WellBeing

I exercise to feel a happy dose of endorphins. Afterwards, I feel like I can take on the world! I nourish my body with healthy foods and the occasional treat. I love nature walks with my dog and long bike rides with my daughter. Nata Jonjic By remind

Words PETE EVANS Photography MARK ROPER & WILLIAM MEPPEM When the nights are long and the days are short, there’s nothing like soothing the soul with a hearty bowl of bone broth. Bone broth is one of the world’s miracle foods and broth-based dishes a

Words CARROL BAKER It’s almost universally referred to as an oil when, in fact, it’s a polyunsaturated liquid plant wax. When is an oil not an oil? When it’s a natural beauty product called jojoba. It might look and feel like an oil but it’s actually

My younger daughter and I were chatting on the way to school. We had misjudged someone who turned out to be quite nice once we met them. I offered “Don’t judge a book by its cover” as the proverbial learning. She countered, “Don’t judge it by … what’

COMPILED BY TERRY ROBSON The Shamatha Project is a study that examines the effects of two intensive meditation retreats held in 2007. It follows 60 experienced meditators who attended these three-month meditation retreats and received ongoing instruc

Words LISA GUY Over the past decade, gluten has received a great deal of attention as the medical community and other healthcare practitioners have become more aware of the potentially harmful effects of it on some people. We have seen a rapid increa

Words MARTIN OLIVER A revolution is underway, one that is on track to radically change the way citizens of affluent countries live, and it involves becoming “smart” — in a radiofrequency (RF) energy-emitting sense. The nexus between the internet and

The comfort of familiarity can be a wonderful anchor to bring you back “home”. Home might be physically returning to your humble abode, the warm embrace of a loved one or perhaps even a connection to your breath. These examples all share a common the

COMPILED BY TERRY ROBSON For a new study, subjects were men and women given the opportunity to punish each other by withholding tokens. Results showed that men punish more than women, men obtain higher rank and punishment by males decreases payoffs f

Words CARROL BAKER You have a brand-new mortgage and your work hours are cut, your partner has cancelled a weekend away and the dishwasher has just flooded the kitchen. Before you reach for a handful of cookies or that brie calling you from the fridg

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COMPILED BY TERRY ROBSON King penguins are threatened by climate change with warming temperatures shifting their main food sources farther south. A key to king penguin survival may be the discovery that their colonies behave like a liquid. Instead of

Words TEGAN BRADILOVIC Self-care is taking care of oneself with the aim of improving mental health. When you engage in self-care, you are more likely to feel positive and less likely to suffer from stress. Self-care can strengthen your relationships

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Words MASCHA COETZEE Photography RICK COETZEE Nature has its own cycles: the wheel of the year turns through the seasons and the Sun and the Moon move through their rhythms. We are part of this magic universe and to live in harmony with our magnifice

Words LIZ MCLARDY Most of us will be familiar with many of the self-care practices professed by wellbeing experts around the world, like meditating, journalling and eating nourishing superfoods. But there is an essential self-care element we often fo

There is a tree in a community garden. Every day, patients at a nearby mental hospital gather to sit beneath its branches or lean against its trunk. The tree was a gift to the community several decades ago. It was a seedling then; now it is massive,

Silly Yaks Anzac Biscuits are free of wheat, gluten, nut, dairy, egg, soy and yeast but they still taste great! The biscuits are handmade with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives, making them a fantastic allergy-friendly kids’ treat or a

Words DR KAREN BRIDGMAN The olive tree is indigenous to the Levant, in the Eastern Mediterranean, but is now grown and used extensively throughout the world. The first Spanish settlers introduced the tree to America. Since ancient times, the olive tr

Words KELLY SURTEES Modern astrologers identify eight different phases within the longer monthly Moon cycle. As the Moon moves through her phases, she changes shape and size, sometimes waxing or growing, other times waning, shrinking or staying hidde

Words TERRY CORNICK My mind loves to segment things and compartmentalise so it can attempt to process them: ideas, events, thoughts and feelings. I appear to have done this with my life: pre-25 years old; then 25–30; 30–now, aged 33. The first stage

Words PETER WHITE Many people take their spirituality for granted. By spirituality, I am referring to an individual’s experience of the sacred or transcendent that expands their sense of self into a more unified state of awareness. It’s usually assoc

At the end of each day I often used to sit down and watch TV because it was a way to relax and unwind. Since reality TV has become so popular, I find just watching some shows makes me feel more stressed. On these shows, contestants are always racing

Words DR KAREN BRIDGMAN Matcha tea is grown in the shade, resulting in a higher percentage of chlorophyll than other green teas, and is the centrepiece of ancient Japanese tea rituals. Before it can be used, matcha is forced through a sieve to remove

