Blog articles to help you adopt a healthier lifestyle. Discover the benefits of eating healthier, regular exercise, and prioritising your mental health. Start with small consistent changes, choose one simple action you can do every day and build momentum and confidence in your ability to prioritise self-care, and improve the quality of your life.
Results for "" Depression is alarmingly common these days, and yet, many treatment options are still rather trial-and-error in nature. All too often, depression is treated with medications which present a number of unpleasant side-effects, and doctors have no choice but to ‘trial’ patients on different drugs in the hope that one of them will be effective in treating the symptoms. Little do many...
Results for "" Have you ever thought about the benefits of weight loss coaching? If you’re trying to lose weight, you may have struggled with a myriad of different diet and exercise regimes over the years, with little to no success. With so much conflicting advice getting around these days, and ‘Dr Google’ providing more questions than answers, is it any wonder that so many of us struggle with...
Results for "" The diet industry is a multi-billion dollar business worldwide, as the population struggles with obesity and weight-related illness. With so many of us trying to shed the kilos, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of advice out there. Many of us have grown up believing a number of dieting myths, which do nothing to help us in our quest to reach a healthy weight....
Results for "" The new year is, naturally, a great time to reassess your goals and set new objectives for the year ahead. It comes as no surprise that weight loss is among the most common of New Year’s resolutions. After indulging in the parties and get-togethers of the festive season (which all tend to revolve around food and alcohol), many of us are left feeling uncomfortable with the results....
Results for "" If you’ve gone on a diet only to gain all the weight back on afterwards, then you know all about yo-yo dieting, also known as weight cycling. Apart from the deflating impacts it can have on morale, yo-yo dieting can also have negative health consequences. If you’ve experienced yo-yo dieting before, there are workable strategies that you can apply to help improve your chances of...
Results for "" Exercising with a personal trainer can help ensure you stay focused, committed, and are performing the right exercises at the right intervals to reach your fitness goals. However, the world is full of personal trainers; all boasting different programs and offering different opinions on exercise and dietary requirements. If you’ve decided to hire a personal trainer to help you...
At Integrated Health Specialists we’re all about encouraging a holistic approach to improve your health, wellbeing, and quality of life. We’ve put together this health and wellness resource page so you can easily find help across different areas of health and from different community groups and resources. Have a browse through the list, and if you have anything to add that you feel would benefit...
Results for "" It’s important to know how to reduce stress when it happens. In today’s society where everyone’s busier than they’ve ever been, with higher demands for work performance and financial struggles, there’s a definite need to understand how to cope with stress and anxiety. Simple tools and techniques exist that can help ease the tension build up. Practicing these techniques daily can...
Results for "" Nutrition can be very confusing…fad diets…foods that can cause cancer…don’t eat this, eat that…where do you start? This was my problem too, I just wanted a basic plan to follow, not too confusing, not too technical, but do you think I could find it? This is why we have created this post, to give you a few basic guidelines to get you on the right track to good health. Start by...
Results for "" Holistic health is a concept that all potential contributing factors which may affect a person’s well-being, are taken into consideration when assessing a person’s overall health. Holistic health in traditional medical practice upholds that all aspects of people’s needs, physical, social, and mental, should be taken into account and seen as a whole. In alternative medicine, it...
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