Issue 187

WellBeing

Resources for inspired living

WellBeing3 min readPsychology
From The Editor-in-chief
It’s time to get real about our society. In the spirit of being real, let’s acknowledge that I am writing this at least six to eight weeks before you are reading it, so the COVID-19 landscape may have changed somewhat in that interval. This, however,
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From The Editor
Let’s take a breath together. Lately we have sailed through some rough seas. Life, as we comfortably understood it, changed right before our very eyes. And changed rapidly. I was due to get married in March. We spent the Sunday before our wedding dat
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Recent Medical Findings For A Healthier Body
Partly due to a scientific study that was, after criticism aplenty, withdrawn before publication, there has been a theory going around that COVID-19 was engineered in a lab. Let’s put that to rest. Viruses produce spike proteins that they use to grab
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Interesting Slices Of Life
In uncertain times, emotional support from others is very important. However, how much comfort your words offer friends and family depends on the words you choose. In a new study of almost 500 adults, researchers found that social support does allevi
WellBeing3 min readEarth Sciences
All The Latest In Environmental Issues
Coral reefs around the world face intense pressure due to overfishing, pollution and climate change. In a new study, researchers assessed 1800 tropical reefs around the world. They found that just 5 per cent of the reefs studied meet the combined goa
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Elderberry
Sambucus is a genus of flowering plants with about 30 different species (including an Australian variety), all commonly called elder. Sambucus nigra is the main European variety. Both the flowers and the dark purple berries are used for culinary and
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Hearty Immunity
The olive tree is indigenous to the Levant, in the Eastern Mediterranean, but is now grown and used extensively throughout the world. The first Spanish settlers introduced the tree to America. Since ancient times, the olive tree has been utilised for
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Smiling Bright
Is it possible to whiten your teeth naturally? Avoiding coffee and red wine is, dare I say it, a boring and bleak way to keep your choppers pearly white. But getting teeth professionally whitened can be an expensive and often daunting process. We tes
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Travelling Textiles
Please share with us your love for the ocean and surfing Surfing and the ocean have been a huge part of my life from the very beginning. I began surfing the nose of my dad’s surfboard at the age of five and grew up in a family and community of surfer
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WellBeing Gives Space To The Creative Souls In Our Community
Ashleigh Holmes is a fourth-generation artist based in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. She has been painting for as long as her hands could hold a brush. An abstract, expressionistic painter, Holmes’ work is redolent of North America’s mid
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WellBeing’s 6 Favourite Climate Revivalists
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is one of Britain’s most beloved figures; a broadcaster, natural historian and, at 93, a global superstar, his reign in the public eye has been defined by environmental benevolence. Attenborough’s epic series about th
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Cultivating A Safe Home
Home should feel like a haven. However, if yours is a place of unease or your life is in a fragile state generally, it’s still possible to cultivate a more emotionally secure and supportive environment, says Anthony Ashworth, a holistic building and
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The Good Grape
Grapes are a delicious sweet treat that are full of flavour and refreshing on the palate. They can be enjoyed on their own, or crushed or pressed and made into wine or grape juice. The seeds within the grapes can also be compressed to make a light, l
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Winter Beauty Woes
Cold, crisp mornings slipping into woolly socks and oversized jumpers, big pots of soup bubbling away on the stove and slow evenings huddled by the fire sipping hot cacao; there’s no denying the idea of winter is very romantic. While the chilly chang
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Yoga For A Broken Heart
Have you felt those earthshattering, spirit-crushing days of heartbreak? No matter who you are, where you’re from, it’s an inescapable reality of the human condition … heartbreak. There’s a reason why they call it that, right? Physically and emotiona
WellBeing7 min readDiet & Nutrition
Root Crops For Winter
Almost any food and fresh produce item you can think of is at your fingertips, regardless of the the time of year. This doesn’t necessarily mean, however, that it’s what your body or the planet needs when it comes to abundant health and good nutritio
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Heart Of Gold
