I have a closer relationship with my most-distant cousins than I do with my first tier, just-a-train-ride away relatives. When I say distant, I mean both in a geographical sense and a far-hanging family tree sense. And the only reason I’ve connected with these cousins who I didn’t even know existed for 18 years of…
World Environment Day 2021
June 5th 2021 is World Environment Day. This is a day to reflect upon the incredible gifts that our planet provides us with and to consider what we can do to honour our home. It is so easy to rush about life, getting stuck inside your head thinking about the stresses of everyday life. In doing so, we…
The 7 Best Ways To Test Your Overall Physical Fitness
It’s not always easy to gauge how your fitness practices are paying off. Especially if you’re in a workout rut, seeing the results—or even knowing what to look for—can get a little confusing. That’s why sometimes it’s great to jazz things up with a fitness test. Performing a simple physical fitness test is a fun…
A healthy glow starts with a happy gut
EVER felt butterflies in your stomach or knots in your tummy? These ‘gut’ feelings show the key connection between the gut and the brain – giving us a glimpse into just how important the digestive system is to our overall mental, as well as physical health and wellbeing. Billions of bacteria, nerve cells and mood-inducing…
Sharing My Psychology With My Readers
Last week I did something I have never done, and that was to delete two posts; the first was Getting Away With Murder Or Is The Tide Turning, and the second was They Want You Dead. In this second, I was going as far as mentioning hangings and Nuremberg Trials. All the principles from the……
Don’t Use Antibody Tests Post Vaccine to Determine Immunity
Antibodies are proteins your body makes in response to infections and will be detectable in your blood after infection as a sign of your body’s battle against that pathogen. Antibodies for COVID-19 are believed to develop within one to three weeks after infection, and a positive antibody test for COVID-19 means that a person may…
Plant-based taste sensations from The Funky Nut Co
Peanut butter fans craving their next fix are in for the ultimate treat with two new plant-based taste sensations from The Funky Nut Co. Funky Nut Co has boldly gone where no other peanut butter has gone before with the first ever Vegan Salted Caramel spread and – drum roll… peanut butter filled pretzels –…
5 Upper Back Exercises That Will Help To Perfect Your Posture
We all have a certain order of operations we cycle through before we sit down to work in the morning. We pull the sheets up to make our beds, pull open the door to walk into the bathroom, and pull our chairs out from under our desks before we log onto our first Zoom meetings….
Fake the Effect of False Eyelashes With a Single Swipe of This Clean Mascara
As a beauty editor who basically tests mascara for a living, my criteria for what makes a product “good” is pretty extensive. It needs to lengthen and curl my lashes without clumping, give them an inky black tint, and stay on no matter how sweaty my face gets. It’s not an easy feat, and there…
What Causes Burnout, and as things change again, how can we look after our wellness?
Kim Rutherford, Author of 8Wise Ways As our lives have started to change again, from being locked down and in, to even returning to the office or being round people again, it is important to be mindful of how that can and will affect us. Burnout is a something that some of us are experiencing…