Dr Joe Unplugged

Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise, sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways....

It’s Christmas!

If Christmas did not exist it would need to be invented. Perfectly timed at the end of the year, it allows for many people worldwide to celebrate in some way, shape or form. This may be the formal religious celebration or simply a catch up with friends and family....

We Need Our Sleep

Human beings spend more time being asleep than anything else. It is estimated that at the turn of the twentieth century the average American slept nine hours each night. By the turn of the twenty first century this figure has dropped to under eight hours. Lack of...
Habits Of Happy Relationships

Habits Of Happy Relationships

In happy relationships, couples support each other’s personal growth and development. Couples need to have a strong “Me” and a strong “We”. Here are some of my favourite relationship reminders and research-proven habits for happy relationships.

How To Make Your 2012 Resolutions Stick

Once a year, we place a great emphasis on being goal orientated. As if deep in our psyche, we all have agreed to treat the turning over of a year as the golden opportunity to ride a massive wave of momentum. If you want to ride this wave wisely, the surfboard and technique are your responsibility.

Five Tips To Make Your Goals A Reality

Five Tips To Make Your Goals A Reality

  The universe goes in seasons and cycles. The earth goes around the sun. The moon goes around the earth. The seasons follow in order; summer after spring and winter after autumn (fall). Night follows day and the month’s click around to December, which is...

Tips To Boost Your Immune System

Our protective roof against viruses is our immune system. We hear a lot about ways to support your heart, lungs, liver, brain and bones but surprisingly little about how to boost your immunity

What Really Matters In Life?

Whenever one visits a cemetery the descriptions on the headstones have a certain theme to them.It is not about the size of their house, whether they owned a yacht or even about a business they may have run. Headstones always describe the most important relationships.

How To Create A Mindset For Fitness

How To Create A Mindset For Fitness

So many people tend to make excuses as to why they can’t get fit or even be consistent in their exercise program. Folks, let me tell you, there are none.In order to get fit, you’ve got to want to get fit.

A Dozen Tips For A Stress Free Christmas

For virtually everyone there was a time when Christmas meant fun. It is a slightly sad reflection on society that so many people see Christmas as a stressful time.This year ask yourself what needs to happen for me to enjoy Christmas as much as when I was six years old?

Six Tips For A Longer Life

Six Tips For A Longer Life

OK its now “official” - being sedentary does actually kill you. The negative impact of a sedentary lifestyle on our health has been observed for many years but it has now been clearly shown and quantified. An Australian study of 8800 people over six years found those...