Category: Love

SLP 205: We are Designed to Experience Crisis as a Dedicated Pivot-Point in Life with Shan Clayton

‘I feel like crisis is built into our DNA. I look around at all the people I have ever had a conversation with and I just… while yes, we all have a unique upbringing, unique nurturing, unique nature, we are designed to experience crisis as a dedicated pivot-point in life. We can gain so much… Continue reading SLP 205: We are Designed to Experience Crisis as a Dedicated Pivot-Point in Life with Shan Clayton

TWIW 165: Poor sleep linked to fatty liver disease

This Week In Wellness sedentary lifestyle and poor sleep have been linked to fatty liver disease by Chinese researchers. The authors of the study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism said that “People with poor nighttime sleep and prolonged daytime napping have the highest risk for developing fatty liver disease,”… Continue reading TWIW 165: Poor sleep linked to fatty liver disease

100NO 490: WHO typifies longevity – and why?

We’ve interviewed hundreds of graceful agers on 100 Not Out, but who are the core of the core when it comes to truly typifying ageing well? Many of our guests have been known to be good at one or two areas of life – but we know that that doesn’t guarantee longevity or a fulfilling… Continue reading 100NO 490: WHO typifies longevity – and why?

SLP 204: Self Love Quicky – Giving our Children Roots and Wings

This week my husband and I packed up and farewelled our son to follow his dream to play professional rugby in NZ. It was a mixture of excitement and sadness, and I will add this was not in the handbook of parenting! So today I share a couple of my favourite quotes and why it… Continue reading SLP 204: Self Love Quicky – Giving our Children Roots and Wings

SLP 203: Tenacity, Resilience and Community are Key with Keeta Gibson

“I think those two words are absolutely perfect, and the other word I would add in there that I embrace is community. When you’re in that environment, you know your community is called upon, there is a real… you know as much as where we were… our closest neighbour was 5km away. It doesn’t seem… Continue reading SLP 203: Tenacity, Resilience and Community are Key with Keeta Gibson

WWR 226: Postnatal Depletion

We’ve all heard of post natal depression and how common it is but what about the changes one or two years later? Postnatal depletion is a combination of deep, prolonged fatigue, emotional strain, hyper vigilance, nutritional deficiencies, overwhelm and sacrificing your own physical health that can also worsen any underlying medical conditions, and exacerbates poor… Continue reading WWR 226: Postnatal Depletion

TWIW 164: Exercise in a pill?

This Week In Wellness researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine and other collaborating institutions have identified a molecule in the blood that is produced during exercise and can reduce food intake and obesity in mice in an attempt to “understand how exercise works at the molecular level to be able to… Continue reading TWIW 164: Exercise in a pill?

100NO 489: Analysing the Queen’s diet

On this episode we take a look at the Queen’s diet. We have very little confidence that the 18 elements of Queen Elizabeth II diet written in this article are 100% factual. Some of them seem quite ridiculous. But in the spirit of humour – and considering how serious our last few episodes have been… Continue reading 100NO 489: Analysing the Queen’s diet

SLP 202: Self Love Quicky – German Chamomile

German chamomile is extracted from the dried flower heads. It is an incredible deep blue colour, which is formed from matricin during the steam distiliation process which is caused by a component called chamazulene. German chamomile has a more distinct medicinal, herbal aroma compared to the sweeter, more floral aroma of Roman chamomile. Whilst both… Continue reading SLP 202: Self Love Quicky – German Chamomile

SLP 201: The Definition Of Success with Linda Ireland

‘It made me really good at what I did because part of my natural state of being is I’m very caring and I have a lot of empathy. And so, it made me really good at finance. And then the extra layer of what my definition of success is meant that I really showed up.… Continue reading SLP 201: The Definition Of Success with Linda Ireland