How the average modern life impacts on your adrenal glands
When it comes to energy, vitality and many other aspects of your health, your adrenal glands pack a hefty punch. Only the size of a walnut, these two mighty glands...
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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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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...
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...
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...
The impact of stress on your memory
Do you find yourself regularly forgetting where you put the keys? Or do you often walk into a room only to forget what you were going in there for? When...
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...
Cortisol: the chronic stress hormone
The human body makes two dominant stress hormones. They are adrenaline and cortisol. Cortisol is our chronic stress hormone. In other words, we tend to make too much of it...
How stress impacts your hormones
We all have moments of stress in our lives and our bodies are designed to cope with small bursts of it. However, in our modern society where the pace of...
The link between stress and poor digestion
When it comes to poor digestion, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or simply a bloated tummy, stress can be a major contributing factor. Your body always has your best interests at...
Cortisol and body fat
In my years of working with women, many have shared that even if they eat like a bird and exercise like crazy—they still gain body fat. And according to the...
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.
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...
Signs your adrenals need support
Ever wake up feeling like you’ve been hit by a truck? It could be that your adrenal glands are struggling to keep up with what you’re asking of them. Only...
How stress impacts your food choices
I have never believed that weight-loss or weight management is as simple as calories in versus calories out. Our bodies are not inert and what contributes to how we nourish...