Health

Winter can be a tricky time for maintaining the motivation to keep exercising.

Want a tip on how to be more productive? To sleep better? To feel your best? Of course you do.

It’s been six months since Christmas and for many of us, six months since we’ve had a well earned break.

Eighty-five percent of Australian businesswomen describe themselves as just “functioning” over the past six months at work, with more than 15% flat out languishing according to The Australian Pulse of Women In Leadership.

A new study has confirmed what we already know, deep down.

Do you know that heart disease is the single biggest killer of Australian women and that women are three times more likely to die from heart disease than from breast cancer? It’s the reason each year in June The Heart Foundation runs a campaign called Go Red For Women.

Earlier in the week I shared my tips for incorporating more movement into your routine to improve your heart health.

Almost 30% of Australian women aged 30-65 have high cholesterol yet most don’t know that it is a heart disease risk factor.

Emotions are sign posts for things in life and we should always pay attention to them, acknowledging what our feelings mean and using them as a guide to making changes and decisions.

Probably feels that way.

I was in yoga class the other night and the teacher was discussing with us how we (as people) often talk – and think – about doing things but we’re often not comfortable actually sticking through the process.

There are some types of stress that are particular to women who work, and they are affecting a huge portion of the population.