Many years ago our ancestors relied on our stress response primarily to keep us alert and alive to ward off animal predators. These days it’s a different story. Whilst there’s no real danger of being ...
Jennifer Hawkins shares her diet, workout routine and stress management techniques
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of chatting with Jennifer Hawkins over a lunch at the Mount Franklin Lightly Sparking Water launch in Balmoral, Sydney. Jen was Miss Universe in 2004 and since then ...
How Stress Affects Your Body
Stress is a growing problem in our lives today. We put our hustle on and go from one thing to the next, scrapping things together at the last minute while trying to looking pretty, eat healthy, ...
Olympic Physio Shares How to Reduce Neck and Shoulder tension
Today we welcome 3 x Australian Olympic Sports Physiotherapist and University Lecturer, Mark Alexander. Mark is going to share with us how to reduce neck and shoulder tension, something that many of ...
5 Ways to Relax and Destress
The goal of relaxation is to reverse or prevent the impact that stressors have on our body. Your stressors might include things like work/study deadlines, a difficult boss, family conflict or illness, ...
Soothing or Stressful? Using a Gadget to Reduce Stress
Can technological devices actually help us relax? This post reviews a little gadget called the Pip, a small teardrop shaped device with a finger print touchpad. The Pip links to apps on your phone ...
Colouring in for adults’ relaxation
If you've walked past a book shop lately you'll notice that the front stand is filled with colouring in books. Although these ones, aren't for the kids. Adults, it's time to dust off the old school ...
How to clear your mind
Our minds are busy and with technology we constantly feed it SO MUCH information. Stress can build more quickly and even leave you feeling overwhelmed. To bring down your stress levels you need to do ...
How to find motivation when you’re feeling down & exhausted
Today I featured on One Crafty Mumma with Part A of this post – what a privilege! Mel is a veteran craft blogger, whose gentle soul and kind heart I am so inspired by. I’m sharing my top 10 tips to ...
Why being a perfectionist isn’t so perfect.
Life, especially once you move out of home, is full of opportunities to make new discoveries about your character. You'll occasionally have moments where you say 'aaaaHHAA!! That explains me so well!' ...
