From ‘Aunt Flo is in town’ and riding ‘the crimson tide’, to telling your partner, ‘it’s shark week’, there are countless ways to avoid saying it — you’re on your period. We all know the feeling of hiding our pads and tampons away when a male...
Every month, the symptoms begin like clockwork. A surge of menstrual-related hormones might result in blemishes appearing along your chin and forehead. Some women complain about swollen joints while others experience extreme nausea. Food cravings and the fluctuation of emotions are universal. Menstrual cramps are agonising....
Feeling anxious? Or overwhelmed? What about desperate or disillusioned? That’s ok. It’s probably a reflection of a sound mind, considering … well, everything. However, a smattering of writers and thinkers have come forward and said: “It might not be as bad as you think… if...
We have all been there, trying to hide our yawns as we gaze over the numerous emails piling into our inbox with a blue light reflecting off our tired eyes. This is often paired with an overwhelming sense of sleepiness and referred to as the...
Not only has the COVID-19 pandemic placed the world at a standstill but the disruption to our daily lives, anxiety, uncertainty and additional daily stresses have caused many of us to lie awake in our bed's long into the night staring into the abyss as...
Within all the plastic waste that filters into our oceans from the rivers and originating from landfills did you know that one of the most common waste items found on our beaches are earbuds? The original 'Dirty Dozen', is a term used to refer to the...
According to reports, there is currently 5.25 trillion macro and micro pieces of plastic plaguing our once thriving oceans. With numerous headlines alerting us to the atrocities of plastic filling our precious ocean waters, the time to change and act is now. At least eight million...
The experts agree that more waves and outbreaks of COVID-19 are expected. We’re in the eye of the storm, they say. It stands to reason then that remote work will be a part of our lives for the foreseeable future. So what does productivity look...
As a modern society, we forget that there is so much to learn from hunter-gatherer and indigenous communities that can help us to improve our health and realign ourselves with nature. Micro Mirroring Macro Observing the Hadza; a hunter-gatherer society in Tanzania, provides evidence of a direct...
