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Over breakfast recently one of my daughters casually observed, “It is good to be different or else we would all have to turn around when someone called a name.” I couldn’t fault this keen insight into social mechanics. If we were all Janes or Johns, not only would life be like a 1930s detective novel, but confusion would reign. Thank goodness we are all different from each other to greater or lesser degrees. Yet if difference is so necessary, why is it that we spend so much time trying to convince others to be like us and think like us? Why are we so desperately seeking to be right? What does being “right” even mean? Just recently I was explaining what I do as an editor to my eight-year-old daughter…

You have a background in biological science and education. What inspired the move into skin cosmetics? I was originally inspired by my passion for both science and beauty. Formulating products enables me to merge creativity and my love of education with the chemistry and biology of creating cosmeceuticals. Nothing makes me happier than to create a product and see all the stages of development from my initial concept formula to the finished product on the shelves. If I can make people feel great through improving the health of their skin, I have done my job. I believe in educating and empowering people to make their own choices about what they put on their bodies. There needs to be more transparency and consumer education in the beauty industry. There’s so much…

“I have written 11 books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.” ~ Maya Angelou If you’ve ever had the feeling that your success in life is a fluke or simply a stroke of good luck, or you’re afraid to take that next step because you secretly feel like you don’t really know what you’re talking about, you’ve heard the callings of Imposter Syndrome. DEFINITION & ORIGINS Imposter Syndrome is something that can affect anyone, from a startup entrepreneur to one of the most profound and successful authors of our time. The Imposter Syndrome (or Imposter Complex as it’s also called) is that inner voice that says you’re not ready yet.…

Would you like to be more conscious with your consumerism and feel good knowing your money is invested ethically? Ethical investments are a sustainable way forward and provide inner fulfilment, uniting your money with your values and making a positive contribution in the world. With a few simple steps, you can pressure the finance industry towards urgent sustainable action, making a world of difference for a liveable future on this planet. Consider it the dharma (righteous action) of the moment. Let’s catch up with some leading experts to discover how to get your money talking integrity. WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? Farm-fresh, locally bought, organic freerange eggs for breakfast, any way you like, served nicely with your favourite cup of certified organic, Fairtrade coffee that helps end poverty. Life is good. So…

There’s one particular food group that’s been getting a whole lot of attention in the media for a very good reason: research has proved that, when it comes to selecting the best nutrient-dense foods to benefit our bodies and brains, fat is where it’s at. In fact, there’s never been a better time than now to proudly become an avid “fathead” in the kitchen. I’m encouraging you to enjoy a whole variety of good fats from coconut oil and avocados through to bone marrow. That’s because, when you want to incorporate good fats into your cooking, there are so many different ways that you can approach this culinary adventure. FAT VALUE Not only does coconut oil, for example, tolerate heat exceptionally well, it also adds depth of flavour to whatever…

A productive garden is not all about floor — or ground — space. If you have a patio, a sunny entrance or balcony, you can create a lush multi-tiered potplant garden by mixing pots of different sizes with plants of varying heights. If you have a sunny wall, either indoors or outside, you can create a trendy green wall or vertical garden. If you have a tiny patch of lawn, consider converting it into a freeform green space by including plants of varying heights. By thinking up and out, you can co-opt vertical real estate for growing. Green spaces are considered positive improvements to any home. Esoteric practices like feng shui encourage lush landscaping, especially around the entryway and front of your home, to invite positive “dragon” energy into your…

NATULIQUE NATULIQUE Certified Organic is the first true full-line brand in the market offering hair and skin products that are organic, cruelty free, DEA free and sulphate, perfume and paraben free. A company passionate about ethical, natural products and sustainability. W: natulique.com.au ECO TAN WINTER SKIN Winter Skin gradual tanning moisturiser helps you maintain a believable year-round glow. Made with only organic and natural ingredients certified by the Organic Food Chain. A blend of aloe vera, cacao, grapeseed extract and rose geranium nourishes skin and builds your perfect tan. RRP AU$29.95. Available online and from leading healthfood stores, pharmacies and retailers. W: ecotan.com.au PURE PAPAYA FADE Dry skin, scars, stretch marks? PURE Papaya Fade works to reduce the appearance of scars and stretch marks. Gotu kola (Centella asiatica), papaya (Carica…

This moussaka’s topping is made with sunflower seeds to satisfy creamy winter cravings and offer you a healthy dose of vitamin E and B vitamins. This winter, I’m sending your tastebuds on a Mediterranean fling, because no matter where you live there really is no reason not to be transported to a Greek Island getaway. When it’s breakfast time, why not try a Greek yoghurt lassi? Probiotics can do wonders for your gut and immune system and Greek yoghurt is a wonderful source of helpful bacteria to stave off winter bugs. Almost 80 per cent of your immune tissue is located in your gut, a place where bad bacteria can flourish, so that part of your immune system can be first in line for attack. Like regular yoghurt, Greek yoghurt…

