Many of us are feeling the pinch as the cost of living globally has soared, with energy prices doubling in parts of the world, and loadshedding schedules a dominating part of daily life in South Africa. We are having to adapt all the time, prioritise...
“It's not fair,” she cried. “I’m the one on a diet, and he’s the one who loses weight!” Picture a couple who have put on some weight over the festive period. A few weeks later, the wife's weight hasn't budged, meanwhile the husband has lost...
What are habits?The word habit is defined as "something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it" (Cambridge Dictionary).In his book Atomic Habits James Clear writes “A habit is a behaviour that has been repeated enough times to become...
Is it all in your head or is your body trying to tell you something? Some might dismiss a ‘wisdom of the body’ theory as quackery. However, if you think about the biological processes happening within your body and the factors affecting these, the argument...
Dr Rangan Chatterfee talks to science journalist James Nestor I have never paid much attention to my breathing, let alone in the context of improving my health, unless I am playing around with my children in the pool doing tumble turns and handstands! Until I...
“All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision.”
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