater.
Exercise science expert Professor Ken Nosaka from Edith Cowan University has created two...
As panic buyers continue to leave supermarket shelves bare, an Australian sleep expert is reminding people that they need to stockpile on sleep instead if they want to ensure the best possible...
Australians were just coming to terms with
working from home, and now with the closures of gyms, we’re going to need to
work out from home, too. Luckily, there are a range of apps...
As we age, some people think we should stop or slow down. Fitness guru Lee Campbell writes "Keep going, keep moving, keep improving, and keep exercising".
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Free
healthy activities
The City Renewal Authority has announced
its ReNewYou program, a trial of free healthy activities to be held weekly in
the city centre. The program will see lunchtime Zumba classes held in...
Compared to the 2 billion people on the planet contending with
contaminated water, we’re blessed to have tap water that is plentiful and safe.
In fact, Canberrans are known to be drinking some of...
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a crazy Christmas and New Year period it was for us all, what with the smoke,
fires, storms and life-changing events that we’ve...
