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...
How To Get What You Really Want

How To Get What You Really Want

Are you tired of not having want you want in your career, relationship, health and in life? Do you just miss out on finding love, getting that promotion, pay rise, desired weight, taking that next step in life, etc? Here are the secrets to getting what you really...

Laugh More

Laugh More

Last week saw the passing of comedian Gene Wilder. Although he had not made a movie for some 25 years, he is still regarded as one of the greats of comedy. Movies like Blazing Saddles are classics. When interviewed a few years ago he said that he had stopped making...

Top 10 Foods To Stop Hunger And Cravings For Hours!

Top 10 Foods To Stop Hunger And Cravings For Hours!

How often have you felt your tummy talking, okay shouting to you for hot pizza, crunchy chips, donuts, ice cream, or chocolate? You know, mid-way between breakfast and lunch or between lunch and dinner? It is not a given for you to be hungry or experience cravings...

Get Off Mothers’ Backs!

Get Off Mothers’ Backs!

It is the quintessential motherhood statement to say that it is good for babies to be breast-fed. It is not the purpose of this blog to list the benefits or why we should encourage mothers to breast-feed. We all know this. Plus, virtually all women want to breast-feed...

Delicious Rice Salad

Delicious Rice Salad

You need: 1 1⁄2 cups cooked long grain rice, cooled 1 1⁄2 cups cooked wild rice, cooled 2 ribs celery, chopped small 6 radishes, chopped small 3⁄4 cup currants 1⁄2 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped 1⁄2 bunch parsley, chopped Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper,...

Music It May Be More Important Than You Think

Music It May Be More Important Than You Think

Most of us remember the 1966 hit by the Beach Boys, “Good Vibrations”. One of the lines in the lyrics is “I’m pickin’ up good vibrations”. What are these vibrations referring to? Dr. John Demartini likes to say, “We are all vibrators”. This double entendre is open to...

Be Offensive

Be Offensive

Commentator Brendan O’Neill made an interesting point in a recent column in the Weekend Australian suggesting that being “offensive” is a key part of human progress. He noted that Copernicus “offended” the Christian authorities of his day by claiming the earth were...

Pokémon Go – Something To Celebrate

Pokémon Go – Something To Celebrate

It is fascinating to see how the world turns. A lament of many over the last decade or so has been that teenagers and children do not get outside to play and spend too much time on screens. This was initially TV and video games and more recently phones. So it is great...

What Is Missing In Your Life

What Is Missing In Your Life

Do you feel as if there is something missing in your life? Are you wondering or questioning whether there is more to life? Would you like to have far greater motivation, energy, fulfilment and happiness in your life? The people who are happiest and most fulfilled in...

Understanding Insulin

Understanding Insulin

Hormones play a central role in our metabolism. In this video Tom and I talk about the role of insulin especially in weight management. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n2eNFtEsso   Tom Shiyoya is a personal trainer with over 16 years experience. He owns two Plus...