Health and Wellness Solutions

10/07/2024

Aged 40-60 ish? This is a great read!

16/04/2022

Health and Wellness Solutions wishes you and your families a happy, safe and healthy Easter.

19/07/2021

I challenge you to drink at least a whole bottle of water today.

27/05/2021

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=331654598329995&id=100044563713758

"She will always struggle with her weight" was what my cousin said about me when I was 10 years old. Up till then I was a regular 10 year old girl (image on the left) who loved riding bikes & climbing trees, and I remember not fully understanding what he meant, but also how it triggered something in me that led to years of yoyo dieting and unhappiness. At 15 I went on my first diet. It consisted of one ice lolly a day. When my period stopped I panicked and started eating. Over the years I tried every weight loss fad under the sun and even made up a few. It took me many years to realise that the unhappiness was coming from within, because I'll tell you something - even when I was thin, I was still unhappy. In fact, it was never about my looks to begin with. So I started addressing the things in my life that were't working. Relationships, my past... painful stuff, things I used food to escape from. I stopped trying to "love" parts of my body that I didn’t like (my stomach/ bingo arms). Someone asked me "do you LOVE your elbows?" and it was like a eureka moment. I never thought about my elbows so why was I giving my stomach that much attention? The fact that our society focuses on what we look like has a massive impact, but shifting the focus to what my body could DO, rather than its aesthetics, made a real difference. At 42 I took up pole dancing in an attempt to reconnect with a body I felt no longer belonged to me after having kids. When I managed to climb the pole (and hump the floor) what I felt towards my body was respect. Our bodies DO so much for us, yet we treat them like s**t. We tell them they are no good because they wobble, because they change and age, but they keep showing up. They keep doing their job. And we think it's about loving them, when really it's about loving ourselves. Who we are, regardless of what we look like. I've learned to do that, unconditionally, something I didn't feel I had as a child and I believe it was at the heart of my personal "struggle". At 45 I don't have all the answers, but what I do know for sure is that life is short and I want to enjoy it! I also know that cake is genius, and that no one ever said with their dying breath "I wish I ate more celery".

24/04/2021

ANZAC DAY 25th APRIL 2021 from Health and Wellness Solutions

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them." - Laurence Binyon

Lest We Forget.

22/04/2021

https://www.msk.org.au/pillars-of-self-care/?mc_cid=69dc7bd04b&mc_eid=faabf76513

We take a look at the International Self-Care Foundation seven pillars of self-care and how they’re relevant for musculoskeletal conditions.

08/04/2021

Join the Health and Wellness Solutions Team to support mental health this June.

Get fit, have fun and learn about mental health

05/04/2021

Feeling a bit more adventurous .... try this EASTER HITT program!

05/04/2021

Feeling full from the Easter Rabbit and Easter festivities? Try these basic easy at home core exercises! Be sure to invite your family and friends to the page so they can do it too!

04/04/2021

Health and Wellness Solutions extends Easter wishes to you and your family. We hope you have had a safe, healthy, relaxing and enjoyable time.