• DARE magazine (Australian Seniors) Feature. Nov-Dec 2024 Issue

    Benefits of walking, new research, how to get started and maximise your walks if you’re already a pro.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine June 2024 Issue

    How tidying, delcuttering and cleaning can impact body and mind.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine - May 2024 Issue

    How colour influences taste and flavour.

  • House of Wellness (Chemist Warehouse) Magazine. Autumn 2024

    3 out of 4 suicides in Australia are by men. Male mental health is suffering and recent research has shown lack of close friends to confide in, broader social connection and conforming to male stereotypes to be contributing factors.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine April 2024

    In my latest story for MiNDFOOD magazine I take a look at how sleep (or lack thereof) impacts our health, how much you should be getting and how to optimise your shut-eye.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine March 2024

    We all need self-esteem to have a healthy level of self-confidence to navigate life, yet how we view and value ourselves can differ greatly from person to person. Why is this the case? And how can you then boost your flagging self-esteem once it has taken a major hit?

  • Looking forward is good for you

    Forget living in the moment. If you’re seeking fulfilment, experts say looking to the future can have big wellbeing benefits.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine Jan/Feb 2024 - The Science of Motivation. Psychology Feature

    How motivation initiates, guides and maintains goal- orientated behaviour.

  • House of Wellness (Chemist Warehouse) 31 December 2023 Sunday Telegraph Newspaper Liftout

    Understanding and managing stress - Health Feature

  • House of Wellness - SEO Content

    Health Condition - warts and verocas - Dec 2023

  • House of Wellness / Barnes Naturals - Native Content

    Health and Wellbeing - Dec 2023

  • House of Wellness Magazine (Chemist Warehouse)

    Health Feature (P.62)

  • Live Better Magazine (Medibank)

    Health and Relationships Feature (P.71)

  • Forty Winks: Healthy sleep habits.

    B2C Campaign Blog Content

  • Forty Winks: How to stop co-sleeping.

    B2C Campaign Blog Content

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine April 2023 - Love Potions. Relationships / Sexual Attraction Feature

    A couple may have ‘chemistry’ but what chemical reactions are at play when we ‘ fall in love’? A look at why do the giddy feelings of lust and attraction fade as a relationship moves into the longer term.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine May 2023 Battle of the Bulge. Physical Health Feature

    A look at the latest research and expert advice on mid-life weight gain and the ways to minimise the spread.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine December 2023 - A Question of Taste. Science Feature

    A look at the biology and psychology of taste and why a person’s likes and dislikes vary so much.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine July 2023 Issue - Forever Young. Science and Health Feature

    A look at the research, technology and science behind slowing and the possibility of reversing biological ageing.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine January 2023 - Friend Cleanse. Relationships Feature

    Exploring friendships, there importance to our health and happiness and how to end them when they go sour or are outgrown and how to forge new ones.

2022

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. December 2022 Issue. Melanoma Physical Health

    A look at revolutionary new treatments for this killer skin cancer.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. September 2022 Issue. Colour Blindness. Physical Health.

    A look at the latest treatments and causes of colourblindness.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. July 2022 Issue. Rituals - Mental Health Feature

    Their origins may be primarily religious but today, many of us indulge in our own secular rituals without thought. Why do they benefit us – both individually and as a community – and could they enhance your own life?

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine April 2022 Issue - The Kindness Pandemic - Sociology Health Feature

    As well as delivering health benefits for the giver and the receiver, research has shown kindness is also contagious, The results of the world’s largest study on kindness also shows why it’s time to add more caring to our lives.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine March 2022. Pleasure Seekers. Sociology / Pschology Health Feature

    After COVID-19, we’re overdue for a new hedonistic age. Yet hedonism is more than just having a good time: it’s a way of savouring life’s pleasurable moments and boosting your wellbeing.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine February 2022. Burnout - Health Feature.

    Thanks to factors such as too much work, working from home and now the pandemic, burnout is a growing global problem. Here’s how to identify if you are at risk and de-stress.

2021

  • The Guardian. Science and Relationships Feature

    The relationship sabotage scale (breaking Australian research): quantifying why we undermine ourselves in love.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine - August 2022 Issue - The importance of small talk. Psychology / Health Feature

    We may not have given them much thought pre-lockdown, but regular casual interactions are important for forging healthy connections.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. July 2021 Issue. Secrets and Lies. Sociology and Psychology

    You may pride yourself on being someone who always tells the truth, but we all tell lies to a greater or lesser extent – either to present our best self to the world or to protect those we care about.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine - Self Sabotage in Romantic Relationships

    Do you struggle to maintain romantic relationships? Do they always seem to end at the same point in a similar way? You could be a romantic self saboteur.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. June 2021 Issue. How to be happy. Psychology Feature.

    In an ideal world, we’d all like to be happy, but what does ‘happiness’ mean? Is it the same for everyone? Is it actually achievable? Or even desirable? And is happiness the same as wellbeing? We examine how to understand what creates a happy state and how to increase and maintain your own level of contentedness.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. July 2021 Issue. We agree to disagree. Sociology and Psychology Feature

    Disagreeing with someone can feel like an assault, triggering our evolutionary hardwired responses of fight or flight. Fortunately there are techniques and tools to defuse arguments and keep your adrenaline and anger in check.

2020

  • The Saturday Paper. Health Feature on Loneliness in the pandemic

    Social isolation during lockdown has shined a light on loneliness as more and more people voice their struggles, but has the pandemic muddied the waters around an already misunderstood health issue.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. October 2020 Issue. Chronic Pain Health Feature.

    The way chronic pain is defined and treated has changed, with growing recognition of how attitudes, beliefs, personality and social factors influence outcomes.

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. November 2020 Issue. The secret power of laughter

    We know laughing makes us feel good but are we underestimating the power that humour has to transform our lives by improving our work, health and relationships?

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. July 2020 Issue. Homesickness Health Feature.

    It can be summed up as “ feeling ill or depressed from a longing for home” but what makes homesickness more severe for some than others, and what can we do to soothe the ache?

  • MiNDFOOD Magazine. March 2020 Issue. Are you guilty of unconscious bias? Psychology Feature.

    Do you find yourself expressing opinions that are not yours, just to fit in with your friends? Or hiring people you think you’d get on with, rather than those best qualified to do the job? You may be guilty of unconscious bias.

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