In 2022-2023, the Australian Government spent $252 billion in 'health care'. Mind blowing! Yet one in two Australians (yes 50%), were estimated to have at least 1 of 8 chronic conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic back pain, asthma and arthritis. Over the past 50 years, there has been increasing levels of chronic … Continue reading Is your hunger for health making you sick?
Author: Veronica Wood
A Year in Reflection and Lessons for 2025
Taking a look back at the year that was can help us identify so many things. We can learn a lot about ourselves if we are willing to take a deeper look. We can be grateful of the lessons learnt, understand and identify our strengths, how we respond or react to certain situations and decide … Continue reading A Year in Reflection and Lessons for 2025
The ‘Spotlight Effect’: Does it hinder or help?
Does the Spotlight Effect affect us in a way that hinders or helps our personal happiness? Do you authentically live the true you all the time, regardless of any situation? Or do you feel you hold back in situations because of the fear of staring eyes? When you walk into a room, do you feel … Continue reading The ‘Spotlight Effect’: Does it hinder or help?
A life less stressed…
Stress is a part of life whether we like it or not. There are different types of stress, some that is pretty good for us (like the nervousness before an interview), but the majority of stress we feel is of the detrimental kind - the kind that puts unnecessary strain on our minds and bodies. … Continue reading A life less stressed…
Forget resolutions. Intentions matter more.
The new year has arrived! Happy New Year 🥳. There is most likely a flurry of New Year's Resolutions about getting fit, losing weight or achieving other fitness related goals so I thought I would post something useful about exercise. Intentions vs resolutions. I thought about this during my last training session and decided that … Continue reading Forget resolutions. Intentions matter more.
Flexible Expectations
Do you ever have moments where you think 'why am I doing this? What is the point?'. Or perhaps you have had moments when you expected to achieve something, but you didn't. Did it impact your happiness because you thought you failed? As we move forward, we experience and learn new things changing us as … Continue reading Flexible Expectations
A mind worth living.
Thoughts create life. A passion, a routine, the act of love creates life. The freedom to explore, a creative expression and happiness is our mind at work. The choice to connect with the earth, our inner selves and each other is a free mind. The fear, the joy, the past and the present - our … Continue reading A mind worth living.
With health, be the tortoise.
How many times have you started a training program or a diet and within a few weeks (if you last that long), you give up? You're frustrated once again, annoyed with yourself for giving up and not seeing your goal through to the end. You want to commit but for some reason, your commitment just … Continue reading With health, be the tortoise.
A golden opportunity.
I learnt a very valuable lesson about the way opportunity presents itself recently that I want to share. Have you ever been in a position where you felt your work was no longer serving you and that the only option that seemed right was to quit your job? That you screamed to the universe 'I … Continue reading A golden opportunity.
New beginnings! But not from the beginning.
Life is special. But sometimes life takes us away from the things we like to do or want to achieve. The good news however is that life gives us give us the opportunity to come back to our passions and dreams time and time again. It doesn't matter how long we are away from what … Continue reading New beginnings! But not from the beginning.
The Healthy Homosapien 