Tag: wellbeing

Another year has rolled around and here we are again … reflecting on the year that was, and looking forward to the year that is, and all the years...

Sleep is something that many of us struggle with, and this struggle can affect our whole day, or sleep can be part of our daily medicine. We may think we...

I am a doctor and everything I know about food that is worth knowing, I learnt somewhere other than medical school. We learn so much in medical school, but...

When we think of the word ‘resilience’ it conjures up certain meanings, i.e. that no matter what is thrown at you, you can ‘handle it’. That you are tough...

As doctors, we have a tendency to diagnose and treat ourselves when we become ill, which is understandable, but this can get us into awful trouble, and we cannot...

We all lead very busy lives. We think there are not enough hours in the day to do all the things we need to do, let alone all the...

I used to think I was a clever person, but the way I lived my life when I was younger was not so clever, as I did not care...

I used to love coffee. I would drink six double shots of it every day. This was instant coffee, back in the day, before everyone had an espresso machine...

It’s a late Friday evening in New York and Dr Michael Myers is finishing up the paperwork for his last patient as he takes my call from Sydney. It’s...

We hear a lot about self-care these days and think it is probably something we ought to do. We think it has to do with diet, exercise and rest, perhaps with the odd massage and glass of wine thrown in, but true self-care is much deeper than this. In truth, self-care requires a foundation of love and appreciation, for all of who we are.