Increasingly, treatments that might be regarded as more alternative are used by conventional vets to treat IBD. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a common diagnosis in human and veterinary medicine. It refers to a condition where there is an infiltration of inflammatory cells anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract, from the stomach down to the large intestine. Signs can vary. In dogs we may see reduced appetite, vomiting, abdominal pain, grumbly tummy or diarrhoea that might be watery or mucousy with blood. In cats the only sign might be poor appetite. Treatment in conventional veterinary medicine consists of dietary therapy, anti-ulcer medications, antibiotics and often long-term anti-inflammatory treatment or immunesuppressive treatment with corticosteroids or stronger medications. These may help control the signs in some dogs and cats but may also lead…

After working in the garden, always have as hot a shower as you can stand, as soon as possible — ticks tend to jump off with hot water and wash away. If you live within 20km of the east coast of Australia, your chances (or your pet’s chance) of being bitten by a tick are increasingly high. They can cause significant medical problems: in pets they can cause paralysis by injecting neurotoxins, and they can carry pathogenic organisms such as the spirochete Borrelia, a potentially severe (acute and/or chronic) infection in humans. While there is some debate whether the infection caused by Borrelia is endemic in Australia, there are many people who have the symptoms (and not all of them have travelled overseas to be exposed to it). Being aware…

Take Charge of your Life is Angela’s motto: Angela’s passion is in empowering clients and organisations in changing limiting beliefs and transforming them to empowering beliefs for both their personal / professional life and environment, with an easy 7 step model for success: ‘The Game of Life’. Angela consults professionals with an ‘8 Session Belief Coaching Program’ - ‘Transform limiting beliefs to an Empowering YOU’. As a Certified NeuroChangeSolutions Consultant, Angela’s Belief Coaching Program helps with Cultural Changes within teams and organisations and the workshop assists this by identifying what beliefs can be changed to create new results within individuals, teams and organisations. Angela runs weekly meditation and awakening classes from Essendon North. www.angelarojas.com Email: me@angelarojas.com Phone: 03 9331 1313 Dr Catherine Fyans is an integrative general practitioner who has…

Did something resonate with you in this issue of WellBeing? We’d love to hear your feedback. Write to us at WellBeing, Locked Bag 154, North Ryde, NSW 1670, email wbletters@universalmagazines. com.au, comment on our Facebook page or tweet us: @WellBeing_Mag. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. FROM THE EDITOR There’s the most beautiful plant soaking up the sun in my garden: a kangaroo paw, a gift from good friends. At the risk of sounding plant-ist, it wasn’t love at first sight; lose me in a nursery and you’ll always find me beside greenery that’s soft, curvaceous and gentle on the eye. But, after my friend explained why she loves Australian natives, my view was transformed. This striking shrub with its rangy, spiky leaves and fuzzy marsupial-foot flower buds…

Recipes & images from Passion: Organic Vegan Recipes To Live For by Anthea Amore, self-published, RRP AU$39.95 We’re in our comfy pants, the wood fire is crackling away in the corner and we’re curled up with a novel on the couch. The dreaded cooler months have hit — and they’ve hit hard. We need warming foods that are nourishing, hearty, simple and filled with deep sustenance. Some may think following a vegan diet all year round is a challenge, as the main focus is on raw foods, but Anthea Amore’s Passion: Organic Vegan Recipes To Live For shows otherwise. The Byron Bay local shares more than 100 delicious gourmet recipes that perfectly illustrate the dance between raw and cooked foods. A highly qualified vegan and vegetarian chef, Amore holds fresh…

MADURA TEA ESTATES Madura’s vision is simple: craft a clean and pure brew! Fire up that kettle, grab your favourite Madura tea and start sipping your way to some long-term health benefits. Madura has more than 20 stunning blends for you to choose directly from its ecosensitive Australian estate. W: maduratea.com.au SAFCOL & RESPONSIBLE FISHING Safcol is the first tuna brand available in major retailers to commit to a range of pole-and-line-caught skipjack tuna, the most sustainable tuna available, caught in the most sustainable way. Safcol Pole and Line tuna is the world gold standard in tuna sustainability. Read the Greenpeace ranking of tuna brands at greenpeace.org/australia/en/what-we-do/oceans/Takeaction/canned-tuna-guide/ranking to find out more, and choose wisely for the future of our oceans. W: safcol.com.au EAT WELL : BE WELL An essential guide…

In terms of their physical detoxification processes, kids are more at risk from toxicants because they are still developing their physiology and anatomy. Children are precious small humans who are more sensitive and vulnerable to toxicants than adolescents and adults. Children act like sponges to things they are exposed to: whether flame-retardant chemicals on mattresses or violence on televisions, they are highly impressionable. Clinically, I’m concerned with how many children present with allergies, inability to concentrate and anxiety, and often wonder what role toxicant exposures contribute to them. KIDS ARE VULNERABLE In terms of their physical detoxification processes, kids are more at risk from toxicants because they are still developing their physiology and anatomy. That is, both their bodies’ form and function are growing and developing during these early years…

