How The Bachelor Can Help You Lose 6kg In 28 Days!

The brainchild behind Australia’s first kids’ gym Gecko Sports , Sam has just launched a new Melbourne-based training facility and early next year a fitness app that aims for results in just 28 days. Here he gives The Carousel readers an exclusive insight to what makes him tick and how his fitness programs are changing…

ByThe Carousel21/10/20150Comments

Health

Brain Fitness: 5 Ways To Shape Up Your Brain

Brain fitness is about having a fit and healthy brain that allows us to perform at our very best, in all circumstances, according to Dr. Jenny Brockis, who specialises in the science of high performance thinking. “Life is getting busier, faster and more complex,” she says. “Staying at the top of our game requires a high…

ByFranki Hobson16/10/20150Comments

Careers Finance

7 Ways To Find Your Worth

What is an hour of your time worth? How about a week of your time, or a month, or a year? If you can only come up with a vague number or a ballpark estimation then you could be vastly underselling yourself, according to Lisa Messenger, author of Money & Mindfulness and editor-in-chief and founder…

ByLisa Messenger15/10/20150Comments

Careers Fitness Inspirational Women Wellness & Health

Felicity Palmateer On Surfing Big Waves

As a pro-surfer, artist and super-keen marine conservationist, I have an incredibly busy lifestyle – and wouldn’t change it for the world! Earlier this year I surfed the biggest wave of my life (and the biggest ever surfed by an Australian female) and now I’m working on a project with Venus about a topic I…

ByThe Carousel15/10/20150Comments

Health

Why Meditation Is Good For You

The experts tell us that just 10 minutes of meditation a day can make a huge difference to your mood and energy levels. Our bodies react to our mind and to what we are thinking every day. If you are feeling stressed and exhausted that’s because you don’t give your mind a rest, or a chance to…

ByAlison Maiden03/10/20150Comments

Health

Healthy Mind & Body Tips During Pregnancy

As women who have experienced the metamorphosis of pregnancy between us, four times, we are well versed in the sometimes-unpleasant changes that occur. We are also all too familiar with the need to try and stay positive and have a positive attitude to all that is happening. Easier said than done, we know: when our bodies…

ByThe Carousel01/10/20150Comments

Careers

Layne Beachley On Mentoring, Adoption & Winning

She already knew how to handle a surfboard but it was a pivotal moment – when her dad revealed she was adopted – that then, eight-year-old Layne Beachley from Manly Beach on Sydney’s North Shore, knew she had a reason to become the best in the world at what she loved. It didn’t take her…

ByRobyn Foyster29/09/20150Comments

Nutrition Wellness & Health

5 Ways To Spring Clean Your Gut

Winter can often be a time of total indulgence; nights spent in front of the TV sipping hot chocolate (or wine), days spent indoors huddled by the heater. When you combine that with battling colds and flus over winter, it’s no wonder then that many of us find ourselves feeling bloated, sluggish and generally under…

ByThe Carousel27/09/20150Comments

News News

Chris Bath’s Open Letter To The PM

And the best thing? You don't even need to be agile to pull it off before you head to the polls next year. But first, some slogan-free advocacy - simple persuasion (not a lecture of course). Every ten minutes, an Australian has a stroke. One in six of us will have one. It's up there…

ByPresenter17/09/20150Comments

Fitness Health

9 Fitness Trends That Will Shock You

And when it comes to a daily dose of activity, men are creatures of habit opting for more traditional sport such as footy, cycling and squash while women are more open to new fitness trends. 9 Fitness Trends That Will Shock You Here are nine fitness trends and facts from data collected by Fitbit tapping into…

ByVictoria Webster17/09/20150Comments