Now to Love

By Lucy Hine The beautiful Persian is a quiet, gentle and sweet-natured cat that is well-behaved. Most think this is a cat that only enjoys a life of luxury, but the truth is this breed is happy to be anywhere where it’s loved and cared for. The Persian’s soft and luxurious fur comes in a […]

Exclusive extract from Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman. In the Olivia books, it still doesn’t matter if the little white pig is not at all sleepy. She still has to take a nap. William, however, is under no such compulsion. His mother has decreed that since William’s imagination is so “activated,” since […]

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Seven years ago I experienced an agonising collapsed disc in my lower back. After 18 months of rehabilitation, walking in water, gentle stretches, physiotherapy, patience and persistence, I slowly got my life back to normal. But there were ongoing problems with my back — just doing a simple task like putting something in the bin, […]

I hate cooking and don’t like vegetables. Would I lose weight by taking those meal replacement drinks? Theoretically, yes, but in practice it’s most unlikely. Why? Because you, like the other 99.9 percent of quick-fix dieters, will most likely get bored with the same meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner and give up. Once you […]

I’m a nurse who does a lot of shift work and very often I feel tired. I find that I tend to eat a lot of sugary things as a ‘pick me up’. I am slightly overweight but would love to learn more about healthy eating and incorporate changes that will lead to my mental […]

Some years ago our family decided to buy a computer. It was funny, really. None of us had ever used one before yet somehow we got a very quick grasp of the Internet. I was particularly delighted at being able to chat to men from interstate and overseas. It was all good fun and much […]

With so many sweet treats, party pastries and those extra glasses of bubbly, the silly season is certainly the key time of the year that challenges your healthy eating goals. The key to keeping in shape over summer is to tweak your daily eating and exercise habits to allow for the extras – not miss […]

Yogic breathing techniques teach you to expel as much air as possible so that inhaling is, in fact, the reflex action – not the other way around. This exercise adds an easy spinal twist to awaken your energy and release physical and emotional tension. For an even more invigorating experience, try practising it outside in […]

One way to keep in shape this summer is to keep active during your holiday break. You can still enjoy the holiday feel-good factor while you improve your fitness.