Functional foods promote wellness and healthy cellular function. Examples of those we may give to pets include curcumin, milk thistle, probiotics, spirulina and some berries. Medicinal mushrooms are also becoming popular for pets with chronic illness

Words SONIA ZADRO Denise Linn is an international lecturer, healer and worldacclaimed expert in feng shui and space clearing. She has given seminars in 25 countries to audiences of thousands, published 18 books, which are translated into 28 languages

Words CATHERINE LAWSON Photography DAVID BRISTOW Giddy and nervous under a sunny summer sky, we pack our gear and join the throng of tourist traffic pouring east out of Hobart. Halfway towards the Tasman Peninsula we detour north, rumbling off the bi

When we think about stress, we usually think it’s something that happens only in our heads. But when we feel stressed the good bacteria in the gut feel it, too, and this affects mood, general health and skin. So how does stress affect your gut, your

Words ALLY MCMANUS Balance is universally desired, yet seeking and achieving a sense of equilibrium can be one of life’s greatest trials. One such way to unite light and dark or, as the yogis call it, effort and ease, is through sound healing. It is

Have you tried to make wellbeing change and felt you failed? Do you find yourself lurching from adopting great wellbeing strategies to abandoning them at other times? Or do you have desires to adopt new wellbeing strategies but just never seem to fin

Words JESSICA LEE When you face a challenge in your life, do you feel equipped to handle it or do you become overwhelmed and stuck in the difficulty, grief or even the unfairness of your situation? Whether you are facing an illness, career change, di

Words & photography JOCELYN PRIDE Beady eyes penetrate mine and for a split second my whole life flashes by like the blur of a snow flurry. Behind the eyes stands 450 kilograms of bulk. Bold. Beautiful. Her buttery popcorn-coloured fur is streaked wi

While the season of warm coats, movie nights, fluffy blankets and soup ladles is upon us, it’s time for some real talk: The Winter Talk. During summer, most of us tend to feel and eat better. During winter, it becomes easier to let our health slip; w

What initially drew you to aromatherapy? I never even knew pure essential oils existed when I was introduced to the exotic scent of jasmine blooms more than 30 years ago! Yet, since that first aromatic encounter, I have never looked back. To this ver

There are two things we know about exercise: it’s good for you in more ways than you expect and, if the contorted grimaces of pain etched on the faces of those who are dedicated to pounding the pavements and straining their honed biceps are anything

Words MARIE ROWLAND In an age of disruption and chasing spontaneity there’s still something to be said for predictability and process. However, when the notion of routine is raised, a shudder of boredom is the response. Many creative types or innovat

From Australia, the gateway to Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge is through Vancouver or Los Angeles, on to Winnipeg and into Churchill. There you will pick up a Churchill Wild charter flight (one hour flying time) directly to the lodge. Winnipeg is also a fasc

Endocrine di sruptors, put simply, are chemicals (manmade or natural) that can alter your endocrine (hormone) system. They can block hormone receptor channels or send mixed messages, allowing your system to believe you are already producing adequate

RUBY ECKERMANN T: +61 429 623 135 E: rveckermann@hotmail.com W: instagram.com/rubyeckermann My grandmother was the first person to introduce me to arts and crafts. She was quite an accomplished painter in her own right and somebody who could do anyth

A 48-year-old woman who has had severe migraines since adolescence came to see me. She had tried every medical treatment offered, with little improvement. She had taken Zomig, Cafergot and Panadeine for years for pain relief and, while these helped h

Words NIKKI DAVIES The so-called baggage of the past that we seem to take with us cannot ever be truly released from our psyches, but it needn’t define who we are if we learn to accept the past and reappraise its influence on us. Reappraisal is an em

What would a tradesman be without his tools? There is always a method to the madness. Toolkits are imperative for solving a problem or preventing an issue from developing into something greater. They’re used for resolving common concerns in our mater

Words LINDA MOON In the developed world we spend most of our lives within humanmade environments. Artificially lit, air-conditionea within. While few of us would challenge such a way of life, a growing body of evidence suggests deprivation from the n

Reviews by Kate Duncan, Ally McManus and Chris Stafford Directed by STEPHEN SPIELBERG Starring MERYL STREEP, TOM HANKS Directed by PAUL MCGUIGAN Starring ANNETTE BENING, JAMIE BELL In the movies, true stories aren’t always exactly true and history is

With a New Moon in Cancer on Jul 13 there will be no more sidestepping things. Pluto opposes the Sun and Moon in their monthly embrace and it’s all about Cancer’s relationships. Via your lunar nature, relationships are intense, whether off or on. It’

Whether you’re new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, Lola Berry’s new book, The Yoga Body, is like receiving a warm hug from your yoga teacher after class: gentle, inspiring and full of wisdom. Berry, a nutritionist and yoga teacher, shares how to

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