There is no single cause of heart disease. Rather, a heart attack, or a stroke, can be a health tsunami provoked by not only genetic factors but by lifestyle choices. If you’d like to lower your risk of being one of 17,533 who die every year of heart disease, here are the heart disease signs […]
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How to find meaning – and wellness – at work
Even if you have a seven-figure salary, exercising, eating an organic diet, or any other of the myriad of things we do to promote “wellness” won’t fix having a job we think lacks meaning or purpose. Increasingly, feeling valued, or valuable, in what you do for a living is considered a factor in eudemonic wellbeing […]
8 foods to improve your mental health
Pip Taylor, Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Sports Dietitian discusses the impact of nutrition on mental health How does nutrition affect our mental health? The presence of depression, anxiety or other forms of mental health can take a huge toll on the wellbeing of many Australians, as well as our society as a whole. Added to […]
How stress affects your libido
Stress can be a killer, literally. It’s linked to increased risk of heart disease and cancer and, in our everyday lives, anxiety and depression. But did you know that it can also affect your sex drive? “The libido shuts down when we are under severe stress,” confirms psychotherapist Shirley Hughes. “Whether the stress is real […]
The link between stress and mental illness
If you’re a high performer, you’re accustomed to working under stress. You may have even come to believe that intense pressure is normal. However, according to Beyond Blue, accumulative, ongoing stress can turn into a major problem in terms of mental health. Neurological insights into how the brain processes stress suggest that it can be […]
Why you need a wellness team
If you want to achieve peak health, you need a wellness program. Ideally, it should be put together by a team of wellness experts who make it their business to know your personal health goals and challenges. This applies to those who want to excel personally, or professionally, from businesspeople to elite athletes, as well […]
Binge eating disorder
More than one million Australians are living with an eating disorder, according to The Butterfly Foundation, the national charity for those impacted by eating disorders and body image issues. These include anorexia, bulimia, disordered eating and binge eating disorder. Of those with eating disorders, 47% have binge eating disorder (BED) compared to 3% with anorexia , […]
Could your Fitbit be harming your health?
It’s 6am and your Fitbit wakes you at the optimal time. The device has tracked your sleep, and, stages, data you can access. In fact, it will give you a ‘sleep score’. It will also monitor your resting heart rate 24/7 and your peak heart rate zones to optimise effort during workouts. Of course, it […]
How to use stress to help, not harm, your health
If you’re a senior executive, or a competitive, stress is probably a normal part of your schedule. However, too often it is chronic stress that can result in symptoms that range from headaches, gastrointestinal upsets and anxiety and depression to frequent infections, and insomnia. In fact, chronic, unresolved stress – distress – can increase your […]
A new definition of success
You’ll remember all those feel-good moments of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo – if only because it actually took place from August 24 to September 5, 2021. Delayed more than a year because of Covid-19 and in doubt because Japan went through a fifth wave of the pandemic around the time of the preceding […]