HEALTH: GO COLD TURKEY ON THE COLD TURKEY
In part two of this four part series, Bridget, our Health Expert explains why you should go cold on the cold turkey, unless you want to commit new years resolution suicide.
5 WAYS TO COMMIT NEW YEARS RESOLUTION SUICIDE
In this four part series, our health expert Bridget enlightens on the five approaches that are guaranteed to sabotage your health goals for the new year, and gives you a new way that is fun, easy and sustainable in the long term.
POPULAR POSTS: AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS
Mothers everywhere, please let it be known – I’m in awe of you. Do tell me, how do you do it? I’ve been working full time this week and my niece is over from Perth with my parents – and I wonder to myself, how the feck does any woman do this motherhood malarkey?
OFFICE POLITICS AND OTHER REASONS TO QUIT YOUR JOB
Here are 5 reasons you should quit your job and hit Seek quicker than Kim Kardashian leaving a marriage … including when you’re bored beyond belief and the people around you make you want to call OOO to perform emergency CPR on your soul.
POPULAR POSTS: HOW TO OVERCOME POWER TRIPPERS IN THE WORKPLACE
We’ve all worked with people who get an erection whilst wielding their over inflated sense of self importance over others, just because they have a title. Otherwise referred to as a wanker …
HEALTH DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN
Bridget Thompson, our Health Expert tells you why as brutal and unflattering as it may sound, health is not instant. It does not come from a packet, and will not be
effortlessly achieved and maintained with a “few week’s” bootcamp, program, shake or pill….
THE PRE CHRISTMAS DETOX CHALLENGE – ARE YOU IN?
Gaynor Alder decides instead of hurtling towards January one canape and creamy cocktail at a time, she’s decided to put the clappers on Christmas, and take a week out to have a health kick to abate the partridge in a pear tree. Getting ahead of her game and all that, so when January does roll around, she’ll be five kilos up on her thighs. Care to join her?
THE LEAFY CORNER: FIGHT CANCER WITH FOOD
By Shitika Anand I’ve never met her, I hardly know her, but her news hit me hard. My heart felt heavy. A heavy and sunken feeling that seemed quite ridiculous afterwards. I’ve always looked up to this woman. Everything about her is admirable, her career, witty humour, fitness ardour and innate capability to make relationships [...]
INTRODUCING OUR NEW HEALTH EXPERT: BRIDGET THOMPSON
Bridget Thompson from New Leaf Nutrition has joined the MWSG team as our resident health expert – hurrah. Cue claps of hysterical excitement! She is a fully accredited and qualified dietitian who undertook her 4 year Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetics in Melbourne. Having once been overweight, bullied and incredibly uncomfortable in her own body, Bridget sought out at [...]
WHY WE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF FEAR BEFORE IT TAKES CONTROL OF US
Fear. That insidious monster that ever so effectively controls our lives. Prevents us from reaching for all that we deserve, bullying us into submission and quashing all of our dreams. Limiting us. Holding us back. Shutting us down. In our minds we tell ourselves that can apply for that new job, open our hearts to [...]
INTRODUCING NEW HEALTH COLUMN: THE LEAFY CORNER
Shitika Anand introduces her new health column and she’s here to argue that love doesn’t make you fat and entice you into her corner of the world, where celebrity diets are out and adopting healthy habits for the long term are in.
DO YOU FIND LOOKING AFTER YOUR HEALTH A PLEASURE OR A CHORE?
I abstain from alcohol four to five days of the week, drink water and swallow more fish oil than a pubescent teenager with PMT. However, I’ve lost the joie de vivre I used to have for looking after my health. I do it because I know it’s good for me and if I don’t fatigue comes knocking back at my door, barging in uninvited and strapping me to me bed and holding my life to ransom.
WHY WE CAN’T DO IT ALL ON OUR OWN. REALLY WE CAN’T.
People say I’m strong, but let it be known that I do fall in a heap sometimes (because I’m honest like that). Just when everything seems peachy keen and life is going swimmingly well, I’ll take on too much. Keep things too close to my chest. Drink too much. Smoke far too many cigarettes than [...]
DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT?
I was lucky enough to share an uncharacteristic sunny Melbourne day in the depths of winter, with my beautiful friends on their back deck. Whilst soaking up every ray of sunshine and delightfully sipping on a chilled glass of sauvignon blanc, I found myself lamenting on their intrinsic ability to be completely in the moment. [...]
LADIES, WHAT SABOTAGES YOUR WEIGHT LOSS QUEST?
I’m like a 4 year old with a dummy – even though I know I don’t need it any more, it may take a little while for it be to cajoled away from me. But once I realise, really realise that I am free of these fears, I’ll be able to spit it out in disgust, because I’m all grown up now.
