Wellbeing

5 Tips For Instant Self Confidence

Rescu Team — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:14:06 GMT

Ever wondered how some women seem to sail through life with style and confidence while others are wracked by self doubt and indecision? Ever wished that you had the ability to face life's challenges with humour and a can do attitude instead of anxiety and fear? The secret to changing your life as you know it may be less than a few hours away. We caught up with selfconfidence and training expert Glenise Andersen of coaching company Self Confident Women to road test a course with startling results in less than 2 hours!

Is Pornography Dangerous?

Rescu Team — Thu, 10 May 2012 1:01:38 GMT

In a democracy where freedom of speech and thought is a basic rite, there is and always will be controversy surrounding pornography. A major study from the University of Sydney has shed light on the secret world of excessive porn viewing and the devastating effect it has on users and their families. 85% of males and 15% of females frequently access pornography - when does pornography addiction become dangerous?

Book for Inforum's A Balancing Act! Forum in Syndey and WIN!

Rescu Team — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:21:03 GMT

We know life sometimes feels like one big juggling act, so INFORUM are holding a group lunch: A Balancing Act! on Wednesday 30th May, 12 - 2pm at The Establishment in Sydney. Receive expert advice from Sharon Kolkka, General Manager of Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat, Rescu Expert Zoe Bingley-Pullin and our very own Editor and Founder Bahar Etminan on balancing the demands of a busy career and home life. Did we mention you go into the running to win a $2000 prize?

Bella Gill on How Many is Too Many When it Comes to Consulting Psychics

Rescu Team — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:11:41 GMT

By Bella Gill

How much is too much of a good thing? When its something that helps us, or gives us direction and inspiration, we ask RESCU's Expert Psychic, Bella Gill how much of it should we be doing or seeking?

Make a Difference with Natalie Bassingthwaighte and the Vicks Breathe for Life Project

Rescu Team — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:18:13 GMT

Natalie Bassingthwaighte, singer, actress, TV Host and mother is now the ambassador for the Vicks Breathe for Life Project which supports the fight against childhood pneumonia in Bangladesh. Natalie recently travelled to Bangladesh with the Save The Children foundation.

Healthy Digestion - The Key to Looking Fabulous!

Rescu Team — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:13:03 GMT

A lot of women struggling to find ways to maintain their energy levels, banish bloating and fight off recurring illnesses, often the result of being run down, and interestingly a lot of these patients have a single thing in common – poor digestion! Sydney based Naturopath, Emma Sutherland, shares her top tips for getting your guts into shape and feeling lighter, brighter and back on top!

National Arthritis Week: Arthritis in Young Women

Rescu Team — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 1:01:01 GMT

Arthritis is a disease commonly perceived to effect people as they ‘grow’ old. But Arthritis is not just for the elderly and is effecting a much younger generation with women being the bulk of sufferers. Stephen Eddey, Principal of Health Schools Australia shares the facts on what we all should know about Arthritis. National Arthritis Weeks runs from 25th-31st March.

5 'Bad' Foods That Are Good For You!

Rescu Team — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:14:01 GMT

Peanut butter and chocolate are just two of the foods that have been on our naughty list for some time now, but according to Nutrition Expert and Biggest Loser Club Head of Nutrition, Tanya Power, these and three other 'bad foods' are essential to your weight loss journey and on Biggest Loser Trainer Shannan Ponton’s '8 Week Challenge’!

See Your GP Before Going Gluten-Free: Coeliac Awareness Week 2012

Rescu Team — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:23:08 GMT

With Hollywood again leading a popular dietary trend, this time for gluten-free foods, experts are concerned that ‘self-diagnosed’ gluten intolerance is preventing the accurate diagnosis of coeliac disease—a disease that potentially effects up to 1 in 100 Australians. The message is simple: before you cut gluten from your diet, see your GP.

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How Invisible Hearing Aids Can Boost Your Confidence With Dr Brooke Golden

Rescu Team — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:11:53 GMT

Audiologist and Lyric Hearing Aid Training Manager, Dr. Brooke Golden, talks to RESCU Founder and Editor, Bahar Etminan, about the Phonak Lyric Hearing Aid system - the contact lens for your ear - how it works and how it is helping to transform the lives of women across Australia & America.

