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The childbirth journey: From poor mental health to enjoying fatherhood
Mental health problems are becoming increasingly common amongst men in the perinatal period. What are some of the factors that add pressure on new fathers, and how can things be turned around?
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How yoga supports the body in everyday life
Do you often find yourself rushing from one thing to another, yet feel like you’re never quite getting enough done? Or possibly strive to get things done to feel better about yourself?
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Eating when we are anxious: is anxiety making me fat?
Read how one person stopped overeating and eating unhealthy foods when she was feeling anxious
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Just get a job!
From corporate executive to meat packing worker; is it really about what the job is, or just about working?
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From worrying about the doing to caring about the being
Too often we focus on getting the job done no matter what the consequences. However, if we were to take time to care for ourselves first, how would everything turn out?
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare’s theatre of the absurd
Shakespeare’s first play about the unseen world of spirits and invisible forces unravels the utter absurdity of how humanity operates under their influence, and how we so easily get lost in the tangled drama of emotional love without ever questioning its source.
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Love is Love: Gender and the truth in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night is a dark, bittersweet comedy about Love. Shakespeare pulls the plug on the folly of human behaviour that we subscribe to when it comes to gender, love, and desire . . . all of which we have imagined love to be but which actually sets us up to keep love at bay.
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The power of movement
Is space just space with no difference? Why does a pub feel different than being in nature? The key lies in movement.
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In search of a new evidence base
We seem to be fixated on evidence -based medicine but are missing the one set of criteria that matter the most when testing for efficacy.
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How to be in full time work and loving it
From withdrawal to being inspired to work full-time once again. Read how Jen now loves her work.
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Exercise for weight loss – a myth?
This article explores whether exercise is the answer to losing weight or if that is indeed a myth.
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The Merchant of Venice and the ancient grudge
Is The Merchant of Venice ‘the most scandalously problematic of Shakespeare’s plays’, or a powerful, comical, vivacious, colourful expose of the turbulent state of division in which humanity still chooses to live to this current day?
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Miracles and Alcoholics
Mum has been an alcoholic for as long as I remember and I never in my wildest dreams thought that she would be able to stop, but miracles do happen!
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Carers need self-care too
The first person that you need to take the time to care for . . . is you. One woman shares her experience of how important it is for carers to self-care first.
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A Healing Journey through Music: playing the cello and RSI
Why is RSI such a chronic problem among string players within the music world? Cellist Rebecca Turner turns around physical and emotional pain and re-invents her life in a remarkable healing journey.
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The Ring – Part 3: Wedding proposal fantasies
This third article in a 4 part series, The Ring, explores the fantasies that feed our ideals of the perfect proposal and the prize of a more-expensive-the-better engagement ring at the expense of true intimacy and connection.
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My relationship with women – a man’s perspective
Andrew Mooney spent his life rejecting the stereotypical image of a man most of us are sold. But in time he realised that who he had become was not exactly embracing true manhood either. This is his story….
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Sailing around the world... to come home to myself
Rosie grew up on a yacht, sailing around the world, only to find that the home she was truly searching for lay waiting for her, all along...
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Gautama Buddha
Demonstrating his dedication to truth, Siddhārtha Gautama, the Buddha, embarked upon discovering the nature of reality. His commitment and dedication to that path offer us much to consider in our daily life and offer a way to arise above the turmoil of everyday existence.
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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 . . .
