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Measuring the form of behaviour – a failing of evidence based research in mental health
Tanya Curtis explores a major failing of evidence-based research in the mental health industry and asks the pertinent question: “is measuring form ever going to bring lasting change in human behaviour?”
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Education is Good: or is it?
Across the world we have determined the saviour of many of our problems to be education. But what if you found out it was making us ill?
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Food as a pacifier
Have we been using food as a pacifier since we were babies? Is this contributing to weight issues such as obesity and diabetes and our ability to live well and be vital?
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It is low fat so I can eat twice as much – the slippery low fat slope
Are you caught in the trap of overeating because it’s low fat?
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Religion: What it means to me
Do we know religion innately? What is God to a child, before we are sold society’s various images of Him? One woman on God and Religion.
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Choosing our way out of depression
One person’s experience with depression — How they found their choices resulted in depletion and therefore depression, and how they made choices that supported them out of it.
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Women, excessive tiredness and Christmas stress
How many women are left feeling exhausted after the month of December and how long does it take our bodies to recover?
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Apple and tahini dairy free mousse
Delicious for those moments when you want something sweet but don't fancy having to spending too much time, this dairy free apple tahini mousse is perfect.
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From sex worker to a return to sacredness
At the age of 17 I found myself inside a brothel. You may be surprised to know that this was not due to a dramatic story of childhood abuse or neglect . . . I was simply lost . . .
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Gluten, dairy, corn ......... are the root of all evil
Sugar, gluten and dairy are combining with devastating effect on humanity.
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What is Medicine?
Is there more to Medicine than how we currently perceive it?
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A letter to my Son
Men have choices all through their lives, but at times it doesn’t feel like it, a father talks to his newborn son about what lies ahead
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The de-cluttering diet
The de-cluttering diet is a new perspective on why we can’t lose weight.
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The 6 best ways to lose weight authentically (hint: it doesn’t involve fad diets or gym memberships)
I recently lost nearly 15 kilos. Although really I didn’t lose anything at all – I gained my shape back. It wasn’t with a celebrity diet or with a punishing gym schedule.
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Snacking – A modern habit?
Snacking is a modern habit fuelled by the food industry and is linked to overeating and rising rates of obesity. But why are we obsessed with the constant need to eat?
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The human face of sugar addiction
The human tragedy of sugar addiction – we are not just statistics. Do we hand over our responsibility for our health to marketing ploys and vested interests?
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Road rage … can we regain control of our reactions?
This article looks at how we can lose our connection to our inner gentleness and begin the momentum of raging destructive actions.
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Why I overeat – Nutella and I
What leads us to overeat and choose the foods that we do? Is there a payoff for something we don’t want to look at or feel? Read Sandra’s journey and what happened when she chose awareness over numbing herself with food.
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Dairy free roast garlic & vegetable frittata
Here is a delicious Frittata recipe, a great one to have up your sleeve when entertaining, for a family meal, or for school and work lunches. Elegant with a simple green salad, a side of pesto or as a delicious dairy free snack on its own.
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What’s for breakfast? Exploring our cultural bias ...
When my husband of Asian ethnicity first made fish soup for breakfast I realised I had a cultural bias against anything other than the traditional continental breakfast.
