Last week I went for a periodic health check. This is a great perk provided by my employer and I’m really grateful for the opportunity for this ‘personal MOT’. We take our cars to the garage for regular checks & servicing, but we don’t always do the same for ourselves. I want to share a [...]
National Smile Month started this week! If you’re not aware, it’s the largest & longest-running campaign to promote good oral health. Between 13th May and 13th June 2019, National Smile Month will be sharing positive messages and engaging others to develop and maintain a healthy mouth. Looking after our mouths can impact how we live [...]
Sound Bath – a calming, restorative experience This Sunday afternoon was not a typical one for us. My daughter and I went to a Sound Bath. I must admit that I hadn’t even heard of such a thing until a few months back, let alone considered trying one. And now we’ve gone and done it! [...]
13 reasons why I love my new eyes It’s been 7 months now since I had corrective eye surgery. Prior to my surgery, I had very poor eyesight and had worn contact lenses for almost 25 years. To say I’ve been impressed since day one is an understatement, but on reflection there are many reasons [...]
Dietary supplements I eat a pretty balanced diet - in fact, I pride myself on this - yet I still enhance my diet with a number of dietary supplements. I am certainly no expert in this area. I’m not even sure I’m really the expert of my own body! But l am pretty attuned to [...]
Anita Duwel - the founder of Love the Life You Live! and Aging with Vitality! - is a Canadian blogger, Certified Holistic Nutrition Coach and Workplace Wellness Consultant. She has made it her mission in life to help others via support, motivation, inspiration, and sharing of experiences and knowledge to live a life of quality [...]
Penny Hackney – aka The Cheerful Chick – is an Australian blogger and style mentor for over 35’s who is on a mission to encourage women everywhere to live their most colourful and confident life. Colour guru and wardrobe wiz, Penny can help you discover the colours and styles that love you, so you never [...]
How old am I? Biological age versus actual age Last week I took a biological age test. For the uninitiated, this test gives an approximation of biological age or how old my body seems, versus my actual (or chronological) age. Simply put, it can give a useful indication of how well I am ageing. It should [...]
Balance - everything in moderation January is often a good time to look at where we are, and to try to bring things back into balance. This is because the New Year is a great chance to form new habits, and because it is an (often welcome) opportunity to recover from overindulgence over the holiday [...]
Warm up to stay healthy this winter Keeping warm is a topic on which I have a lot of personal experience. I’m feeling cold writing this blog, early morning before the heating kicks in. Winter seems to have crept up more slowly than some years, but there’s no mistaking, it’s here now. I rarely feel [...]
