What is a Bespectacled Life? Living on purpose…
In short: A Bespectacled Life is the act of putting on your life-spectacles and clearly seeing the next step forward to positive lasting change. It’s a call to live life on purpose… There are three main parts to living a bespectacled life: Living well across all domains of health: WHOLEistic…
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Its time to put down our phones!
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast on this topic (or find it in Apple Podcasts) I think its time we learned how to put down our phones. A friend shared a bunch of art on Facebook that really caught my attention. One image particularly stood out- it was a…
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I Know What You’re Thinking…
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast episode on this topic (you can also find it on Apple Podcasts). I know what you’re thinking. At least, I might know what you’re thinking (or rather, HOW you’re thinking). If you are anything like me, you might sometimes slip into negative thinking…
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Can’t Sleep? Don’t worry, me neither, so I’m writing this blog instead…
Ah, for some beautiful sleep. Curled up in bed with a warm blanket and just drifting into a land of comfort and sweet dreams. “Dad…Mum? I can’t sleep.” Oh. My. #@!* goodness. Me either, for some unknown reason. Oh that’s right, you woke me up! AGAIN. Cue death stares and…
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Social Media Brain Drain
I hate blogging. Yes, you heard right. I hate blogging. Or perhaps I just hate social media?! I love writing. I naively thought blogging would give me the chance to pour out my creative heart into a land of freedom and enjoyment. Then I got blogging and thought “whaaaat the…
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How to Choose the ONE RIGHT Career
Do you know what you want to be when you grow up? For me, when I think back to Secondary school, I can remember enjoying Business Studies the most of all my subjects. This lead me to consider studying something in that field. However, one of my class mates had…
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7 Ways to Get Motivated to Move More
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast on this topic (or find it on Apple Podcasts) I’m not sure about you, but I have never been one of those people who love exercise. I never really played a team sport growing up. Despite living by the beach and having my…
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Negative Thinking and the Spiral of ‘What Ifs’
I’m not sure about you but I am one of those “what if” kind of people. You know, the type who analyses things a bit too much. The type who somehow ends up at the worst possible outcome (in my head) because I asked what if a few too many…
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What is Wellness Coaching?
Wellness Coaching is an emerging field in Lifestyle Medicine that I believe will become more mainstream as we begin to recognise the importance of taking charge of our own health. Most people are unaware and a little bit dubious when they hear the term “wellness coaching” so here is some…
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Running in the rain!
So I went for a run/walk in the rain just the other day (just to let you know it was August and I’m an Australian living in NZ- that seems like important information for context right now!). The night before, I had decided that I needed to escape the funk…
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Kia Ora from New Zealand!
As I sit here typing at the computer writing this blog, I am very aware of how long in has been between visits. 2017 has passed and with it, we have reflected on the many memories made. Memories of flooding, grieving, waiting for test results, sitting bedside family after major…
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