Wellness Matters

2020 was going to be my year of mental health focus, skill building, and investing time into side hobbies. While the pandemic didn’t stop me completely, it still puts a big spanner in the plans that I had. The most recent snap lockdown in Melbourne admittedly hit me harder than the previous three before. Here’s 5 things it taught me:

For this week’s #WellnessMatters edition we’ve put together some resources and information that are simple and informative while tackling issues on Men’s Health.

Arianna Huffington has been named in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. Known as the founder of The Huffington Post, Arianna is also the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and author of The Sleep Revolution. Arianna’s believes the secret to succeeding is to get more sleep. As…

I’m the first to put my hand up to say that I have engaged in retail therapy. And it appears I am not alone; it’s reported that 5.2 million Australians shopped online in April last year following COVID-19. There are many reasons why retail therapy works. Shopping lifts our mood by activating dopamine which creates…

It’s that time of year when we’re starting to have fewer sunny days and we begin preparing for the winter ahead. As Autumn is drawing to a close and the seasons begin to change, we often find ourselves trying to keep up our social and work schedule from the warmer months. Scientific research has indicated…

Ask An Expert: Optical Dispenser & Technician For this edition of our ‘Ask the Expert’ series, we spoke to Jason Smith, a qualified Optical Dispenser and Technician on the importance of optical health. “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others” – Jonathan Swift. Eyesight is perhaps something many of us take…

If you’re sentimental like me and have kept the cards you’ve been given over the years, you’ll notice that most well wishes relate to happiness. That’s because, besides health, happiness is ultimately what we all strive for. I don’t think you can (or should) be happy all the time – after all, bad times do…

Wake up at 6.15 am, lie there and negotiate another 15 minutes of sleep with yourself, press ‘snooze’, eventually roll out of bed, shower, get dressed, apply copious amounts of aftershave and leave the house at 7.05 am. No, this isn’t an instructional manual on how to be a 9–5 human, it’s just my morning…

“You need to drink more water”. This is what everyone tells you and you hear it all the time on the TV and ads everywhere you go. You understand the benefits but you admit that you haven’t really taken the steps to do anything about it. Drinking enough water each day can be challenging. How…