With a smile that lights up her whole face and a down-toearth nature that you can’t help but adore, Lola Berry is the embodiment of health and happiness. The street-style meets bohemian vibe to the bestselling author, yoga teacher, nutritionist, podc
WellBeing1 min readPsychology
Friendship
Friendship is the bedrock of what it means to be human. It is within these bonds that you find the connection necessary to survival. We are not the only social animals, but friendship is a hallmark of human behaviour; indeed, platonic love is so cent
WellBeing7 min readRelationships
Listen First, Speak Second
Your children want to communicate with you. Communicating is how, as human beings, we make connections. It’s how we learn, how we grow, how we become a part of the world. As their parent, you are the one person they will want to share this journey wi
WellBeing7 min readPsychology
Helping A Friend through A Break-up
When her boyfriend of six years called time on their relationship, despite it being a fairly amicable split, Elise Baldwin struggled to find the words for what she was feeling. “Especially the guilt and shame about being dumped — that was really hard
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Let’s Get Physical
Do you sit for prolonged periods? Sitting at my computer, after 30 minutes I feel tension in my eyes, jaw, neck, shoulders, arms, fingers, back and hips and a numb feeling in my lower limbs. If I’m not mindful, my old mates migraine and sciatica coul
WellBeing1 min readPsychology
Vulnerable
Time to check in. How are you feeling? How have the past few months been for you? All of us, at times, have experienced feelings of uncertainty and fear. Every crisis provides an opportunity for you to grow as a person and deepen your relationship wi
WellBeing8 min readPsychology
The Art Of Being Broken
Like the golden fault lines running through kintsugi, just as we are broken, we can be repaired — and the manner of that repair, the learning in that growth, becomes a strong and beautiful part of who we are. Kintsugi is the ancient art of fixing bro
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The Bad News Blues
If the first thing you do in the morning is check your phone or switch on the television, then you’ve no doubt been waking up to a barrage of cataclysmic news: bushfires tearing through drought-stricken land, half a billion animals incinerated, image
WellBeing1 min readPsychology
Failure
In a culture that worships success, embracing failure is a radical act, but it’s also an entirely necessary step on your helter-skelter journey to achievement. We define failure by a lack of success, but within your failure is an entire encyclopedia
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Sustainable Forestry
Australia’s native forests have long been a stage for adversarial confrontations between loggers and protesters who engage in blockades and who are willing to lock on to equipment in order to immobilise it. They represent two divergent polarised view
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The Fight For Climate Justice
It would be hard to recall a worse summer than the summer of 2019–20: whole swathes of the country choked in noxious smoke, a tourism season turned desolate and image after image of fires ripping through land, homes and wildlife with ruthless efficie
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The Business Of Society Building
Corporate. Social. Responsibility. Three words that, each on their own, are perfectly intelligible but, until recently, when placed together as a phrase became like something from a Lewis Carroll poem: nonsense. “Corporate social responsibility” as a
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Ginger The Great
If the events surrounding COVID-19 have taught us nothing else (and they have offered lessons aplenty) they have shown us how easily we take things for granted. Joni Mitchell put that simple truism into lyric form when she sang, “You don’t know want
WellBeing7 min readAstronomy & Space Sciences
Altars For Love and Abundance
Planetary magic has become increasingly popular as more and more people learn about practitioners from the medieval and earlier periods, who were both astrologers and magicians. Historical texts like The Picatrix have been translated into English and
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Hygge In Wild Victoria
It’s the perfect way to spend a chilly winter’s evening: snuggled up around the campfire, feeling cosy and warm, and deep in conversation with a few favourite friends. There’s something delicious in your mug, a soft glow from the fire, and a distinct
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Walking The Delights Of Devon And Cornwall
“The best thing for being sad is to learn something,” said Merlin, in TH White’s book The Once and Future King. “You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies … you may miss your only love, or see the world around you devastated by evil lunatics …
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Counter Culture
CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ, PENGUIN From cars designed around the body of a “Reference Man” to speech recognition software trained on recordings of male voices, this book uses data to expose a male-biased world. Campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez
WellBeing4 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Easy Japanese