7 Expert Tips to Achieve Happiness in Any Workplace Culture

Rescu Team — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:12:42 GMT

Started a new job only to discover it’s a minefield of gossip and negativity? Is your workload causing your social life to shrivel up? Or is management leaving you feeling micromanaged or, worse, neglected? A leading workplace relations expert says only a rare number of Australians really focus on achieving contentment at work.

Top Nutritionist’s 20 Steps to a Healthier Lifestyle

Super User — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:11:32 GMT

Finding it hard to stick to your New Year’s resolution for a healthier lifestyle? If you’re feeling the bloat from this festive season getting back into top shape is a cinch! Simply follow top nutritionist, Karen Inge’s twenty steps that will leave you smiling from the inside out!

Aussies Choose Health Over Wealth And Love Over Money

Rescu Team — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:15:22 GMT

Family values are a greater measure of prosperity than financial measures - but half of us do not feel prosperous.

Dame Helen Mirren Style Icon For Mature Women

Rescu Team — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:15:43 GMT

Dame Helen Mirren, at age 60, tops style icon poll in the UK and 64 year old designer, Diane Von Furstenberg, believes her most important career achievement is giving women confidence.

Make Mental Health a Priority in your New Year Resolutions

Rescu Team — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:13:32 GMT

"Emotional-health goals must top New Year’s resolutions list", says psychology expert.

A healthier diet and regular exercise are arguably the most common New Year’s resolutions – but a leading psychology expert is asking Australians to resolve to improve their emotional and mental health too. Exercise, diet and other tangible goals are then easier to meet.

The 15 Essential Benefits Of Meditation

Rescu Team — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:14:49 GMT

This New Year, you only need to make one resolution – to take up meditation.

RESCU spoke with Carolyne Gowen, a meditation practitioner of 16 years and teacher of the practice trained by Deepak Chopra, about how taking up meditation has impacted positively upon her life, she said:

“Meditation has made a dramatic difference to who I am, I love passing on the gift of meditation to others. The truth is by meditating everyone has the best chance of tapping into their core consciousness, and by bringing it into their daily lives, help define and ultimately achieve their goals for 2012. Whether people want to give up a vice or adopt fresh habits, by taking 20 minutes out of their day to stop and meditate a whole new world of possibilities opens up. Meditation is a journey to the centre of our very being, which allows us to have greater peace, love and success. The technique I teach is practical, simple and really enjoyable and the benefits accrue rapidly.”

Celebrity psychic Mitchell Coombes' Expert Top 5 Tips to Enhance Psychic Ability

Super User — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:13:00 GMT

"For me I believe everyone is psychic. Everyone is born as a psychic child. My journey started when I was 3. I was seeing things that most people didn't see. I was able to pick up on detail. My first day at school was crazy. A little girl in kindy wouldn't stop crying. Her mother had passed away but I had said to her that she's lucky that her mum didn't go home. The girl started crying harder. I later learned that I had seen the mother's spirit as clear as seeing another person in the room and thought the little girl's mother had not left her alone in kindy"

RESCU: What exactly do you define as intuition?
Mitchell Coombes: Intuition is an inner knowing. Being connected to energy and being in tune to the energies and learning.

RESCU: When do kids lose their psychic ability?
Mitchell Coombes:  from 7-8 ability often begins to fade, as kids get older they start to buy into dogma and be influenced by cultural or religious norms. We become more swayed or as I say 'polluted'. Kids are just recently here from the 'other side' and are close to spiritual beings.

RESCU: What are the key factors that influence our levels of intuition?
Mitchell Coombes: Lack of inhibition is a big factor to being intuitive. Silent time, meditation and clearing time in your day ensures your intuition is fine tuned. Kids have less stress and less external stimulation than adults so they are more naturally intuitive without interference.

RESCU: What can we do to enhance our own intuition?
Mitchell Coombes: Just find time to be in silent 'meditation'. Go into a quiet space in your mind. Find time just to listen to your own inner voice. Even 5 minutes a day is enough to start.

