Is coconut good for you?
Depending on who you talk to or what you read, coconut products (such as coconut oil) may be touted as a health-promoting superfood or a
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Health & Wellbeing
Is coconut good for you?
Depending on who you talk to or what you read, coconut products (such as coconut oil) may be touted as a health-promoting superfood or a
Energy
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
Health & Wellbeing
Self-care won’t always feel good
As the holiday season begins to appear on the horizon, the pace of life can pick up and many people get caught in a conundrum
Health & Wellbeing
Ageing and weight gain: is it inevitable?
Too many people are led to believe that ageing and weight gain go hand in hand. The thing is, if this was the case, everyone would put on weight as they aged – and this does not happen.
Beauty
Inspiring a new generation of young girls
Attend any school event where there are children aged six, and you see many little girls who could rule the world. Their posture is upright, their eyes are bright and they have confidence in who they are—whether that is bold and boisterous or quiet and reflective.
Health & Wellbeing
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 happy snaps of their family on holiday via Facebook, while Instagram shows us “flawless” people promoting all kinds of products.
Beauty
How stress ages us
How often do you feel overwhelmed by the everyday tasks in your life? When everything feels urgent or we perceive immense amounts of pressure in our daily lives, it communicates stress to our body. And for far too many people, this is becoming a daily occurrence
Beauty
Slowing down the ageing process
Ageing; no matter how we feel about it, it’s something we can’t avoid. What we do have more control over, is how we transition through the years.
Beauty
Inflammation and Ageing
Inflammation is one of the major drivers behind ageing. Put simply, inflammation is your immune system’s response to a stimulus – usually problematic substances that have entered your body or been created in your body.
Beauty
How do we age?
When we hear the words “anti-ageing” most of us think about the outside of our body—the part of us that other people see. We want to look good for our age; to have beautiful, unblemished taut skin and a youthful glow.