TWIW 10: Screen time hurts teens sleep and health

This week in wellness 56 percent of parents of teens with sleep troubles believe this use of electronics is hurting their child’s ability to get to sleep and stay asleep. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll (conducted by the Children’s Health Department at the University of Michigan) took responses from a nationally representative household survey… Continue reading TWIW 10: Screen time hurts teens sleep and health

SE 7: Stress and Stress Management

“Your body (or your mind) doesn’t know the difference between what is real and what is imagined.”  With the stress of society, these days including so much work, information overload, activities, expectations, pressure of figuring out what we want to do… then add money into the equation! OMG!! Wowsers, it’s tough and learning to cope,… Continue reading SE 7: Stress and Stress Management

UC 334: Sex and Menopause with Janet McGeever

Janet is the co-author of ‘Tantric Sex and Menopause – Practices for Spiritual and Sexual Renewal’, a practicing psychotherapist since 1999, and TEDx speaker in Noosa, Australia in 2013. She is co-presenter of the life-changing ‘Making Love Retreat’ for couples, as created by her mentor and co-author and originator of the ‘Slow Sex’ movement, Diana… Continue reading UC 334: Sex and Menopause with Janet McGeever

BQS 84: ALIGN head, heart & body – Part 1

Alignment of you head, heart and body… How aligned are you? In today’s episode Dr M dives deeper into the alignment triad. of Head, heart and body. In this episode Dr M goes back to her roots and foundations as an Integrative Chiropractor and dives into the importance of the Alignment of your Spine, Body… Continue reading BQS 84: ALIGN head, heart & body – Part 1

TWIW 9: An integrative approach may help reduce the Opioid crisis

This week in wellness an integrative approach may help to decrease the pain and usage in prescription opioid users. With the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) stating that the number of deaths in Australia involving opioids has nearly doubled in the decade to 2016, from 591 to 1119 and AIHW spokesperson Dr Lynelle… Continue reading TWIW 9: An integrative approach may help reduce the Opioid crisis

100NO 319: Stress is Good

That’s right. Stress is good and we don’t get enough of it. On this episode, we completely revolutionise the conversation around stress. The vocabulary changes, and Damian shares how “you won’t get a result unless you go into stress.” Anything you want in life requires an element of stress. And more than ever people are… Continue reading 100NO 319: Stress is Good

AQJ 138: Childhood Anxiety & the Inflamed Brain

Dr. Natalie Challis is a neuro-psychotherapist who specialises in treating children with anxiety and other health concerns. She says, “What drives me? Mothers. I want to be an advocate for mothers experiencing the same distress and frustration I felt.” Dr. Nat first became interested in children’s mental health when her son started showing signs of… Continue reading AQJ 138: Childhood Anxiety & the Inflamed Brain

SE 5: Family Matters

Some families are fulfilling, encouraging and loving. Others feel volatile, abusive and full of alienation. This week our hosts explore what it means to recognise abuse and how to respond as well as how to contribute to family harmony and ultimately inner peace. Do family always have your back? What do we do when there… Continue reading SE 5: Family Matters

TWIW 8: Alcohol advertisers aiming for ‘health halo effect’

This week in wellness alcohol advertisers are attempting to put a “health halo” on their products in order to attract increasingly health conscious consumers whilst Instagram influencers have also been used in quote, unquote “underhanded” alcohol marketing as researchers call for greater regulation. Research at Curtin University and published in Public Health Research and Practice… Continue reading TWIW 8: Alcohol advertisers aiming for ‘health halo effect’

100NO 318: Hump Day | Getting Through The Grind | Groundhog Day Musings

Many people despise the feelings of “groundhog day”. But what if there was a sign or power to those feelings of boredom and a general lack of fulfillment. When we talk about the “grind” of daily life, it rarely conjures up images of success. But what if the “grind” was something that only the true… Continue reading 100NO 318: Hump Day | Getting Through The Grind | Groundhog Day Musings