HEALTH & WELLBEING

2/8/2020

What does wellbeing mean to you? Is it simply a lack of illness and disease or does it mean that you are filled with joy, vitality and a purpose to life? Welcome to our articles on Health and Wellbeing, which redefine what true health and wellbeing can look and feel like, no matter your age

LIVING WITH AN ILLNESS

1/8/2020

Some years ago, I was invited to join a group of nurses and other people looking at the problems of living with chronic illness. It was an 8-week course covering a wide range of diseases such as asthma, arthritis, diabetes, depression and cardiac issues, to name a few. At the time I had arthritis in my hands which made my job in aged care rather difficult.

HIGH NOTES AT 70

31/3/2020

Recently I had my hearing tested because I was unable to understand what my 4 year old grand-daughter was saying, nor did I always realise someone was talking to me if they were in another room. I delayed my first visit to an audiologist, justifying that the hearing problem was due to wax build-up to which I am prone.

ILLNESS AS A BLESSING

28/2/2020

After feeling very tired for a long period, having regular blood tests and visiting my local doctor, I was told to have a colonoscopy. Due to my very low iron levels my doctor felt I could be bleeding internally so I was pleased when I was able to book the colonoscopy for a couple of days later. After the colonoscopy was over I was told that I had bowel cancer. Shock, horror at that word. No one in my family had ever had cancer.

CLEANING WITH LOVE

26/2/2020

Cleaning Tip –

If you love what you do then it goes from clean to gleam. It lights up your home. It's the love that you put into cleaning that makes all the difference.

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE - NATURE, NURTURE AND ME

30/12/2019

Many of us have led busy even manic working lives, raising children, keeping house, working in a business, organising holidays, appointments, meeting deadlines and keeping up a social life, but could we say that we were always living a healthy lifestyle?

As we age we have a renewed opportunity to ‘stop and smell the roses’.

A HEALING JOURNEY IS NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES

29/9/2019

In my younger years I used to give others very definite advice about what I thought they needed to hear, in other words, I knew better!
In my enthusiasm for each new learning which I felt to be the thing that would save us all and the world, I would spout endless information about my current favourite.

EAT TO LIVE

30/8/2019

Do we eat to live or live to eat? Food – what is the best food to eat for our individual body? It seems a bit like the eternal question ‘What to wear?’

When it comes to food and what is good to eat, the opinions, ideas and beliefs are widespread and often contradictory.

VITALITY AS WE AGE

31/7/2019

It is no secret that your personal vitality plays a key role in the quality of your everyday life. Some may refer to vitality as their own ‘life force’ or simply their energy level. If your energy is low, is it possible to naturally ramp up that vital essence within you, in spite of the many physical and mental challenges you may currently face or have faced in the past?

DOES A LACK OF SELF-CARE CONTRIBUTE TO OSTEOPOROSIS?

29/4/2019

Shock horror – I had just received a diagnosis of having osteoporosis! As I left the Doctor’s surgery my mind was running wild with all the information of how the media, women’s and health magazines and the internet (especially Dr. Google) have described the effects osteoporosis has on a person. Images of little old ladies walking with a frame, seen in many advertisements selling calcium tablets, came running across my mind.

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