Health & Wellbeing
The Gut-Brain Connection
We’ve all heard the term ‘go with your gut’ when it comes to decision-making. But is there really such a thing as gut feelings? And
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Are you one of the one in five?
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects around one in five New Zealanders and Australians, with women being twice as likely to be affected than men. This
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Do you ever get ‘hangry’?
Do you have moments when you get so ravenous you can’t think straight? When hunger takes over your body and you need to eat immediately
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How deepening your compassion can make you feel healthier
Treat others how you’d like to be treated – I’m sure many of us would lose count of how many times we were reminded of
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11 ways to be kinder to yourself
In the heart of winter many people say that they feel out of sorts. People are generally drawn to comfort foods and tend to move
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Health gems from traditional medicine
We have learnt so much from traditional forms of medicine, whether this is their use of natural therapies or their holistic approach to the prevention and
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Let Food be Your Cold Medicine
The wisdom “let food be thy medicine” dates back almost 3,000 years, and the importance of this statement is no less important now than it was then. Food has the ability to help support us through these times when common winter illnesses such as colds and flus, sniffles, coughs, chapped skin and the winter blues abound for too many.
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5 habits that can subtly compromise your health
We all know that many of our lifestyle choices influence our health and wellbeing, however, what we don’t often consider are the small things we
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How to support hay fever naturally
For some, spring brings an inner rejoicing—the onset of warmer weather that allows us to pack away our winter woollies and step out into the
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Do you feed your feelings?
Every day I meet people who eat too much. They know they do but they can’t seem to stop. Sometimes it is nutritious food, more