Essentials South Africa

2 min. di lettura

In a world where we’re encouraged to be independent, you may worry that asking for help means that you’re imposing on someone, or that you appear ‘weak’. Yet for all the reasons you may be loathed to ask someone for help, there are just as many why y

Lunch Lady Magazine

8 min. di lettura

How did the Radical Hope Club come about? Tiff: It came about off the back of the climate strikes last year in Byron Bay, our local town. We were striking for climate with the school kids. We had our children with us. And at the end of the rally, whi

Woman & Home

3 min. di lettura

Remember the freedom you felt as a child? Playing elaborate games, exploring and taking risks – you lived in the moment. All too often, we forget how to play – we might briefly reclaim that feeling, but those moments tend to be few and far between. Y

WellBeing

1 min. di lettura

Time to check in. How are you feeling? How have the past few months been for you? All of us, at times, have experienced feelings of uncertainty and fear. Every crisis provides an opportunity for you to grow as a person and deepen your relationship wi

Best Self Magazine

4 min. di lettura

Photograph by Matt Hoffman — We all know what it feels like to get hooked by something in life. It happens every day. Little things and big things — a look, a thought, an experience — grab us viscerally. A tear in our jacket, a tone of voice, a faili

WellBeing

7 min. di lettura

Dating has its challenges anywhere in the world, but New York City is known to be a tough landscape for finding your match. Hannah*, 36, an Australian living — and dating — in New York was recently ghosted by a man she clicked with. “I met him on a d

VOGUE India

2 min. di lettura

The hotel that kept me up most of the night with its loud music, the teacher who accused me of plagiarism because the poem I had written was “too good for a child”, taxi drivers who refuse to drop me to my exact destination...the list goes on. I have

Women's Running

6 min. di lettura

This past June, at 39 weeks pregnant, I shared a photo of myself post-workout on Instagram, sweaty, baby bump and all. I got a slew of encouraging messages: #pregnancygoals and You look great, some of them read. But the truth was, I didn’t feel great

Best Self Magazine

3 min. di lettura

Photograph by Brent Gorwin — Some of you might think that journals are only for young girls. I did, too. When I was a kid I used to keep a journal. As I grew up, I abandoned it. I was an adult and adults do not keep a diary, right? Yet, every time I

Cosmopolitan South Africa

2 min. di lettura

men may not have periods or labour pains, but there is one unfair thing that comes with the territory of being biologically male: unexpected erections. The inconvenient boner coaxed by a buxom model on a pasta-sauce jar is a punch line in practically

WellBeing

1 min. di lettura

The comfort of familiarity can be a wonderful anchor to bring you back “home”. Home might be physically returning to your humble abode, the warm embrace of a loved one or perhaps even a connection to your breath. These examples all share a common the

Mindful

1 min. di lettura

1 TAKE YOUR SEAT. Take a moment to close your eyes or keep a soft gaze toward the floor. Take a few deep breaths. 2 PICTURE A PERSON. Visualize a person in your life who has hurt you—maybe not the most extreme example, but it could be a family member

ELLE Australia

3 min. di lettura

you’d be forgiven for writing off Gabrielle Bernstein as the kind of self-help author who floats through life on a cloud, wrapped in spiritual cottonwool. After all, she meditates twice a day, she doesn’t eat sugar and she literally puts her phone to

Yoga Journal

2 min. di lettura

This challenging year has depleted our emotional well-being in unpredictable ways. During times like these, failing to remember our innate unbreakable wholeness—and its qualities of indestructible joy and peace—can cause us to over-identify with our

Best Self Magazine

5 min. di lettura

Photograph by Oliver Roos It is strange to write about suicide when you’re happy. It nearly seems disrespectful. Because if you’ve really been there, at the point of killing yourself, you know it is not a show, a gamble or a play for attention. That

Woman

1 min. di lettura

‘If you regularly feel short of time, are tired, unmotivated and, as a result, spend most of the week feeling stressed and demoralised, it’s easy to wish your week away and look forward to the weekend as a means of escape,’ says Isabella. But here’s

You South Africa

6 min. di lettura

WHEN I was 26 I broke up with a long-term partner, got an ill-advised facial piercing and changed careers – all in the space of a month. What I learnt during those four weeks is that life is like a cake: you can’t unbake it if you don’t like the flav

Psychologies

5 min. di lettura

While googling ‘should I have a baby?’, I hope that some internet wizardry will draw answers from the inner workings of my mind – because, as it stands, I don’t have a clue. Aged 34 and married for four years, there have been a lot of people, includi

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

Farmers are lazy. Not all of them, but certainly in my experience I have come across several of them who are. Perhaps lazy is not the right word. Laziness and complacency are related semantically, and I think complacent hits closer to the mark. Compl

Woman's Own

1 min. di lettura

You pride yourself on your ability to shut things away and get on with life. To others, it looks like you’re resilient – but really, you’re toughing it out. Try to spend time on reflecting on what’s happened and take yourself out of your usual enviro

Pick Me Up Special

1 min. di lettura

Many kids struggle to cope after their parents get divorced and it's completely normal for them to grieve the loss of the family they once had. Over time, they will come to terms with it and parents can help make the process as easy as possible for t

Essentials South Africa

2 min. di lettura

Don’t be fooled into thinking that sticking to your guns makes you strong. Letting go is liberating, whether you have to bid goodbye to a way of life, a toxic relationship or a bad habit. Push may have come to shove. You could be facing a situation t

You South Africa

4 min. di lettura

THERE are various types of intelligence – emotional, educational and spiritual, for example. But we also need to develop our body intelligence to be truly healthy, according to US doctor Rachel Carlton Abrams. “Being body-wise is the ability to tap i

MASK The Magazine

1 min. di lettura

Kids are pressured, stressed and challenged by the ever-changing landscape they navigate in today’s world. As parents, we do our best to teach them right from wrong, give them the consequences resulting from their choices, and love them through the s

Travel & Leisure India & South Asia

2 min. di lettura

What does peace mean to you? For me, peace is to be content with the little things, and self-confidence and self-love are very important. A beautiful, natural atmosphere definitely adds [to the feeling]. I am at peace being at such a serene location

Sofya Style Magazine

2 min. di lettura

Mindfulness has become something of a buzzword recently, everybody talks about it, but what exactly is it? Mindful parenting is the concept of being present, in the moment, with your children. Your attention may well be the greatest gift you can ever

WHO

2 min. di lettura

The “complaint sandwich” is a basic structure for your feedback (or criticism, complaint, gripe, etc) that will not only make it easier for the receiver to listen to, but is much more likely to inspire change. At the very least, it shouldn’t explode

Girlfriend Australia

1 min. di lettura

You need to be super gentle with yourself at times like these. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re feeling crappy or you’ve let a few things slip between the cracks. “Self-care is crucial during any time of change, especially with one so close to your h

Golf Tips

4 min. di lettura

It is ironic in golf how most of us curse and crave the game at the same time. We become ornery and unruly when shots go astray, only to feel exuberant and excited moments later when things go our way. As much as we complain, and far too often we do,

You South Africa

1 min. di lettura

It’s especially difficult for younger kids to understand why their parents are working while at home – usually they’re home more over weekends, and it means family time and playing. This age group, says Jasmin Kooverjee, a clinical psychologist based