Signs of stress and overwhelm that are often overlooked
Are the signs and symptoms of stress and overwhelm slipping beyond your notice? Ongoing stress can affect our body in myriad ways, but many people may not necessarily link this...
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What is stress actually costing you?
Think back to the last time you felt truly relaxed. Can you remember how it felt? Now, contrast that with a moment of high stress – your heart racing, mind...
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Food and mood: some ways gut health affect calm and contentment
When we think of our mood, we tend to think of it as being related to our brain. Yet many neurotransmitters are actually made in the gut. Serotonin is a...
Eat your way to calm
Health, vitality and our ability to live from a calm centre is not a black and white concept. These states are created from hundreds if not thousands of tiny decisions...
3 ways to give your nervous system a holiday
Even before the past two years unfolded, many people will have identified with being stressed on a regular basis. And the uncertainty of the recent past has only added more...
How to sit with strong emotions
Many of us are taught that any ‘negative’ feeling is wrong. We aren’t taught this with actual words, but through observing how other people deal with these emotions when they...
3 ways to stop being your own worst enemy
It’s incredibly frustrating to feel as though you’re working against yourself. That no matter how hard you try, no matter what you learn, you somehow seem to end up sabotaging...
Dr Libby at TEDx - Changing the way you think about Stress
There is very real and genuine stress and there is also a huge amount of stress we create for ourselves because of how we think. So much of our stress...
Listen to Dr Libby answer these questions
FREE audio: Listen to this Q&A with Dr Libby Do you love learning from Dr Libby? We do too. And to be honest, one of the perks of the job...
Supporting yourself through the stress of natural disaster
It’s been an incredibly difficult start to the year in Australia. The devastation that has already been caused by the bushfires raging across the country is hard to fathom and...
When the festive season adds to your invisible load
The Christmas period can be a time of joy and celebration—yet for many people it also becomes a time of increased pressure and responsibility. Whether it’s juggling children on school...
The smallest caring step
One of the smallest and often most rewarding steps you can take towards self-care is to let yourself experience joy. And best of all, it’s free! The key words in...
Are you whispering your boundaries?
How often do you catch yourself saying ‘yes’ when you really want to say ‘no’? In a recent blog, I wrote about how self-care won’t always feel comfortable.How sometimes, in...
If stress is an ongoing issue for you, read this
Stress is something that most people experience to varying degrees. It’s part of being human and it’s also part of what keeps us safe.
Are you ensnared in the culture of comparison?
In our modern digital world, between advertising and social media, we are exposed to an enormous amount of images on a daily basis. On social media alone our friends post...
The highs and lows of cortisol
You might think only of cortisol in relation to stress or cortisone in relation to something that gets injected into injured joints. Your body makes both.
The Side-Effects of Fast Living
There are some periods in our life that are unavoidably busy. We might have multiple deadlines, an influx of unavoidable commitments or it's school holidays and we're trying to juggle between kids...