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Articles on Wellness
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Wellness actually often involves a lot of effort.
‘Natural’ isn’t the same thing as healthful. You can have too much of a good thing, and taking action can be worse than doing nothing.
How do we distinguish between valuable information from legitimate health experts, and pseudoscientific nonsense from unscrupulous wellness influencers?
A one-off trip to a day spa is unlikely to transform your mental health. But these expert tips might help you cut yourself some slack.
A key way to support mental health and well-being is to support strong reading instruction especially early in children’s education.
Liposomes have been used to enhance the effectiveness of medicines for decades – but it doesn’t necessarily mean they will work in food supplements too.
Animal-assisted yoga classes have increased in popularity around the world – but their impact on animal welfare may be far from benign.
Emily Perkins’ ‘intoxicating’ new novel unfolds in the wake of a husband’s corruption scandal – which threatens his wife’s carefully curated lifestyle brand and forces her to question everything.
Sweating it out can be beneficial for maintaining fitness and good mental health, but it’s not right for everyone.
US tech billionaire Bryan Johnson spends $2 million a year on an anti-ageing regimen. Is there any evidence to support it?
Mental health isn’t just about illness, it is also about wellness. Universities are well positioned to offer accessible, evidence-based wellness education to the general public.
Wellmania, staring Celeste Barber and inspired by Brigid Delaney’s book, asks: what does it mean to be well?
An overreliance on medication as the first-line treatment for depression can lead some people to be labeled with treatment-resistant depression when there are other viable alternatives for relief.
The concept of ‘wellbeing’ has been embraced everywhere. But there’s a downside to the obsession with ‘wellness’ that we need to examine.
As tempting as it is, it is not possible to “supplement” oneself out of a bad lifestyle.
It turns out that there are some benefits to all the time we spend commuting.
While there’s nothing new about the return-to-work blues, few companies have any strategy to facilitate readjustment to work after vacation.
In her new memoir, Stella Prize winner Heather Rose reflects on overcoming childhood trauma and adult pain with spiritual work. But our reviewer wishes it allowed moments of ‘pause or ambiguity’.
Health claims for chlorophyll water are all over TikTok. We looked at the evidence to see what stacked up.
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Lecturer in Psychology, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation - School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Sessional Academic (Health & Physical Education), Charles Sturt University
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Head of HR Research Development, Institute for Employment Studies, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
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Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy; Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health; and Research Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta
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