| 02 March 2011
Whenever you are feeling down, tired or depressed this music and singing will uplift your soul like no other.They sing with such love and spirit you can tangibly feel it permeate your soul. I guarantee you'll feel better after this experience...
| 09 October 2010
Geoff Heugill’s recent gold and silver medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games marked a triumphant return from his battle with obesity. An earlier interview on Channel 7’s Sunday Night program revealed that the champion swimmer had also been battling depression. Coincidentally, as Geoff fought his way back to the elite level of swimming he came across the most effective way to treat depression...| 09 October 2010
Corporate wellness consultant, Dr. Paul Lanthois is calling for a rethink of how we deal with mental health conditions following a report suggesting that anti-depressant medication is ineffective...
| 28 April 2010
A recent study done by health insurer, Medibank Private shows that stress claims by Australian workers have doubled in recent years. Workplace stress is now costing the Australian economy an estimated $15 billion a year. Many employers and employees would be concerned as to what could be causing this trend but a recent Lifeline Australia Newspoll gives an indication of the likely culprit.
| 04 January 2010
"Now that would have to have been the most perfect day," I said cheerfully to myself as I was pedalling home on my bike. I don't know if you have another voice inside your head but the voice inside of my head startled me that much that I nearly fell of my bike.
"Did you say PERFECT when yesterday you said that you were going to create a perfect day?" squealed my inner voice in delight.
"Yeah I suppose I did say perfect, "I acknowledged with a grin of self satisfaction while not even being slightly self conscious of having a conversation with myself.
"And you created it," cheered my alter ego who seems to represent the more exuberant side of me. I began laughing as I spent the rest of my journey home fully engaged in a conversation with my other half recalling the process I went through on the previous day to create this perfect day.
| 30 October 2009
Many businesses and workers are being put under even greater strain as they try to cope with the ever-increasing rate of worker absenteeism or poor work performance due to “work-related stress”. In addition, the effects of stress, anxiety and depression in the home are stretching many families and relationships beyond breaking point. But are we dealing with stress, depression and anxiety the right way? Or are we just covering up the symptoms of stress with a chemical straight jacket while ignoring the cause.
| 17 September 2009
The role of a parent is to teach your children but many times they end up teaching us a few lessons. These lessons have greatly helped us in dealing with the stress in our personal and working lives. My son Daniel had just turned five when he gave me a lesson in trusting your instincts...
| 11 August 2009
Happiness can be a real deal clincher. With very little often separating competing bids and tenders, the deciding factor often comes down to how pleasurable it has been in dealing with the people involved. But are people naturally happy or is it a skill that can be learnt? I learnt the answer from who I regard as the "happiest person in the world" and the answer might have you reassess how and who you hire...
| 04 August 2009
The beat of African jungle drums were blaring from the set of giant loudspeakers. You could feel the pulse of the music reverberating against my whole body causing my own pulse to rise in anticipation. I was a part of a group of about 1000 keen and not-so-keen participants who were being lead outside in to the early Hawaiian evening. A large full moon, showing itself above the silohuette of the palm trees just seemed to add to the primal nature of what we were about to put ourselves through. We were about to face a 50 feet fire walk and my senses were alive to the extreme...
| 01 August 2009
Have you ever experienced the joy of watching a child crawl or walk for the first time? How did it feel? Can you remember the look of sheer delight on their faces?
Although it was about nine years ago, It seems like yesterday when I first saw Aleisha (our first child) learn to crawl for the first time. My wife, Angela brought Aleisha with her to visit me while I was coordinating the health support program for about 500 budding entrepreneurs at Action Coach's 5 day "Billionaire In Training" workshop at the Hyatt Regency in Coolum, Queensland.
I can still recall that I had a short lunch break and met them at my hotel room. Angela came in at put Aleisha down on the floor. Aleisha saw me and her face exploded with delight. She took off crawling at high speed straight towards me. Tears welled in my eyes as Aleisha came crawling over to me emanating this half giggling, half puffing sound. For the next half an hour we spent on the practice putting green at the resort golf course as I rolled golf balls around watching Aleisha chase them.
Why am I mentioning this? It's to remind us of two words vital for reducing stress in our lives…
| 30 July 2009
So many companies make the mistake of trying to make the claim of "great customer service" as their unique point of difference yet they don’t even deliver the basic service of doing what they say. Simply keeping your word with your customers when you have an appointment or deliver will help alleviate a lot of the stress and antagonism from customers and will certainly help to retain customers.But what do you do when you are unable to honour your committments to your customer?....
| 29 July 2009
As we go about our day interacting with other flawed and emotional human beings it is inevitable that we will come across conflicts and disagreement from time to time. Is doesn't matter if the disagreement is with a spouse, friend or customer. If not quickly resolved, it has the capacity to generate great stress which can impact our health, family and productivity at work...
| 22 July 2009
I love simple and practical solutions. In the health arena, there is a great and deliberate tendency by many to overcomplicate health issues. Yes it confuses the consumers encouraging them to accept the marketing hype as gospel. At the same time it gives many snake oil remedies an aura of being scientific.
When it comes to resolving stress, the solutions never seem simple. Most therapists suggest that you have to go back in detail and resolve all the issues from your childhood that are giving you stress now. Since my own near nervous breakdown 12 years ago I have researched all sorts of methods to reduce your stress levels.
I have walked barefoot over burning coals and broken glass. I have struggled to keep myself awake through many a boring lecture. I have devoured countless CDs, books and web pages in my pursuit of simple effective tools for reducing stress. But I have to admit, it is a bit like panning for gold. You have to sift through a lot of dirt to find a gem. And also you can strike it lucky at times when you least expect it. And I just did find a stress- reducing gem when I least expected it...
| 01 July 2009
Have you ever had meetings with clients or colleagues that are just plain rude and aggressive? Have you ever had to endure meetings full of complaining and finger-pointing where any solutions are shot down in flames?
Some people manage stress very easily yet some ways of managing stress may make the individual feel better at the expense of those around them.But recent research is showing that such stress management methods are not only draining for other people but are also draining on their wallet.
