Longevity Magazine

3 min. di lettura

Whether you are a beggar or a queen or somewhere in between, you will find yourself connecting consciously or unconsciously with consumption on a daily basis. A friend recently reminded me that, within a 24-hour period, we are exposed to over 800 br

Girlfriend Australia

1 min. di lettura

Learning to challenge negative thoughts takes time and practice but it is doable. Think of your thoughts as a muscle that you have to constantly exercise to change the way you think. There is a way to practise flexing this positively thinking muscle

MENOPAUSE

4 min. di lettura

I am always fascinated by the results of this simple, brilliant scientific method. It grasps where words are still missing, makes the invisible visible, strengthens and revitalises easily only with pen and paper. As one of the first qualified neurogr

Longevity Magazine

4 min. di lettura

Have you been there? Depressed and without hope? The dream that life advertised reduced to a sham... a bluff... a lie? I have. The hall of doom and gloom that my mind had become was devoid of optimistic expectation. The ache of loneliness and despair

WHO

2 min. di lettura

There are times when taking a slower approach allows you to go further. Aries, you might think you never need healing but you need to slow down and make yourself better when you’re hurting. This is a good week to see where you need healing, emotional

Longevity Magazine

3 min. di lettura

Everything is constantly in motion; nothing stays the same. This is true for every aspect of life, excluding – wait for it – your thoughts. I was recently reminded that, on average, we have about 60 000 thoughts a day, only to find that 95% of them a

The Guardian

5 min. di lettura

Every day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries

The Paris Review

8 min. di lettura

Catherine Lacey (Photo by Daymon Gardner) I read Catherine Lacey’s first novel, the gorgeously despondent Nobody Is Ever Missing, in a gulp. It unfolds like a hungry gasp. Nothing much happens really: one day, Elyria takes off for New Zealand to visi

Nadia

1 min. di lettura

Having the mental energy to be passionate and motivated isn’t always easy. Try these helpful habits: Research shows that inhaling the compounds found in rosemary can improve cognition, specifically speed of thought, concentration and memory. You coul

Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

8 min. di lettura

“Look over to the right, and look thoughtful,” instructs our photographer. “Should I look like I’m thinking about my depression?” Kimberley Crossman deadpans, then adopts a dramatically furrowed brow. It’s a moment that beautifully sums up the dual n

Good Health

1 min. di lettura

Have you recently caught yourself judging someone for their appearance, behaviour or relationship, only to feel guilty about it? Casting judgement is natural – we all do it. But an unhealthy amount can intensify negative thoughts, and it’s important

Your Family

4 min. di lettura

Life is moving at a faster pace than ever before. We’re frazzled, overwhelmed and anxious to keep up with the needs of our families, careers and finances, while also maintaining our physical and emotional health and wellbeing amidst the chaos. Added

Diabetic Living Australia

1 min. di lettura

Positive self-talk doesn’t just happen. It requires taking a step back, identifying that the conversations you have with yourself are negative, and working to think in a more balanced way. Just don’t be too hard on yourself. “Reframing how you talk i

Bicycling Australia

1 min. di lettura

A couple of useful tips I personally use to conquer a tough race or training session are the following: If you are trying to catch a rider ahead of you, instead of focusing on the negative aspects, imagine there is a really strong magnet or a lasso

Poets & Writers

3 min. di lettura

whose debut novel, A Place for Us, was published in June by SJP for Hogarth. INTRODUCED BY Garth Greenwell author of the novel What Belongs to You, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2016. I always cringe a little when a novel is called “wise.

NZ Marketing

6 min. di lettura

In October 2018, former FCB managing director Rufus Chuter and former OMD chief digital officer Kris Hadley announced they were launching a new strategy, technology and media management agency, Together. In the time since they’ve focussed on establis

Best Self Magazine

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Photograph by William Randles ________________________________ Recently a friend asked me, “what is mind yoga?” I responded that it’s thinking deeply about something you just read, heard or saw. It’s realizing what we’re thinking about and making an

Good

2 min. di lettura

I raise you a new thought: the saying “the future is female” is wrong. Hear me out. This, like everything that was out of balance with the patriarchy, is flawed, in the same swing of imbalance from female to male, to male to female. The truth is, “th

Pick Me Up

1 min. di lettura

Q I’ve been cancer-free for two years but still live in fear of it coming back. How can I stop my fear taking over? Mike, Brighton A For many people, fear of a recurrence of cancer can be disabling. In our experience at Maggie’s, talking through the

Mountain Biking UK

1 min. di lettura

No awareness of the skills you need to learn and unable to do them. You realise there’s a need to learn but can’t do the skills. You understand how to do the skills but can only do them with practice, conscious thought and hard work. The skills are s

Writer's Digest

5 min. di lettura

While walking along a path in Italy that brought him joy, Ross Gay suddenly thought that it would be a fun intellectual experiment to write a short essay about a pleasant experience every day for one year, beginning with his birthday. By the time he

Architectural Review Asia Pacific

6 min. di lettura

With 45,000 square meterage over 35 floors, an emboldened Melbourne CBD location at 555 Collins Street and occupancy rates at delightfully low levels, you’d assume a $1.5 billion commercial tower from Charter Hall would be a successful walk in the pa

TRAIL

3 min. di lettura

It can be a simple thing to run. Get up and go. You can be happy enough running this way. But you can’t fulfil your potential at speed, distance, or turn-around. If you want to increase your running ability you need to learn to manage the energy syst

Quilting Arts Magazine

1 min. di lettura

After watching deer pass by her kitchen window, Kathy York made a series of deer quilts symbolizing simple living. She explains, “I keep thinking that they do not grocery shop, or prepare meals, or wash all the dishes. They survive by just grazing on

WellBeing

3 min. di lettura

A visit to Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat is an opportunity to rest and recharge. Many guests arrive seeking an immersive wellness experience with the chance to disconnect from their busy life and simply feel better. A key component of a stay at Gwingan

NPR

15 min. di lettura

With Meghna Chakrabarti Beauty. Politics. Inequality. Gender. Money. Familiar themes endlessly discussed. But are we hearing every essential voice? Rhetorical question, because the answer is obviously no. For example, not enough of us have heard the

Futurity

6 min. di lettura

Mounting evidence that social media-friendly “fake news” may have shaped the outcome of the 2016 election has strengthened the conviction of some that US politics are uniquely and newly broken. “That’s the cool thing about science. When you’re watchi

Business Today

4 min. di lettura

His travel schedules could compare with some of the most elite business travellers. Last year, Saswat Kumar Swain, 36, Associate Manager at Accenture, Bengaluru, spent six months in Sweden and, in the remaining part of the year, found himself in a di

WellBeing

7 min. di lettura

Words NICK PARKINS The simple act of relating to others — in families, with friends or as a fleeting interaction between strangers — can be fraught with needless division, angst, self-doubt and confusion. This problem is often couched in goodwill, pa

Top Sante

3 min. di lettura

YOU HAVE AROUND 60-80,000 thoughts per day, according to neuroscientific research. Some of the research indicates that as much as 60 and 70 per cent of thought content can be negative in nature. It’s important to understand that most of your thoughts