Supporting someone with Anorexia Nervosa can be both challenging and rewarding. It requires a delicate balance of compassion, understanding, and awareness to avoid unintentionally causing harm while striving to help.
A Support Guide for Anorexia NervosaThere are medications for other eating disorders like Bulimia. Ground breaking research into the genetics of Anorexia Nervosa is unraveling the 100s of genetic markers predisposing people to the condition.
There are no Medications for Anorexia NervosaSleep is just so fundamental to all elements of our health and well being. Sleep is also a risk factor for some forms of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, but more importantly, the risk of later anxiety and depression.
Sleep betterOne of those communicators who possessed the rare gift of translating complex medical concepts into everyday language.
7 Health Tips from Michael MoselyOur normal food environments and our biology and our appetites are being right royally hacked by the processed food industry.
Protein DecoysEver experienced that unnerving sensation of being watched and followed or the persistent ping of unwanted texts and emails infiltrating your personal space?
Stay Safe, Stay Smart: How To Deflect StalkersThe words of John Wooden resonate deeply: - The failure to act is often the biggest failure of all.
Showing InitiativeJoin us as we embark on a journey to explore the pursuit of happiness, diving deeper into the insights gleaned from the longest study on human happiness.
Insights From The Longest Study On Human HappinessThe expertise of mental health has come a long way from its roots, all the way back to 1879 when Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig in Germany, to current practices of the study.
The Difference between Psychology and PsychiatrySince the 1970s, there has been recognition of the nutritional and gourmet value of native foods by non-Indigenous Australians, and the bush food industry has grown enormously.
BUSH TUCKER The Kakadu Plum - case studyThe gut is an enteric nervous system that relies on the same type of neurons and neurotransmitters found in the central nervous system, so some medical experts call the gut our second brain.
Gut Health - Our Second BrainWhat is unnecessarily limiting you for a happy healthy life. Psychology may be able to help you learn to heal yourself.
Knowing your limitations - Facing FearsWe can use music in positive ways to manage our moods and our mental health.
Can music support our well being?Private health insurance is Australia is some kind of top-up. We have health insurance in the Medicare system paid from the Medicare Levy Surcharge (MLS) in our tax system.
Is paying health insurance worth it?Separation of Church and State Australia Part 2
The Rising Christian RightUnlike the United States, technically Australia does not have a separation of church and state. Separation of Church and State Australia Part 1
Separation of Church and State AustraliaCOVID on the Gold Coast has bought out the very best and worst of Australian people and politicians. Will they apologise for letting it rip?
COVID on the Gold CoastNo proposals for managing workplace complexity can ignore two fundamentals. One arises from the nature of complexity, the other from the nature of humans.
Managing Complexity takes more than Simple StepsCorrelative, longitudinal and experimental studies have proven that Reconnecting with Nature makes us feel better because it reduces stress and anxiety and acts as a buffer to negative emotions.
Reconnect with Nature Gold CoastYou can respect another opinion without accepting it or agreeing with it. In the era of social media, gaslighting, trolls and dog whistling, does the above adage still hold a general truth, does it stack up?
A Matter of OpinionLearned helplessness is a state that occurs after a person has experienced a stressful situation repeatedly and they come to believe that they are unable to control or change the situation. Part 2 looks at how to overcome learned helplessness.
Learned Helplessness - Part TwoLearned helplessness is behaviour exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control. They come to believe that they are unable to control or change the situation, so they do not try even when opportunities for change become available.
Learned HelplessnessLiquorice is the sweet aromatic extraction from a root (Glycyrrhiza glabra).
All Sorts of LiquoriceWhen you make a common law claim, you're saying your employer didn't provide a safe work environment and they breached their duty of care to you.
Making a common law claim against your employerAn alkaline diet works on moving the balance toward fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, wholesome protein sources such as beans and legumes, and healthy oils such as olive and flax seed.
Benefits of an Alkaline DietIt turns out that the type of exercise generally recommended ie. 20-30 minutes of aerobic exercise (build up a sweat) 3 times a week is very good at regenerating neurons in the hippocampus.
