How can your man be the best Valentine ever… Valentine’s day is regarded as one of the most romantic days of the year. It is the day we express our love and desire to that special person. It is also the day that Men have the opportunity to demonstrate to their partner how romantic they are by showering her with love, gifts, and lavish amounts of poetic words. How then can Men ensure they make

Findings from the American National Institute of Health, indicate children of obese parents may be at risk for developmental delays. It is reported that children of obese mothers were more prone to fail tests in fine motor skill development, the skill to control movement of small muscles. Children of obese fathers were more likely to fail in social competence. Children born to extremely obese parents tended to fail tests in problem-solving ability. Scientists at the

Recent Study Reveals the Star Sign Most Likely to Cheat A qualitative study of more than two million members of dating websites was conducted by Gleeden, a site specialising in extramarital affairs, to determine which zodiac signs were more likely to cheat on their partner. They indicated Sagittarius rates with the highest reports of infidelity from all zodiac signs. This was followed closely by Gemini that was reported as the sneakiest star sign and those to

The end of the year usually finds us waiting in trepidation for the required and timed ‘Feedback’ interview. When someone says to you, “I just want to give you some feedback”, we often cringe and expect negative remarks on how we could have done something better than we did. We regularly need to give ‘feedback’ to staff and employees yet this word can be frightening, negative and makes us assume the worst. It makes us

The stress burn-out rates for our small business owners, middle and upper management personnel is frightening and critically disturbing. Among these administrative and business positions, we have a high rate of divorce, stress, anxiety, depression and related health issues. We all understand the pressures on business owners and management, yet they continue to drive themselves hard to ensure that bottom line is met or improved and often at the expense of themselves and their family.

I was recently speaking to someone who had an ancestry DNA test. Her results came back that she has mainly Irish, some middle eastern and a minor percentage of Aboriginal. She was unaware of this, her heritage, hence the curiosity of the Ancestry DNA test. The difference I witnessed in this woman after results were learned, was astonishing. She started identifying as Aboriginal. She attended movements and meetings regarding Aboriginal people; she became outspoken as

Pain affects people every day. It doesn’t discriminate with age, gender or cultural background; it is a worldwide issue, and numbers of sufferers are escalating. It can ruin your life. Chronic pain affects almost 30 percent of Australians, which means that at any given time nearly three out of ten people are suffering from pain (Stollznow Research for Pfizer Australia, 2010). If we look at adults only then it is approximately 1:3 experiences pain daily and

How do we all avoid that Parental End of Year Burn-out? Towards the end of the year parents can experience a type of burn-out. No doubt the year has been busy, so much running around with the kids, running the home, looking after others, working, and the list continues. By year end we want to stop and have a break yet Christmas is upon us, so more work is needed this time of year. Gift

Who Cares for the Therapist who care for Others? Most therapists feel deflated if the therapy they have provided has not resulted in the success they were expecting for their client. We know that when a client has reached the point of success in any therapeutic work, we often let them know they were the ones who had done the work and we were the instrument to assist and support them achieving the outcome they

 Is it normal to want to go back? If we have made the decision to leave that awful relationship, it can become extremely frustrating when as the weeks go by we find ourselves questioning our decision. We may wonder if we should have left that relationship, did I bail too soon, should we have tried harder and should I go back and retry, perhaps again. The thoughts of reconciliation are completely normal after you leave a relationship, as you

A recent story indicated we here in Australia are becoming child un-friendly. It indicated we are becoming more intolerant of children on planes, buses, restaurants, shopping centres. Really? All of us were once a child, many of us have children, some still young and others grown. This story, or statement is interesting. Why is this even being discussed? After all, children always have been and always will be everywhere. They are our future; they are

How do we manage our children’s concerns, anxiety and fears after the horrific story this week of the Dreamworld tragedy? This story came coming into our lounge room and was on every news feed, channel and radio outlet. There was no escape, we all heard and we all know about this dreadfully sad tragedy. We are all affected, saddened and distressed. Our hearts are with the families who have lost their precious family members, mother