Getting Healthy

You know those people who are addicted to helping? Who will go out of their way to solve other people’s problems, but won’t touch their own? I think I’m one of them. In my everyday life I try to help people solve their health problems by telling them about the healthy living tools that I’ve [...]

I’ve realised that most of the things that are stopping me from eating and exercising properly right now are emotional in nature: I have had conflict with friends lately My family is a bit more stressful than usual My beloved cat has been sick Money has been very tight My room and lounge room look [...]

I am so far off the wagon that the wagon has not only disappeared around the corner but is now trundling off to Sydney. Somehow in the past two weeks I’ve forgotten how to eat three square meals. Lunch has been the most neglected meal. I have been eating either Weet-bix or a banana, or [...]

This week I began a course of Australian Bush Flower Essences. In a nutshell, Flower Essences are energetic preparations, made from flowers, that can be used to heal emotional and spiritual blocks. There is very little of the physical flower left in a Flower Essence, and only the flower’s vital energy remains (kind of like [...]

Is it possible to fall off the wagon before having really got on? Last Thursday I finished exams (YAY!). That evening I said to myself, “Gauri, tomorrow you will drink with your uni friends. After that, there will be no more junk food in your diet for two whole weeks.” Well, it was a nice [...]

My “Getting Healthy” Info 1. As of the beginning of this project, what are your height and weight? Height: 165cm (5’4″) Weight: 60kg (132). This is what that looks like: 2. We all know that numbers never give us the big picture. When you think of your body – its size, shape, strength and health [...]