Wellbeing


Cleansing Myths Busted

When you hear the word "cleanse," it might conjure images of endless green juices, growling stomachs, and unrealistic restrictions.

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Breathwork to Promote Calm & Clarity

Breathwork has been used for thousands of years as a way to harmonise the body-mind, reset the nervous system...

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Spring into Wellness: Detoxing and Cleansing

Spring is here, and with it, the natural urge to refresh, reset, and renew. But before you hop into the latest detox craze....

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Know Your Numbers

The start of a new year is a good time to review your health and wellbeing and may be a catalyst to make some long-term changes....

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Wellness at Work: Game-Changing Workplace Wellness Trends

Stressing and slaving away at your desk all day under fluorescent lights isn’t exactly conducive to health and wellness.

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Cold Water Immersion – Part 2

Now we’re on to the other end of the heat spectrum with cold water immersion, or CWI. CWI has a slightly bigger job to do to sell itself...

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Heat Therapy – Part 1

Hot and cold exposure therapy has hurtled in to the trendy wellness stratosphere with people like Gwyneth Paltrow, Kim Kardashian etc.

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Immunity Boosting On The Go

“If you do not make time for your wellness, you will be forced to make time for your illness.”

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Vitamin D

Vitamin D is an essential nutrient, meaning that the human body can’t make all of its requirements on its own and has to get it other ways.

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6 Ideas to Transform Your Workspace into a Healthy Hub

By making a few simple tweaks to your workspace, you can create a healing, rejuvenating refuge to create more balance!

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Ten Ways to Restore Your Energy After Burnout

Have you been working or studying long hours? Here are ten tips to help you enhance your own natural energy levels.

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20 Super Simple Ways to be Healthy

Our everyday lifestyle choices can benefit us physically and mentally. Choosing healthier habits will lead to a longer, happier life. Plus it will low..

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How to Give the Gift of Wellness This Christmas

Can we really believe Christmas is almost upon us? It feels like this year has truly rushed by…yet don’t we all say that year after year?! For m..

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Preparing for Spring Weather

Spring is here and with it, finally warmer, drier, sunny weather. It’s time to take the opportunity and get outdoors, and with that, a reminder to..

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Burnout

Burnout is a term that is cropping up more and more. WHO formally acknowledged burnout in the International Classification of Diseases...

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10 Ways to Quickly Feel 10x Better

We all need a quick pick-me-up every now and then when life feels a little arduous, boring, stressful, or even just a bit Groundhog day-ish (we’re..

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Natural Hangover "Cures"

Waking up with a hangover is undeniably rough. Too much grog inevitably makes you feel groggy in the aftermath, possibly with the booze blues and qu..

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Natural Energy Boosters

While it’s tempting to turn to caffeine or sugar in hope of a quick energy burst, there are healthier and more sustainable ways to keep awake and ..

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6 Wellness Trends for 2021

2020 shook us up on so many levels. A global pandemic has put our physical health at risk, while also no doubt impacting our mental health in one wa..

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8 Daily Acts for Good Health Before 8am

A considered, regular morning routine is a powerful thing. A physically and mentally healthy low-stress morning can really help to set the tone for ..

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Beauty and the East

With a worldwide rise in the popularity of holistic health, it’s little wonder that we are turning to the East for inspiration in the quest to opt..

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5 Ways to Turn Your Home into a Health Retreat

Whether you want to detox, lose weight, or just get away from the daily grind, there’s no question that visiting a health retreat can do wonders f..

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Nutritional Support For Healthy Adrenal Glands

Feeling frequently stressed-out or generally lacking in the energy department? You may be suffering from what is frequently referred to as ‘Adrena..

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Anxiety

The medical definition of anxiety is “a feeling of apprehension and fear, characterised by physical symptoms such as palpitations, sweating, and f..

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10 Wellness Trends to Watch in 2020

The wellness industry has well and truly bloomed over the last decade, and it shows no signs of slowing down. So what are the next frontier trends i..

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A Nutritionist’s Guide to Improving Sleep

Quality sleep is absolutely essential to both a healthy body and mind. Impaired sleep, altered sleep patterns, and even mild sleep deprivation can s..

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Preventing getting sick when travelling

There is nothing worse than getting sick while on holiday. After weeks of planning and much anticipation, you want to be feeling in top form when ou..

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Surviving The Christmas Season With Your Health Intact

‘Tis the season to celebrate and I think we’re all ready to toast “Cheers to that”! It’s time to relax, be with family and to indulge in som..

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Food As Medicine

What we eat and what we drink really are vital parts of what we are – and what we will become. From before we are born all the way into old age, sus..

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8 Mood-Boosting Foods

New-Zealand’s Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 8th October - 14th October. This year’s theme is; Let nature in, strengthen your wellbeing �..

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The Spirit of Christmas

They don’t call it the silly season for nothing. December is a month I have a love/ hate relationship with and I’m sure I’m not alone. If thi..

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New Year Resolutions

It’s something about the calendar rolling over to a new year that makes us take stock of our lives. Perhaps it’s simply the enforced holiday seaso..

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Antibacterial this and that – one of my pet topics!

In my last blog about the gastro outbreak in Havelock North, I wrote about the importance of hand washing in the context of preventing illnesses sprea..

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General Wellness

Wellness is eating and moving the way nature intended, keeping stress levels down, avoiding toxins and aiming for balance in all things.

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Delaying a doctor's visit?

There’s a saying that ‘if you’ve got your health, you’ve got everything’. The gist is that your good health is your most important asset.

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