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Saint Belford's Alex Phillips: My self-care strategies for the festive season

Navigate the most wonderful time of the year with these quick self-care fixes

WELLBEING, HEALTH, SLEEP HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTHEmma Vidgen15 December 2020anxiety, self care, Christmas, mental health

Keen to try a natural deo but don’t know where to start? Here are our picks of the best natural deodorants around – and they’re all Aussie too!

WELLBEING, HEALTH, Clean beauty, natural beautyEmma Vidgen6 October 2020natural deodorant, best natural deodorant, aluminium free deodorant, natch essentials, biode natural deodorant, asuvi natural deodorant, no tox beauty, low tox beauty, clean beauty, natural beauty

Are you using magnesium oil spray yet? Here's why you should.

Muscles sore ? Can’t sleep? Body hurts all over? Time to make friends with magnesium oil .

WELLBEING, HEALTH, SLEEP HEALTHEmma Vidgen14 September 2020anxiety, magnesium oil, magnesium oil spray, magnesium benefits, magnesium oil benefits, sore muscle relief, INSOMNIA

Think you know everything about choosing a kids sunscreen? Read this.

Call Time On Melanoma Founder and beauty journalist, Lisa Patulny, helps us navigate the minefield that is kids sunscreen and sun safety.

WELLBEING, HEALTH, SKIN HEALTHEmma Vidgen19 June 2020parenting, parenting support, healthy parenting, sun safety, sunscreen, call time on melanoma

Everything you've ever wanted to know about collagen

How did I lose it? How to I regain it? What’s the best form to take? Can I mainline it? These questions and more - answered!

WELLBEING, HEALTH, GUT HEALTH, SKIN HEALTHEmma Vidgen27 May 2020collagen, marine collagen, highest collagen on the market, optima nutricosmetics, collagen powders, best collagen powders, optima discount, collagen powder discount

Navigating pregnancy in stressful times

Founder of SheBirths, childbirth educator, doula and prenatal yoga specialist Nadine Richardson, shares her tips on keeping you and baby calm.

WELLBEING, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, PREGNANCYEmma Vidgen5 May 2020pregnancy, anxiety, pregnancy during stressful times, calm during pregnancy

The real reason you wake up at 3am

Always wake up at 3am or the same time every night? Find out what your body is trying to tell you

HEALTH, NATURAL REMEDIES, WELLBEINGEmma Vidgen3 May 2020traditional chinese medicine, chinese medicine, insomnia, sleep, anxiety, holistic health

Yin yoga for anxiety, fear and anger

Yin yoga expert Mel McLaughlin shares three simple poses to help process big emotions

HEALTH, WELLBEING, CHINESE MEDICINE, YOGA, MENTAL HEALTHEmma Vidgen21 April 2020traditional chinese medicine, acupressure, yoga, yin yoga

Natural remedies for insomnia that actually work

These natural remedies will help you get to sleep faster and help you stay asleep longer

HEALTH, NATURAL REMEDIES, WELLBEING, CHINESE MEDICINE, ACUPUNCTURE, yogaEmma Vidgen8 April 2020SLEEP, INSOMNIA, traditional chinese medicine, acupressure, yoga, yin yoga, sleep tips

How to deal with that huge knot in your chest right now

Counselling Psychotherapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist Dr. Karen Phillip helps unravel the anxious feelings popping up right now

WELLBEING, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTHEmma Vidgen31 March 2020anxiety, depression, mental health, gut brain axis

The party season survival trick you need right now

Acupressure is the wine-free social anxiety fix you can use anywhere, any time

WELLBEING, MENTAL HEALTH, HOW-TO, HEALTH, CHINESE MEDICINE, ACUPUNCTUREEmma Vidgen25 March 2020acupressure, traditional chinese medicine, natural remedy, PC6, party season

Mindfulness for anxious kids (and adults!)

Beth Borowsky from The Karma Class shares a simple exercise to calm anxious minds of all ages

WELLBEING, HEALTH, PARENTINGEmma Vidgen19 March 2020anxiety, mindful parenting, mental health, meditation

Why having a bath is good for your health

Fashion’s favourite healer Deborah Hanekamp reveals how to harness the healing power of your bathtub

WELLBEING, HEALTHEmma Vidgen9 March 2020mental health, meditation, baths, ritual bathing, ritual, holistic health

Cannabis? CBD oil? Hemp? Can someone explain the difference?

A simple explainer on all things cannabis.

WELLBEING, HEALTHEmma Vidgen4 March 2020hemp, cbd oil, cannabis, anxiety

Why tracking your cycle will change your life

Maisie Hill reveals why tracking your cycle is possibly the single greatest act of self-care possible

WELLBEING, HOW-TO, PREGNANCY, FERTILITY, MENSTRUATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHEmma Vidgen28 January 2020seed cycling, hormones, menstruation, moon cycle, period, perimenopause, menopause, ovulation, luteal phase, heavy period, light flow

This 30-minute treatment helps beat anxiety

This simple 30-minute treatment can help with depression and anxiety - no medication required. It’s all about vagus nerve stimulation.

WELLBEING, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTHEmma Vidgen15 January 2020vagus nerve, anxiety, depression, mental health, gut brain axis

What you need to know about pre and probiotics

Yes you know what they are, but how exactly do prebiotics and probiotics work? And do you really need them in your life?

WELLBEING, HEALTH, GUT HEALTHEmma Vidgen8 January 2020gut health, wellbeing, wellness, ingestible beauty, probiotics, prebiotics

This new ingestible beauty product has the highest serve of collagen on the market

Good for your gut, and with the highest scientifically-proven dose of collagen on the market? Sign us up.

WELLBEING, HEALTH, GUT HEALTHEmma Vidgen29 December 2019gut health, wellbeing, wellness, ingestible beauty, collagen, marine collagen, highest collagen on the market, optima discount, collagen powder discount, best collagen powders

How to find the right psychologist for you

Finding the right psychologist can be harder than finding true love on Tinder. But, it doesn’t have to be. We enlisted the help of Dr. Jonathon King from online health platform, Lysn, to help guide us through.

HOW-TO, MENTAL HEALTH, WORK, WELLBEINGEmma Vidgen8 December 2019self work, vulnerability, psychology, mental health, work, work life balance

Why does yin yoga make you cry?

Even the most stoic yogis have been known to come undone in a Yin class. Yin teacher and educator Melanie McLaughlin reveals why…

HEALTH, NATURAL REMEDIES, WELLBEINGEmma Vidgen27 November 2019yoga, yin yoga, yoga for stress, yoga for anxiety, yoga for depression, yoga for fertility, yoga for anger, yoga for sadness

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