Breaking up with the snooze button
Worried about your sleep? Sleep Scientist Dr Gemma Paech sets the record straight about how to get a good night’s sleep.
Wellbeing
Read between the [eco] lines and get planet smart
You’ve heard of degradable bags that are actually more harmful to the environment, brands ‘green-washing’ to appear more eco than they actually are… and how the heck can we compost when we live in apartments? Keep calm, read on, and don’t forget your reusable cups.
Fill your cup with these coffee alternatives
Whether you don’t really like coffee, are on a detox or sticking to just one caffeine fix per day, these are the alternatives to nourish your soul.
Life Happens – how to keep calm and carry on when your kids get sick
Allow us to introduce you to Sick Happens – an amazing online resource taking the fear out of common childhood illnesses and teaching parents how to stay cool, calm, and collected while doing the best for their kids. We chatted to founder Penny Blunden to find out more.
Free gym access for high school students at Urth during school hols
Newcastle gym Urth Fitness is offering FREE gym access to high school students aged 14 – 18 during the April school holidays, at their Lambton, Charlestown or Belmont locations.
Setting realistic health goals in 2025
We blinked and somehow it’s now February, and the dust from those well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions have well and truly settled. If you’re beating yourself up because you’ve let your health and wellness goals fall by the wayside, firstly – stop that negative self-talk! – and secondly, have a read of our chat with Gjenae Rosekelly from local gym Urth Fitness. Gjenae shares her tips for setting and sticking to your health goals, and how we can all be a little bit kinder to ourselves in the process.
A story worth weaving
What exactly is weaving, I hear you ask? It’s a form of textile production and fibre art where a loom (usually wooden) is used to weave yarn together at right angles to create a fabric or cloth. After doing some research, and sitting down with Rainie Owen aka The Unusual Pear, I am now officially obsessed, and I’m sorry (not sorry) to say, you will be too.
The juice on skincare with Skin Juice founder Jo Dampney
Skincare can be a mighty confusing world. With so many products to choose from, how can you ensure that what you’re using is right for you? Since founding Skin Juice in 1996, Newcastle’s Jo Dampney has been helping people nourish their skin in the same way that a healthy diet nourishes your body. We chatted with Jo to find out more about her approach.
Making the call
Life’s full of tricky decisions, like where to send your kids to school, whether you should quit your job and which flavour to choose at the ice-cream shop (why must they all be so delicious?!). Here’s how to tackle them.
The reliable all-rounder
There is a quote that says, ‘At the beach, life is different. Time doesn’t move hour to hour but mood to moment…’. Today, in amongst that moody backdrop there exists a small, concrete space that people have come to rely on. The roller door flings up day after day, and despite nature’s best efforts to thwart its idyllic setting, the people still come to… the beach kiosk.
