Tips on Growing Herbs by Linda Gray

The most versatile plants seem to fall into the ???herb??? category. Many will grow in pots as well as on site. Some will even grow on a window ledge. And all of them will stimulate your senses! Here is a snapshot view of ten everyday herbs you can grow at home. [More...]

How to Take a Sabbatical by Robert Levine

If you are like millions of others who have dreamt about an extended leave from work and daily life, you have no doubt danced the mental waltz with your heart, mind, and gut - each moving to a different step. Your heart tells you that you need the break to manage stress, rest and rejuvenate, reconnect with your core being and values, and find new purpose. [More...]

Do You Have a Holistic Home? by Maxine Fox

As the pressures of 21st century survival increase, it is our homes that can offer the perfect antidote. But, in many cases, it seems that the very place we think of as a sanctuary, could be implicated in causing physical ill-health and impairment. [More...]

Grow Your Own Pharmacy by Christine McPherson

If we want to get out of the pharmacy, we have to get into the garden ??? and grow our own fruit and vegetables. Grandmother Linda Gray, who manages a popular gardening website, firmly believes that growing our own food is a huge step towards a healthy body, mind and spirit. [More...]

Playing with Your Hair by Ann Gadd

Ever found yourself twirling your hair around your finger? Or noticed a colleague playing with their hair? It's a common habit, but what's (forgive the pun,) the root cause? Why have you chosen to play with your hair instead of tapping your foot for instance? To find the answer we need to examine the mystical and symbolic function of our hair. [More...]

Internet or procrastinet? by Ann Gadd

I love the internet. The streams of joke emails, emails promising me a vast inheritance from a hidden stash in some North African country, channelled messages from an assortment of angels, Viagra and chain letters promising wealth and abundance if I only pass them on, download faster and with as much relish as I can eat a bar of 70% pure dark chocolate. [More...]

Menopause ??? a metamorphosis by Marian Van Eyk McCain

Nobody warned me that menopause is a lot like that. Maybe it is as well they didn't. After all, how do you go on feeling smart, sexy, capable, confident and all-round good about yourself if you know you are gradually turning into sludge? It probably doesn't bother a caterpillar, but it certainly bothered me heaps. Because you cannot come apart without feeling it. And if you are anything like me, you cannot be aware of the coming apart process without panicking. So I panicked. [More...]