What happens to the brains of stressed people?Unfortunately, scammers pretending to be lawyers or 'wanting to assist' you to gain compensation for injuries following a car crash, may phone you to obtain your personal details and then sell this information to 'injury lawyers' to make money out of your situation.
Car Crash Scamming Now a CrimeCockroaches are believed to be the only creatures that would survive a nuclear explosion. The health aspects of cockroaches.
Health issues with cockroachesBringing the brain back into alpha state, like before we go to sleep is very good for us. This is achieved in meditation as well as when we do everyday tasks and hobbies.
Neuroscience of MindfulnessSo perhaps finding an answer about an anxiety-related question from an anxious place, we only create more anxiety.
Anxiety - Resisting GrowthIf you find yourself injured, you may need some professional follow-up. The drivers CTP insurer would normally be responsible for paying compensation to the injured person.
Recovering from a Motor Vehicle AccidentThe ABC program raises some interesting issues with mindfulness - the closer you get to true practitioners the clearer the teaching - mindfulness is its own advocate.
Mindfulness in the workplace and homeYou may have a great health formula - but what about your business habits?
How healthy are your business practices?Swallowing down emotions and maintaining a stiff upper lip has resulted in extreme suicide rates with the highest being men over the age of 85.
Stiff upper lipRemoving a bee or wasp sting with a credit card can be a safer way than with tweazers
Getting un-stung by your credit cardYoga and Karate Soul-Mates on the Journey to Good Health - improving cognitive and artistic functions in individuals with left brain right brain connections.
Yoga and KarateIssues with your pancreas and insulin production when you overeat. Overeating disrupts the migrating motor complex that helps to keep bacteria in the correct area of the digestive tract. Overeating also places extra burden on the pancreas by having to continuously produce insulin.
The perils of overeatingNational disability insurance scheme or NDIS is run by the national disability insurance agency or NDIA.
What is the NDIS?Is Marriage Equality a 50-50 Split? Mutual respect is key.
Is Marriage Equality a 50-50 Split?Yoga postures are a very useful for preparing the body for meditation.
The relationship between Yoga and MeditationCorrect sitting posture in front of a computer. Also some correct standing position for those with a stand-up desk.
Are you sitting at your desk properly?Do you accept an up-size without giving it so much as a second thought? Are seconds a common theme at your mealtimes?
Is Food to Blame?Public Interactive Calendars from Your Website. Expand your business by instantly being able to book appointments across employees or contractors.
Appointment Booking SystemHow your hair skin and nails look are often a reflection of your lifestyle so do you head for the naturopath or the hairdresser to get the advice you need?
Healthy HairThe majority of bad breath cases are caused by gum disease or periodontal disease. Build up of bacteria under the gum line along the gum tissue cause Gum disease; this build up bacteria emit the gases that are most often the cause of bad breath.
Fresh BreathABC Health Journalist Claudine Ryan recently on ABC Life Matters explored the myths of chocolate.
Is Chocolate good for you?Pest control to kill the pests and not your family
Kill the pests not your familyThere are risks associated with sitting most pronounced in people who are not doing much physical activity.
Prolonged Sitting Not HealthyMould and spores are a common component of home and workplace dust. Excessive exposure to mold-contaminated materials can cause adverse health effects in susceptible persons regardless of the type of mould or the extent of contamination.
Is Mould Harming Your Health?Yoga vs Pilates you may find you are doing some Pilates moves in a Yoga class. They have similarities. Machine Pilates is quite different.
Yoga vs PilatesThe ABC Health Report had a very interesting segment on studies done on why we get fat.
Why we get FatAlfalfa could just be the supplement your body needs. Its origins include Arab tribesmen noticing how well their horses performed after eating it.
Alfalfa the father of all foodsYour morning coffee may be placing you into a series of highs and lows. This roller coaster ride may be leaving you feeling tired and fatigued.
Is Coffee ruining your HealthAn interesting article in Womens Health magazine showed the following amounts of exercise required to burn up an amount of food. You may want to develop a taste for organic carrots.
How much excercise for this much foodWe are creating an online system that will allow you to manage your business and allow customer bookings online.
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