Health

Is Private Health Insurance Worthwhile in the Age of Coronavirus?

Is Private Health Insurance Worthwhile in the Age of Coronavirus?

18 Jul 2020 As the Coronavirus crisis drags on, healthcare is a primary concern on many peoples’ minds.
Include a Charity Week coming up 7-13 September 2020

Include a Charity Week coming up 7-13 September 2020

18 Jun 2020 More Australians consider leaving a charitable gift in their Will Sydney, 18 June 2020 – More than 80 of Australia’s best-loved chariti...
Virtual healthcare is fast becoming the new normal

Virtual healthcare is fast becoming the new normal

10 Jun 2020 Virtual healthcare, encompassing telehealth, is now being widely adopted by health care professionals and patients alike. 
5 Ways to Defeat Wrinkles, Crows Feet and Other Signs of Ageing

5 Ways to Defeat Wrinkles, Crows Feet and Other Signs of Ageing

2 Jun 2020 There are many wonderful things about ageing – but wrinkles, crow’s feet and fine lines are not amongst them.
How to look after your mental health and practise self-care during isolation

How to look after your mental health and practise self-care during isolation

28 Apr 2020 by Sarah Halfpenny These days of COVID-19 isolation are strange times indeed. It’s like we’re starring in our own real-life version of t...
Things to do, watch, and learn in self-isolation or quarantine

Things to do, watch, and learn in self-isolation or quarantine

14 Apr 2020 by Sarah Halfpenny It’s been a month since the rumbles about the severity of COVID-19 began to grow louder, but in those few weeks the con...
How to keep anxiety at bay during times of uncertainty

How to keep anxiety at bay during times of uncertainty

27 Mar 2020 Jill Newby, Associate Professor, UNSW based at the Black Dog Institute
Things to do in self-isolation or quarantine

Things to do in self-isolation or quarantine

23 Mar 2020 by Sarah Halfpenny In these uncertain times of COVID-19, it’s important to maintain good mental health as we spend time alone or with our...
COVID-19 (novel coronavirus): the facts, the figures and how best to protect ourselves

COVID-19 (novel coronavirus): the facts, the figures and how best to protect ourselves

16 Mar 2020 by Sarah Halfpenny We need to talk calmly about COVID-19. It’s easy to let panic overtake us in these strange and unprecedented times.
3 Best Massage Types For Overall Health and Rejuvenation

3 Best Massage Types For Overall Health and Rejuvenation

11 Mar 2020 There isn’t a single person in the world who doesn’t love massages. Aside from the strangely satisfying feeling, getting a massage provi...
Art to heal grief – one woman’s 100-day project

Art to heal grief – one woman’s 100-day project

28 Feb 2020 By Sarah Halfpenny As poet and singer Leonard Cohen famously wrote, “There’s a crack, a crack in everything.
Play Walking Netball Today

Play Walking Netball Today

18 Dec 2019 One of the best things about Walking Netball is that there are three different programs to suit participants;
HOW A SHIPWRECK SURVIVOR’S STORY LED TO AN ISLAND MASSACRE

HOW A SHIPWRECK SURVIVOR’S STORY LED TO AN ISLAND MASSACRE

28 Nov 2019 No-one knows for certain what fate befell Captain James Fraser after his ship, the Stirling Castle, carrying mainly spirits, foundered on a...
Researching Your Family History

Researching Your Family History

15 Nov 2019 by Greg Barron Richer than any fictional story, family history is steeped in the cycles of birth, life, work and death.
A beginner’s guide to eco tourism in Australia

A beginner’s guide to eco tourism in Australia

14 Nov 2019 If you’re looking for some temporary escape from the 9-to-5 and a change from staring at the brick walls of your house in the ’burbs, th...
Play Walking Netball Today

Play Walking Netball Today

30 Sep 2019 One of the best things about the Walking Netball eight-week programs is that participants can join in at any stage throughout the program...
Flexibility and Choice in Retirement Living

Flexibility and Choice in Retirement Living

5 Sep 2019 At Fresh Hope Care we recognise the idea of spending your retirement years hassle free, in a like-minded, friendly and active community soun...
Pyrmont Festival returns with fine food and wine in the sunshine

Pyrmont Festival returns with fine food and wine in the sunshine

3 Sep 2019 Pyrmont Festival (20 Sept – 6 Oct) returns later this month, to serve up a slice of Pyrmont’s finest food, wine and culture by the harbo...
Becoming a Novelist

Becoming a Novelist

2 Sep 2019 When the offspring do the right thing – find employment and leave home – when careers wind down, and retirement beckons;
The best modern day card games and board games for all ages.

The best modern day card games and board games for all ages.

by Sarah Halfpenny, 16 Aug 2019 From locally designed games to instant cult classics, there’s a slew of exciting new games on the market, so gather your friends and resis...