Mental illness isn’t something that affects other people. Mental illness affects EVERY Australian According to the Black Dog Institute, 1 in 2 Australians will experience some form of mental illness and those around them witness or are affected by its impacts. I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression in 2011 after mistaking a panic attack for…
My aim is to feel good MOST of the time That may seem like a strange goal but, realistically, we’re never going to feel 100% day in, day out. I want my body to function as well as it possibly can, for as long as possible. I want to feel good, look good and have…
My left arm prickled with pins and needles, my skin felt clammy and I was struggling to breathe. I looked up from my laptop, the screen showing search results for ‘symptoms of a heart attack’. Alice looked at me with concern from across the partition. ”Are you ok?” she asked, before running in the direction…
Do you think the glass is half empty…the grass is always greener…that the sky is falling? I’ve always suspected that attitude has a significant bearing on how we age and, as I watch my parents, my in-laws and friend’s parents age, I see this being played out all around me. For example, my Mum has…
We make a good team, right? Our families say it, our friends say it, our clients say it. But it was far from love at first sight. I thought Sam was ocker and inappropriate; he thought I was stuck up and high maintenance. On a trip to Portugal with a group of mutual friends, curiosity…