If you love Japanese food but feel intimidated by the difficult techniques and hard-to-source ingredients, you are who Aya Nishimura, the Japanese-born food stylist and home economist, had in mind when creating Japanese Food Made Easy. Within the bea
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Health Source
Endeavour College teaches what the world wants to feel. Endeavour College of Natural Health is the leader in natural health education, producing the experts that keep the world well. Offering courses in naturopathy, nutrition, acupuncture, myotherapy
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Beauty Source
Create your own luxury spa experience at home with Natural Instinct Pink Clay Face Mask. Specifically formulated to brighten, hydrate and minimise fine lines, the face mask will leave skin with a lasting glow. Available online and at your local Chemi
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Food Source
Waimete Honey Co is a family-owned and run company located in the remote alpine region of New Zealand’s South Taranaki countryside. Beehives are located in such a remote area that they produce some of the purest, cleanest and most potent manuka honey
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Nature’s Ancient Source Of Wellness
The olive tree has been used medicinally and as a prominent food source over many continents for centuries. It has even been reported that Neolithic peoples from the Mediterranean region cultivated the olive tree as far back as 8000BCE, so it’s no su
WellBeing3 min readMedical
How Stress Can Lead To Premature Ageing
EMA TAYLOR is a naturopath, clinical nutritionist and certified fertility awareness educator. For more, visit emataylor.com or @ emataylornaturopathy on Instagram. We live in a busy and fast-paced world and are juggling far more day-to-day than ever
WellBeing4 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Slow Cooker Central
We are halfway through the year and one of the most challenging resolutions I set for myself this year was to slow down. I have to admit, as a mum, a wife and a full-time worker, I’m guilty of going through life on autopilot, at times working for hou
WellBeing3 min readCooking, Food & Wine
7 Simple Things You Can Make Yourself
ALEXX STUART is a passionate educator in the space she calls “living a low-tox life”. Through her speaking, workshops, e-courses and online community, she helps people make the best new choices for themselves, their family and the planet. W: lowtoxli
WellBeing4 min readBotany
For The Love Of Trees
To save the world, we could plant trees. Trees can absorb the CO2 and the pollutants from air and soil, and cool the world with dappled leaves. Their susurration, that gentle sound of rustling leaves, calms us, soothes us and gives us joy. More trees
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Analysing A TCM Antiviral Formula
KAREN GOLDRICK is a holistic veterinarian at All Natural Vet Care, Russell Lea, Sydney. T: 02 9712 5844 W: naturalvet.com.au I’m writing this in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, and by the time you read this, hopefully COVID-19 is starti
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The COVID Reality Check
It would be beyond understatement, bordering on parody, to say merely that 2020 has been an eventful year. The bushfire crisis in southeastern Australia and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the fragility of our climate, our health and healthcar
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Fasting
DR MICHAEL ELSTEIN is a Sydney-based anti-ageing physician and writer. He is the author of three books including his latest, The Wellness Guide to Preventing the Diseases of Ageing. He has also designed the app The Diet Guide to Ageing Prevention. Me
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Autoimmune Arthritis
A 55-year-old woman presented to the clinic. She had had the odd aches and pains, with stiffness in the joints making it more difficult to get out of bed in the mornings, but she recovered quickly once she was moving around and had no problems during
WellBeing5 min readAstronomy & Space Sciences
Stargazing
CHRISTINE BROADBENT views astrology as a healing art, offering in-person readings in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland and phone or Skype sessions world-wide. Now available for booked sessions at Lotus Health in Sydney’s Neutral Bay. Christine also lead
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Freedom Found
I had been working for a university for nine years. I had a manageable mortgage on my shoulders and plenty of good friends, and I came from a tight Italian-Australian family where your “business” is always going to be their “business”. Caring about w
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WellBeing1 min readCooking, Food & Wine
What’s In Season? Your Winter Wonderland
Fruit Apples (Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Jonathan, Lady Williams, Pink Lady, Red Delicious and Sundowner), cumquats, custard apples, grapefruit, kiwifruit, lemons, limes, mandarins, melons, nashi, oranges, pears (Beurre Bos
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Lead
“Leadership is not about titles or the corner office. It’s about the willingness to step up, put yourself out there and lean into courage. The world is desperate for braver leaders. It’s time for all of us to step up,” says Brené Brown, esteemed auth

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