When receiving unwanted health news, what you do and say and who you turn to, can make all the difference to restoring your confidence and navigating the journey ahead.
Mind & Emotions
How to Host Without Stress and Exhaustion!
Having folks to stay can be a total pleasure from start to finish, if only we know how to make it happen. Read our tips to make it happen!
Getting Comfortable with Discomfort
Explore how discomfort from anxiety often leads to avoidance behaviours and exacerbates the issue.
The Psychological Perks of Babysitting Grandchildren
As well as keeping you on your toes, spending time with your grandkids can also help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease!
Does Winter Make you Happy or SAD?
For around 10% of Kiwis, the darker days of winter usher in a seasonal form of depression called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD for short).
The Physical Pain of Grief
Grief is so overwhelmingly emotional, the physical symptoms which frequently accompany it often go unspoken.
Social Connection When you Live Rurally!
We’ve put together tips on how rural seniors can stay socially connected, and how urban seniors can help them do it!
How to Recognise and Overcome Depression
Depression is not a normal part of ageing, but it is a common and serious problem among older adults.
Grief – Universal Yet Individual
Although grief is specific to each individual, it can help to understand almost everyone who experiences it, encounters a similar set of ‘symptoms.’
‘I’m a Carboholic,’ Part #3
In the third instalment of ‘I’m a Carboholic’, we discuss how plant fibre in our diet helps us to feel full for longer, and how refined food has the opposite effect.