THE BETTER BEING BLOG
Whilst most offices shut down during the Christmas period, many employees are still against taking time off to rest and recover during the festive season. Why is this? Competitive job markets, constant connection to our emails and work and the fear of returning to thousands of urgent emails can...
Recently, I experienced burnout, and it wasn’t pretty.
There was a lot going on, working part time with fast approaching deadlines, in the depths of a fulltime university semester, competitive Rugby training through the week and games on the weekend as well as attempting to...
Over two years ago, a large portion of Australian’s made the switch from working in an office to working from home. At the time there wasn’t a choice, with the pandemic forcing us to change the way we operated and worked. But now, with restrictions having eased, a new hybrid model of...
The reality of physical and mental wellbeing in Australian workplaces is concerning, with mental illness in the workplace costing the economy over $17.4 billion per year. Employees are burnt out, stressed and finding dissatisfaction in their employment. 90% believe mental health is an...
"On average, 9 Australian's die every day by suicide. 7 are men."
In 2018, there were 12.4 million males in Australia—just under half (49%) of the country’s population. Overall, there are 98.4 males for every 100 females.
So, let's picture the typical Australian man....
Is your office currently full of red-nosed, sore throat, shells of humans? Is your office starting to look more like a sickbay than a work place?
It might be time to implement a few immunity boosting strategies at work!
Here are some quick tips!
PART 2: HOW...
SICK AND TIRED OF CATCHING EVERY COMMON COLD?
BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY AT HOME & IN THE WORKPLACE
It’s Thursday afternoon. You’re sitting at your office desk, starting to wrap up the working week before going away for the June long weekend with friends. A Winter getaway, a...
Exercising can be hard at the best of times. Fitting training into a busy schedule is difficult, and this can be made even harder when you experience setbacks.
You probably know the feeling – you’ve made the commitment and after four weeks of really knuckling down and staying...
About 60% of Australian adults experience poor quality sleep. Markers of poor-quality sleep includes trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and waking too early and not being able to fall back asleep. These markers of poor sleep quality lead to a reduction in sleep, correlating with decreased...
What is the secret to a long, healthy and happy life? Well Dan Buettner in his book Blue Zones explores this. He looks at communities across the globe that regularly live beyond 100 years old. From Okinawa, Japan to Adventist Colonies in California these communities tend to share common traits...
After a year of mixed results my football team and I recently qualified for the grand final, my first in almost a decade. After a tough training week the body and mind were feeling little a worse for wear.
For centuries, water has been used as a therapy for improving psychological and physical...
As the Mckinsey Maxim goes ‘You can manage what you measure’.
However many people have the perception that if I am thin than I am fit. This has led to us defining our health by the numbers on a set of scales. That skinny somehow means healthy. But research shows this to be untrue.