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How Life Rhythm Can Benefit Your Child
Have you ever thought about how rhythm plays a role in our daily lives? From music to routines, rhythm is all around us. In fact, having a consistent “life rhythm” can greatly benefit children’s wellbeing. When children don’t have a sense of routine and rhythm, they can feel stressed, anxious, and insecure. But by establishing…
What You Need to Know About Mindful Eating
Mindfulness isn’t a new concept by any means, but it’s one that has picked up in popularity over the last several years. The problem is, many of us don’t actually know what mindfulness is, or how to apply it to our eating habits. It’s hard to practice something you don’t understand, so let’s take a…
Five Top Tips for Overcoming Setbacks and Relapses
Working towards improved health and wellbeing is an incredible feeling, right? It’s good to be making positive choices and you are feeling better for it. But what happens if you go off the rails and suffer a setback or relapse? It can be all too easy to feel like you have failed and give up…
How to Get Moving This New Year
“New Year, New You!” You have likely heard the sentiment many years running. Maybe you have even set a New Year’s resolution along those lines. Getting fit is one of the top five resolutions made every New Year by everyday Australians, but how do you make that happen? Let’s take a look at why getting…
Five Tips for Keeping Up Your Healthy Holiday Routines this Christmas
‘Tis the season to relax, unwind and recoup. But it’s also the season of festivity and food, often lots of food. You’ve worked so hard all year on your families’ health and wellbeing goals and suddenly temptation is everywhere. Parties, travel, and much needed downtime disrupt your families’ routines, and what’s more, this often goes…
Could Your Lifestyle Choices Lead to Type 2 Diabetes?
Did you know that diabetes is quickly becoming a global epidemic? The image above shows diabetes around the world in 2021 (courtesy of International Diabetes Federation). Diabetes causes disability and is one of the top causes of premature death. In Australia, one in seven adults has diabetes, and that’s just the ones who know about…
How to Easily Achieve Better Nutrition in Your Diet
When it comes to nutrition, there is an overwhelming amount of information available, and much of it is either conflicting or confusing to interpret. We all want to be doing what’s best for ourselves and our family when it comes to food and nutrition, but how do we do it in today’s busy world? Here…
Spring Into Action – How to Support Positive Mental Health
With the rising cost of living affecting everyone’s wellbeing, and illness being at an all-time high, it is a relief that spring is on the way. Spring is the season of new growth, as we awaken from our hibernation and look forward to the warm and sunny days ahead. It is also the perfect time…
How Cultural Influences Affect Our Food Habits
We all want our children to grow up with a strong cultural connection, knowing the customs and rituals that have been passed down from generation to generation within their family. But what happens when what is being passed down is having a negative impact on our youngest generation, and cultural influences start to affect our…
Busting Out of Obesity – Forming New Habits at Home
Eating at home as a family should be an enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, this is not always the case for most families. In reality, many parents dread the evening mealtime, finding it a time filled with stress, arguments and tension. So, don’t worry, you are not alone. With this in mind, I have developed simple methods…
4 Ways of Learning to Love Exercise
It goes without saying – healthy eating without exercising is not an effective way to transform your health. Not only is exercise vital for mental well-being, it’s also critical for disease prevention. The risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, osteoporosis and type two diabetes have all been proven to dramatically lower with healthy…
How to Engage Your Kids at Mealtime
One of the hardest things to learn how to undo is silence at the dinner table. For some cultures it is also accepted that you eat in silence, or at least the adults might talk but the children are discouraged from joining in. However, one of the easiest ways to ensure better eating and digestion…