Wellbeing (Page 3)

resilience

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If there was ever a time to focus on resilience-building, it’s now. Of course, we all know that resilience isn’t something we need only during global pandemics. Life is notoriously good at throwing curve balls in our direction and, the more resilient we are, the more easily we manage to bounce back afterwards. Experiencing stress, loss, trauma, tragedy and other adverse life events impacts people in different ways. Being resilient doesn’t mean that you don’t experience pain and hardship. What it means is that you’re able to pick yourself up and recover more quickly, allowing yourself to move forward with your life. The good newsRead More…

understanding disability

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Sitting in one of the university lecture halls, eyes wide open, I crouched forward placing all my efforts to consume every single word uttered by the lecturer who was introducing us students to a new way of understanding disability. The explanation provided was promptly broken down into fragments, incessantly trying to place order in my brain by integrating the meaning of the reasoning that was being provided.  Suddenly it felt like something clicked, a rush of adrenaline pushed through my veins, I jumped and squiggled on my seat… “ AAAHAAA… That’s it! Yes! How could I not think of disability in this way before?” DisabilityRead More…

happiness

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Philosophy student Ana Tortell shares her past personal quest for happiness with the hopes of bringing clarity to anyone who can relate… I was going through some old pieces that I had written to myself as attempts to find some clarity, and I wound up coming across this. It was written over a year ago while I was going through a very confusing period regarding my future. Reading it now makes me notice a certain timeless relevance, so I decided to share it with you all – in the hopes that someone can relate and find clarity in it themselves. I’m currently speaking to anRead More…

a girl walks home alone at night

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A Girl Woman Walks Home Alone at Night. Before another woman’s basic human right is taken away, we need to talk to our boys and men. After writing and directing my screenplay Daughter back in 2015, (the storyline inspired by two real-life murder cases of women in Melbourne), I was doing so with the motivation that Daughter would be a film that changes people’s perspectives towards how women are viewed in society. The film was a success, I had achieved what I initially set out to do — educate and talk about violence against women and victim-blaming, as well as media perceptions about women. WhatRead More…

spa and wellness

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Through her programs at Sanya Eco Spa and Wellness Centre, Yasmin helps people overcome stress and burn-out as well as to find a deeper sense of well-being and inner peace. But what exactly is the difference between stress and burn-out? If before COVID-19 stress and anxiety were a big concern, now they are simply top priority. COVID has pushed many people, and particularly women to the brink. That brink is called burn-out. The first important thing to keep in mind is that there is a big difference between being stressed and being burnt out. The body is resilient to stress, we can handle a certainRead More…

breast cancer

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Facing a cancer diagnosis is difficult. It stops us in our tracks, makes us re-evaluate our priorities, sometimes our whole life. It changes our daily routine, disrupts our plans and work commitments. It hits hard those who love us and significantly impacts their lives as well. I have worked for many years at the Breast Clinic, Mater Dei Hospital and could see the effect of cancer diagnosis and treatment on a daily basis. Moreover, I have experienced this first hand when my own father was diagnosed with leukaemia. Our lives revolved around his hospital visits and admissions, cancer treatment and remission. When he took aRead More…

journey to happiness

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It has been a long hard journey but finally I learned that loving oneself is a must when seeking happiness, it is not selfishness. When I take care of myself, I am not abandoning others, I am filling up so when I am with them, I can be fully present and healthy. You cannot pour from an empty cup. Can you honestly say that you love yourself? Or is it so easy to focus on your faults and insecurities instead of the things about yourself that you are happy with? You may also be too busy focusing on others around you and not focusing onRead More…

emma beck sweet valley family clinic

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I was curious to meet Emma Beck, a midwife and psychotherapist. The combination of these two specialities intrigued me and I wanted to get to know more about Emma. We planned to meet at her clinic, because something I had not realised is that Emma is also a successful and determined businesswoman. Emma also runs and set up the Sweet Valley Family Clinic in B’Kara. We had never met before and I was very surprised to find such a young woman with a warm smile and bubbly character. I was eager and curious to know more about what the Sweet Valley Family Clinic is allRead More…

kat smith nutritional therapist

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Six years ago Kat Smith decided she had had enough of listening to female health related horror stories, so she took matter in her own hands. 6 years ago, I decided I’d had enough! Enough surgeries; enough rubbish advice; enough relying on others to fix me; enough blaming myself for my condition; enough of hearing horror stories from my girlfriends about their gynae problems and how their doctor couldn’t help them. I spent a lot of time during my teenage years in the doctor’s room, complaining of fatigue, illnesses and colds and flu that never went away. As the years went on, I was prescribedRead More…

smoking cessation

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You may want to stop smoking but it is not as easy as some may sound it to be. Cigarettes provide nicotine, an essential chemical, to our brain, causing an addiction… A woman walked into my clinic with a curious mix of aromas. I could smell garlic, chewing gum and a pleasant floral scent. I think she saw my questioning look because she said, “Doctor, it’s a secret. Don’t tell my husband but I’ve started smoking again a week ago.” She had stopped for a whole year. At a meal with colleagues, she indulged in a “social smoke” and started buying cigarettes again. It’s aRead More…