Feed your body, move your mood
Most people have noticed it at some point. A few days of poor eating and not much movement, and everything feels a little harder. Your thinking gets cloudier, your patience thins, and the evenings feel longer. It’s not in your imagination. What you eat and drink how much you move directly and measurably affect your mental health.
Spring back together: Building healthy habits through connection
Spring has a way of making everything feel a little more possible. There’s a shift in the air, a collective exhale, and we find ourselves quietly taking stock. This Spring let’s take a different angle to making small changes to freshen up our routines. Let’s look at the quality of our connections, and the everyday healthy habits we can build to improve them.
A healthier winter starts here: 10 simple changes to try
As the weather cools across Queensland, our daily habits often shift without us even realising. But winter doesn’t have to mean putting your health on hold. If you’ve been thinking about how to boost your energy or build healthier routines, now is a great time to start.
7 things to do in Queensland: Make this your healthiest winter yet
Whether you’re looking to clear your head, move your body, or simply break out of the same old routine, Queensland in winter hands you every excuse to try something different and enjoy the outdoors no matter your pace, budget, or starting point. If you’ve been searching for how to get healthy, this is your moment.
What to expect on your My health for life journey with Mandy
After meeting Mandy in our first blog, you might be wondering what it’s actually like to work with a First Nations Health Coach, and what happens during your time in My health for life.
Finding her wings: Clarisse’s transformation
Clarisse has a vivid way of describing her journey. “It’s growing,” she says. “Like a caterpillar building up a cocoon, and at the end, just emerging. I am still to fully become a butterfly, but I’m loving myself more and more and finding myself closer and closer.”
Strong spirits, strong bodies: Walking together with My health for life
When I talk about health, I’m never just talking about gym sessions, step counts, or salads. I’m talking about the deep stuff – our connections to country; to family and Elders to stories, how we keep our spirits steady, our minds clear, and our bodies strong.
Skillpower over willpower: Simple steps to help you reset your routine
As the mornings cool and routines change, autumn is a great time to reset healthy habits and create a routine that helps you feel your best. Rather than relying on willpower, small, consistent behaviour changes are what create habits that stick.
Harmony Week: Wellbeing in the everyday rituals
Welcome to Harmony Week, a celebration of the many cultures that make our communities stronger, healthier, and more connected.
When we participate in one another’s traditions, even in small ways, something shifts. We feel welcomed. We feel curious. We feel connected. And connection is not just a social nicety; it’s an important part of our wellbeing.
Health in harmony: Samater’s journey
When Samater reflects on his health before joining the My health for life initiative, he puts it simply: “I did not know anything. Now I know everything.”
For 46-year-old Samater, who lives on Brisbane’s southside and is originally from Ethiopia, culture and community are not just part of his identity, they are part of his health journey too.
