It’s Winter! Time to enjoy cosy fires, hot drinks, warm clothes, snuggling up in bed, and even trips to the snow. However, colder, shorter days may result in the winter blues, anxiety over one’s health, and worry about the best ways to keep the family well. When such winter-time-concerns set in, Continue Reading
Sleep like a baby! It’s good for your health.
Oh, to sleep like a baby, without a care in the world! Do you remember what that was like? You didn’t have to yearn for a restful night. You’d simply snuggle down, get comfortable, and fall off to sleep. It was so, so easy. It still can be easy, if you know how. What’s more, it’s good for your Continue Reading
Get over Mondayitis! It’s good for your health
For many of us, including working Mums and Dads, getting back to work after a relaxing weekend can seem a grind – especially when it involves making a daily commute in peak-hour traffic! While “Mondayitis” is often joked about, some people genuinely dread the start of a working week. Yet there’s a Continue Reading
Hang on to your goat! Patience is good for your health.
Patience is a virtue – so the saying goes. But have you thought that patience is good for your health? Being patient can lead to a well-balanced, successful life. It’s all a matter of maintaining this health-giving state of mind in the hurly-burly of everyday life. Staying unflappable, being able Continue Reading
Renovate thinking. It’s good for your health
Renovation shows are so popular on TV. But there’s a different kind of makeover - one that doesn’t deal with outward things that others can see. The one I’m thinking of is more private, personal and intimate in nature. It’s what I call a “facelift” for the mind - a way to renovate thinking, and it’s Continue Reading
Get on your bike! It’s good for your mental health.
Hands up if you ride a bike! That’s great if you do. You’re part of the ever-growing number of recreational and serious cyclists in Australia. After all, cycling in this country has been a popular tradition since the late 19th Century. Here in Melbourne, major cycling events such as Around the Bay Continue Reading
Renovating your thought is good for your health
Renovations are so popular on Australian TV. It seems that as viewers we just love watching makeovers of every description. There’s the Biggest Loser – a show dedicated to helping people give their body a major overhaul. Then there’s The Block and House Rules where rooms and entire houses undergo a Continue Reading
Vietnam and mental health
Being bombed, shot at, flown over enemy territory in a helicopter gunship, and performing on a stage where Australian Cathy Wayne had been shot dead just days earlier. These are lasting memories of my time as a singer during the Vietnam war. I recall my wartime experiences each ANZAC Day, as Continue Reading
Health News Briefing: New twist on a “good” book
In this week's Health News Briefing, which monitors trends in health from a spiritual perspective, Eric Bashor talks about a new twist on a 'good book'. Bashor shares news from theguardian newspaper which says, "GP's to prescribe self-help books for mental health problems. People in England with Continue Reading
Is worrying about worrying, good for your health?
© Glow Images. Models used for illustrative purposes. It’s one thing to worry. It’s another thing to worry about worrying. At least that’s what a friend of mine says. Believing herself to be a chronic worrier, she’s now concerned that it might be genetic. Her father was a BIG worrier – the Continue Reading