What is Stress?

TO FIGHT OR FLIGHT? How our bodies react to prolonged stress. Stress: A pesky little word that gets tossed around a great deal in modern day life. We stress about things, we feel stressed by stuff, and situations are stressful… But do you really understand stress, and more importantly, how it affects your body? To combat stress, our bodies have a built-in protection mechanism called the Fight or Flight response. Normal day to day interactions aren’t likely to cause us physical harm, so most of the time our body is (or it should be!) in a nice calm state. But,

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Losing Weight for Health

Losing Weight for Health

Lose Weight – Your health depends on it. If you are facing health issues such as chronic inflammation, diabetes, cardio-vascular risks, auto-immune condition, hormonal imbalances, insomnia, depression, cravings, high blood pressure and arthritis – then you need to seriously attend to the extra kilo’s you are carrying around. Quite possibly you are well aware that you have a problem needing attention. Very possibly you’ve been aware for some time but have resisted admitting that fact to yourself for whatever reason. You may know already what it is you need to do, or you may lack motivation to change your habits because

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Body-Image

Body-Image

When you look in the mirror, are you seeing yourself as you ARE or how you FEAR? To be a confident, self-assured and secure woman in today’s society, we’re challenged to escape the media bombardment we face at every turn: glossy magazine pages of digitally beautified models, reality TV shows with people looking anything but real, print media and radio marketing convincing you of the latest fad diet that you really need to try… Even on a good day one phrase, one word, one look can be all it takes to dent the hard won self-confidence of the woman in

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Emotional Eating

Emotional Eating

Are you thinking, breathing and fearing food 24/7…? What we think and how we feel often dictates what we eat, if we should eat and when we should eat. This may lead us to console our emotions with food we don’t really want or need but that temporarily might make us feel better. Without a healthy self-image or balanced lifestyle, this may be enough to permanently chip away at your self-confidence and further influence your emotions. In the long term, it may be enough to spark a greater issue with food and body-image, leading to disordered eating. Do you reach

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