Have you ever felt like people think you’re “picky” when it comes to what you choose to eat? Do you get comments like “why can’t you just eat 'normal' like everyone else” or “you’re so fussy when it comes to food, what CAN you eat?” Well, you’re not alone – but enough is enough. Read on for more to ...

Working 9-5 is a gruelling, character-building test of endurance. However, you don’t get the abs to show for it, which sucks. After sitting at a desk for 7 hours, you start to lose all feeling in your legs. “How will I walk to the station?” you say. It’s all a bit awful considering you only get ...

You’ve seen it all. People changing by dropping half their body weight in a matter of months. People being declared free of health problems when they've been riddled with them for years. People changing, becoming healthy and happy. But why can’t it be you? At least that’s what you ask yourself in ...

Many have a love-hate relationship with food & how they feel about themselves. Pepita had this problem but not anymore! Read 'My Wellness Journey So Far'.

What is Social Prescribing? Social prescribing is a way of connecting patients in primary care with other sources of support in the community. It provides GPs with a non-medical referral option that can operate alongside existing treatments. The aim is to work together with the patient and ...

Mental health has evolved in the past few decades. More people are seeing it as a normal thing to be concerned about, and more has been done to recognize the various mental illnesses and differences life has thrown at us. However, there is more to be done, and here are a few reasons Why Mental ...

All these classic idioms and archaic sayings must have some resonance, somehow, right? They’ve been around for years, passed down for generations – assuredly for a reason. Not to be taken literally of course, we would do well to interpret the real meaning behind these idiomatic phrases and what is ...

You Cannot Hit a Target if You are not Aiming Directly at it By this I mean that any weight loss or health goal will become much, much harder and fruitless if you don’t even have a target – therefore the first rule is, you must decide what that target is to be. Choose exactly what you want in your ...

Let's get to the bottom line fast, people are sick of being sick — taking medicine, prescription drugs, losing days or months or even years of their lives to heart disease, cancer and the slow burn of depression. Who really wants to spend (the very limited) time they have on Earth investing ...

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and you might be asking, why is there a relationship article on a health, fitness, nutrition and yoga site? Good question, and here's your answer: emotional wellness. We spend a lot of time getting our bodies fit and striving to maintain that, but can we ...

The New Year 2019 is now upon us and many people are feeling the effects of weeks' of excessive consumption of food and booze, and during the month of extreme January dieting and detoxes abound, usually fuelled by a heavy dose of guilt! It’s human nature to want to eat healthier and to eat less ...

Everyday life has many motivational challenges weather it be graduating university, pursuing a career, starting a family, building a business, improving your relationships, dieting or other important facets. For many, even knowing how to achieve that goal, let alone being consistently motivated ...