by Sarah Cannata | Aug 3, 2019 | Health
As I type this, I’ve just returned to Australia from a break overseas where I enjoyed paddle boarding, snorkeling, kayaking and all of the usual things holidays bring… and now it seems I am paying for it both physically and mentally. When you have a chronic condition,...
by Della Robb | Jun 28, 2019 | Career, Health
Twelve years ago, I was a clinically depressed, overthinking, over-drinking, cigarette smoking woman with a career on the fast-track to nowhere. Today, I am a non-smoking, sometimes drinking, healthy, happy being working in a challenging, well paid management...
by Rachel Egan | Jun 26, 2019 | Health
Your story counts: Rachel Egan (UK) shares her personal experience in addressing the World Eating Disorders Action Day theme “Eating Disorders: We Can’t Afford to Wait”. We know that speedy access to eating disorder treatment offers the best chance of a full and...
by Sarah Cannata | Apr 29, 2019 | Health
That headline may read like a silly question to you… if you’re someone who’s fortunate enough to never have experienced stress or anxiety (I don’t think many people will fall into that category). In recent times, what I’ve become more interested in is this question:...
by Susan Ringwood | Apr 24, 2019 | Health
To mark the fourth annual World Eating Disorders Action Day on June 2, this story is the first in a series on the 2019 theme, “Eating Disorders: We Can’t Afford to Wait”. We’ve been waiting for a long time. Anorexia Nervosa was first formally described by Sir...
by June Alexander | Mar 27, 2019 | Health
An eating disorder is about more than our relationship with food. When food increasingly dominates our thinking, our relationship with self and with others can disconnect and disintegrate at an alarming rate. Confidence and belonging give way to shame, stigma, fear...
by Jayde Ferguson | Feb 13, 2019 | Health
The organic market is booming, plant-based meals are shaping the food landscape and health consciousness is on the rise. Trends in Australian health are changing for the better. And now is the best time for Aussies to take control of their bodies, according to new...
by Dr Claire Richardson | Dec 31, 2018 | Health
Our society has a problem. A big one. We’re eating more and moving less. We’re sitting more and standing less. We’re pushing more and pulling less. We’re inside more and outside less. Other than the scary side effects of our ever increasingly sedentary lifestyles,...
by Sarah Cannata | Nov 8, 2018 | Health
Sunday morning. Another hot Melbourne day. I’d braved through the heat to make it to my local shopping centre where I’d already visited a few stores to find the book I was after: Sarah Wilson’s First, We Make The Beast Beautiful. There were no copies everywhere I...
by Ariana Miller | Oct 24, 2018 | Health, Parenting
Sponsored While almost every woman may experience mood swings and the so-called “baby blues” after having a new baby, one in 9 women suffer from a more serious problem. Postpartum depression can be caused by the combined stress of labor, the intense change of...
