5 Exercises To Help Lower Anxiety

Regular exercise is a potent antidote to anxiety and one of the simplest things you can do to assist your stress levels and improve your mental state. Engaging in physical activity triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural stress-relievers, which contribute to an immediate mood lift says Tahnee Donkin, National Fitness Manager at Genesis…

ByAlice Duthie06/06/20240Comments

Fitness Health

Casey Donovan On How She Overcame Her Imposter Syndrome

Given her star performance during the ABC New Year’s Eve Concert, an upcoming role in Australia’s hottest new musical, and the success of her latest single, Shake It, it’s hard to believe that Casey Donovan sometimes suffers from 'imposter syndrome'. However, she is now more in-demand than ever and is in the best shape of her…

ByRobyn Foyster24/01/20230Comments

Health Mood and Mind

Anxiety Breakthrough: How To Reclaim Your Inner Calm

It’s all about management now for the journalist and author Elisa Black who, until recently, had suffered from a lifelong and often crippling condition and now focuses on ways to achieve inner calm. “Anxiety is part of everybody’s life so to say I’ll never have anxiety again would be crazy, for want of a better word,”…

ByRobyn Foyster24/01/20230Comments

Happiness Health Lifestyle & Homes Parenting Relationships Wellness & Health

Are You A Lonely Mum? You’re Not Alone. There’s An Epidemic!

Having a little baby is often a social magnet – conversations in the shopping centre with strangers, with other mums are not unusual. There are groups in communities that bring parents – especially mums – together for education and support. But soon those change and the tantruming toddler isn’t such an awesome drawcard. Then mums in…

ByClaire Orange24/05/20220Comments

Mood and Mind Pets Wellness & Health

Separation Anxiety: Is Your Dog Too Attached to You?

If your dog appears stressed out when you leave home or just the room, you may be dealing with a case of separation anxiety. Vets define it as a behaviour problem expressed through a set of symptoms like excessive salivation, barking, whining, tearing up your home, scratching at walls, doors and floors and attempting to escape…

ByTracey Clayton16/05/20200Comments

Careers Health Wellness & Health

Mental Health Issues In Small Businesses: A Matter Not To Be Neglected

When you think of the economy, you tend think of the big businesses, the powerhouses, the Apples, the Googles. But in a nation where small businesses thrive and nourish the economy, it seems illogical to leave them starving. In light of a recent study on over 750 small business operators, MYOB and…

ByEmeric Brard05/09/20190Comments

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

Best Quick Techniques To Stop Feeling Anxious Right Now

I know you’ve heard it all before, you’ve tried different exercises but you always go back to the same place – anxious. Stress and anxiety seem to go hand in hand with life these days. It’s the norm now to live in a stressed out or anxious environment, it’s as though it’s a given. We wake…

BySimonne Lee26/03/20190Comments

Health

What Is Reiki And How Does It Help With Stress And Anxiety?

First of all, the best way for me to explain Reiki, is to describe what it feels like to be on the receiving end. I always liken it to lying in a park under a tree with the sun streaming down in between the leaves. You can feel the warmth of the sun’s rays whilst…

BySimonne Lee05/04/20180Comments

Parenting

9 Handy Phrases To Calm An Anxious Child

But navigating your way through those speed bumps will serve them well in the years to come, says Renee Jain, who has a Masters in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. In the heat of the moment, she recommends trying these simple phrases to help children identify, accept, and work through their biggest fears. “Can you…

ByThe Carousel27/03/20160Comments

Relationships Wellness & Health

Our Self-Harm & Youth Suicide Epidemic

Self-harm is at epidemic proportions and is not privy to any socio-economic status. Although there are higher rates of girls self-harming, boys self-harming is on the rise. With this in mind, why are we not talking about these issues more? Why are we not reading about it in the papers? Why aren’t we listening to…

ByJules Allen30/09/20150Comments