What’s Your Score?

It’s really hard to know how you’re going with your health goals if we think beyond the typical weight loss measures of kilos on the scale or centimetres on the tape measure. Tracking your progress is one of the best ways to keep you accountable, plus provides a good motivator […]

Waging a War on Winter

Last week we focused on prevention for this upcoming cold and flu season. This week, we’re looking at what to do if the cold does break through all those barriers that you’ve set up. It takes double the effort – sometimes literally – and should be approached like any other […]

Autumn’s Here ~ You Have the Power Increasing Your Immunity for this Winter

  If you’re in Australia (and particularly Sydney), you would’ve felt the sudden change in temperate that signals Summer is over and Winter is fast approaching (bar maybe this beautiful Easter weekend we had!). There is a briskness in the morning air, the afternoon light fades much too quickly, and […]

Feeling Stressed? It Might Be the Birds – or The Lack Of!

Research has recently come to light that if you live in a neighbourhood surrounded by trees, shrubs, and chirping birds, then there is less chance for you to suffer from anxiety or stress. According to researchers, lower levels of depression, anxiety and stress were associated with the number of birds people […]

Are You Living 80/20? How and why you can...

Okay so I think most of you may have heard of the 80/20 rule as this distant principle that you could apply to your life to get some benefit out of. Originally called the Pareto Principle, this philosophy was first applied in business. It was commonly found that 20% of […]

The Fitness Trends for 2017 How Many Are You Doing Already?

The annual survey of worldwide fitness trends is now in its 11th year! I always can’t wait to read up on it because not only do they predict what’s coming for the next year, but they also reflect back on previous years to see how people’s predictions played out. It’s […]

Mental Health & Wellbeing: It’s As Easy As K-P-I

You’ve probably already heard me passionate about the need to work on employee wellbeing within organisations.  I spoke about it here and here and it’s the core of my whole 6-month blueprint. But recently, two big players have called for unprecedented action in the corporate setting to improve employee wellbeing.  […]