Movement is medicine

Chores are good for us. I can hear you all screaming already. Household chores typically aren't the most popular activity that people do through the course of the week. And I get it. It's not what you do for fun, but it keeps your house in order. And that can include...

Outcomes Matter More Than Intentions

In sport, you can tell how you or in a team sport, your team is traveling by the scoreboard. It's not to say that winning is everything, and you can certainly enjoy playing sport for the enjoyment of playing sport. That's a good thing. But if you want to know whether...

Observations on Black Friday

Is the season of Black Friday sales. It's interesting. Black Friday hails from the USA, the day after Thanksgiving, which we've had very recently. And like a lot of American trends, if you like, they do tend to spread around the world. It is interesting. Australians...
Be The Best You Can

Be The Best You Can

Once in a while a TV show comes along that captures people’s imagination. Currently we have the first series of Australian Ninja Warrior. Like most of these shows it is a local franchise of a program developed elsewhere and licensed. It is also not a new idea. That...

In Search Of The Elusive ‘Work-Life Balance’?

In Search Of The Elusive ‘Work-Life Balance’?

These days we hear a lot about this thing called ‘work life balance’. We know that we need it, we are told that we need it but we are not really told what it is, why we need it and how to get it. By the very notion that it is called ‘work life balance’ we learn that...

Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

There is an old adage that politics makes strange bedfellows. The E-cigarette debate in Australia has given a new twist to this with the Tobacco industry and Tobacco control effectively on the same side when it comes to people continuing to smoke. Sound bizarre? Well...

How Do I Stop Feeling So Angry?

How Do I Stop Feeling So Angry?

Have you ever overreacted with anger to what someone else said or did? Are you prone to road rage? How much is that anger costing you in terms of lost career opportunities or soured relationships? When is anger appropriate? All emotions, including anger, are an...

Enjoyment Matters

Enjoyment Matters

Research has shown that those who do not drink alcohol at all die younger than those who do. Like many of these studies we will never hear more about it. Yet it confirms the pattern often seen that studies, particularly about nutrition are contradictory. No wonder we...

9 Reasons To Eat Fat For Weight Loss

9 Reasons To Eat Fat For Weight Loss

In the world of nutrition, we are bombarded with conflicting and misleading information about fats. Should we eat less of them or more of them? Are you confused? An imbalance of healthy fat in our diet can lead to deranged cell membranes, which leads to cells that are...

How To Improve Your Sleep

How To Improve Your Sleep

Sleep is a pillar of health yet we can regard it as optional while others have difficulty sleeping. In this video George and I discuss some ideas that may help you sleep better and get the rest you need. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUtMOI2WXzQ   George...

Pass The Salt

Pass The Salt

Salt is essential for life but, like fats has been wrongly demonised by public health.The facts may surprise you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPPMXwLVTpc  

Toxins Everywhere?

Toxins Everywhere?

There is much hype about de-toxing. But is it needed? Is there a simpler way? And what is a toxin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzzk2F2S5jc  

How To Handle The Bad Days

How To Handle The Bad Days

Do you sometimes have what’s called ‘one of those days’? It may be a series of costly mishaps like spilling coffee on your pants or getting a speeding fine. And it can include feeling neglected, like having people not respond to your texts, having last minute...

Lessons From Churchill

Lessons From Churchill

It has become the default position to complain about how badly off we are. It is almost a competition to see who can be the biggest victim. No one will state that life in Australia is not too bad. WA Today Columnist Richard Glover noted last year, “No one wants to...

Stress And You

Stress And You

Dr Joe and George Helou talk about how stress affects you and ways to manage it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=CqFhlOb7u94&t=4s