CHRISTINE BROADBENT loves her work as a writer and consulting astrologer. She off ers in-person readings for Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, pre-booked consultations by phone and Skype, and elects propitious dates for special events. For more information, to book a reading or for Christine’s seminars, email christine@astrologyspot.com.au or call +61 402 664 101 (Australia) or +64 21 410 126 (NZ). VIRGO Jupiter in Virgo is almost set to move on ... yet now is the most potent time for any “transit”, to maximise the blessings. Even small wins are life changing: this is a once-in-12–years chance for gratitude, greater wisdom and the luck this brings. Jul 2–11 and Jul 17–27 help the process, yet it’s your “ruler” Mercury’s entry into Virgo on Jul 31 that matters most. You’re in your…

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We’d love to hear your tips for living well. Email us at wbletters@universalmagazines.com.au, comment on our Facebook page or on Instagram @WellBeing_Mag, or tweet us @WellBeing_Mag. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. CONVERSATION POINTS Oh moon ... I love the way you shine and make the whole sky yours. @Inside_Truth There is no path to peace. Peace is the path. @sgangster If we do all that we do with kindness, we start to make the world a better place. @Pilgrimsgrove Don’t get hooked on a food dogma; take a bit from here and there and you will be better off than [with] 95 per cent of diets. @yapandyap Walking in to teach yoga in #redfern this morning and a stranger randomly gave me two sprigs of #lavender in…

I look around, smiling at the diversity of the 100 or so women sharing the space with me. Among us are grandmothers, mothers and daughters of all different sizes and from all kinds of places. People have travelled from Perth, New Zealand, Hong Kong and beyond to meet in Sydney for Dr Libby Weaver’s Beautiful You Weekend. It’s the nutritional biochemist’s signature event and I’ve been invited along to experience it for myself, to see whether the intense weekend is as transformative as the reviews say it is. Dr Libby is an international speaker and bestselling author of eight books; I hope her wise words nudge along a few of my unhealthy patterns and propel me into living well. Dr Libby walks out to long applause, which she modestly brushes…

The moment you make the decision to commit to a change, the fabric of your reality and existence alters forever. The different weaves that start to thread through your life may be subtle and barely visible, or the weft and warp may create entirely new and varied textures, colours and patterns. Knowing this, we often delay making decisions when at a crossroads because we hesitate about which is the better path. Alternatively, we may not clearly identify that a turning point awaits until chronic feelings of being stuck, depressed, unfulfilled, disconnected, dissatisfied or caught in an endless holding pattern slowly bring us to the realisation that something big must shift. Either way, turning points in life are challenging because they force you to contemplate the deeper questions that are often…

Massage, deep breathing and other relaxation techniques can often have visibly radiant results for the skin. It’s written all over your face” is a saying that is very true when it comes to how stress can affect your skin. Stress releases a cascade of pro-inflammatory chemicals into the body, which in turn depletes moisture in the skin, breaks down collagen and can contribute to pigmentation, outbreaks, eczema and psoriasis. The stress hormone cortisol is particularly damaging to skin, says dermatologist and author of The Mind-Beauty Connection Dr Amy Wechsler. She explains that cortisol breaks down collagen, damages the skin’s protective barrier and changes skin behaviour to trigger breakouts. “Premature ageing and adult acne are two [of the] most common skin issues I see and stress and exhaustion are often at…

If it’s chilly, you need chilli, harvested in summer and autumn and dried for winter. On a cold, dismal, grey winter day, you need help. Herbal help. Herbs are the traditional standby for grey times, whether they are actual clouds or metaphorical ones; when there is nothing in the larder but a sack of flour, then you add herbs and get pizza and much delight. CALENDULA Calendula’s brilliant yellow blooms mean it’s rarely thought of as a herb these days. But, in cooking, those petals give the brilliant yellow of saffron and the slight bite of saffron, too. They are also added to soothing creams, excellent for winter wind chafing. Calendulas need a spot with full sun and no overcrowding or they can become mildewed. But, in the right spot,…

Current revenue statistics suggest that $2 billion is spent unnecessarily on pharmaceuticals worldwide every year. Proton pump inhibitors like Nexium, Somac and Zoton are drugs used extensively by the medical profession to suppress stomach acid in order to treat conditions like reflux, which can lead to heartburn, or inflammation of the oesophagus, the digestive tube connecting the mouth with the stomach, often connected with adverse reactions to foods, ulcers, bloating, uncomfortable fullness after eating and incessant burping. The problem is these drugs are harnessed as a blanket panacea for a swelling array of patients who mention any form of digestive distress to their doctors. While some patients unquestionably benefit from these drugs, they also constitute a massive windfall for the pharmaceutical industry. Current revenue statistics suggest that $2 billion is…