RESCU: You talk about a Psychic antenna- what are the signals to receive?
Mitchell Coombes: Tune in to feelings in your tummy when you meet new people. Do you feel dizzy, fuzzy or sick?

RESCU: What are some other signs to look out for and focus on?
Mitchell Coombes: Coincidences! Have you ever thought of someone and they call? The song you are humming comes on the radio? Have you ever run into someone right after you've thought about them? These are all examples of your psychic antenna becoming fine tuned.

RESCU: What if our intuition sends us a warning? What do we do?
Mitchell Coombes: The world is a sea of psychic energy so I always recommend you practise psychic protection. If you feel exhausted from talking to someone, if you feel ravenous after meeting up with an old friend or a business acquaintance, then someone might be draining your energy.

RESCU: Do you have any tips for shaking off toxic energy? What are some techniques we can incorporate into our lives to diffuse tensions, stress and turn around a negative situation?
Mitchell Coombes: Try these very simple and effective exercises:
Golden Light: Visualise being surrounded by a sphere of golden light. The light will protect and cleanse your energy field from any toxic energy.

Dissolving a psychic chord or attachment: You can have residual negativity from old grudges. If you ever feel that suddenly you are depleted, it may be from someone's negative energy. If you come into contact with a difficult person, visualise the person surrounded by pink light and send them love. Or visualise standing in a circle with mirrors reflecting out.

Bad Neighbours: Get a little mirror to reflect out toward the neighbour's house from your window or front door. This will reflect back the negativity and you may help them move along. Protect yourself each day before you leave the house. Visualise the light going over your head and under your feet. A little lavender oil on the back of your neck helps clean your aura. After cleaning your house and doing the laundry, get some sage and burn white sage throughout the house. This clears thoughts, conversations, energy from visitors and dirt.

Dissolving tension in a friendship: When speaking to the friend in question, put your left hand on your heart as this opens up the heart centre to that person. This sends a message that you're open to them on a different level. Visualise sending that person love and pink light.

RESCU: What about the big one- how do you deal with a busted up romance?
Mitchell Coombes: With regards to ex husbands or ex boyfriends, I believe the universe has a marvellous way of working things out. My tip: don't involve yourself. Cleansing and cutting chords are the way to go. Visualise all these chords between yourself and your ex being cut. This will release both of you from negativity, stress and allow you to move forward.

RESCU: Back to intuition. Any other tips?
Mitchell Coombes: Listen if you hear your own voice guiding you. Perhaps you suddenly change traffic direction only to find you miraculously missed an accident. Being busy all the time is like deafness to your inner voice and intuition. Practise being silent and still.

RESCU: Do you have any tips for parents to teach kids?
Mitchell Coombes: I always suggest that you don't coach or push your child's psychic skill. If they come to you and say that they feel strange around anyone, be prepared to listen and not negate their feelings. Keep balance in their life. Boundaries are your children's best protection. Parents should keep a journal of what the children tell them. Encourage the kids to draw pictures, and quietly and calmly discuss these with them.

RESCU: Any final tips on enhancing our own intuition and psychic abilities?
Mitchell Coombes: Yes! Always ask: how do I feel about this? Stop asking for other people's opinions!! I also recommend these basic steps.
1.       Connect back to nature
2.       Keep dream journal
3.       Contact and ask your spirit guide for answers
4.       Protect yourself from negativity and psychic attacks
5.       Listen and trust your inner feelings.

RESCU: What do you see in the future for RESCU?
Mitchell Coombes: I see two gold stars which mean prosperity and going from strength to strength. I also see RESCU Launching as an app.

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Exercise Your Pelvic Floor the Right Way

Super User — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:13:00 GMT

If you’re worried about how exercise might affect your pelvic floor, you’re not alone – according to a top Australian physiotherapist, many women start an exercise programme only to develop serious pelvic floor problems as a result.But there is good news! Through effective fitness and strength training you can get your pelvic floor in peak condition this season – and beyond.

Internationally-renowned physiotherapist and author of Inside Out, Michelle Kenway, says women can unknowingly increase their risk of pelvic floor dysfunction through inappropriate exercise.“After gynaecological surgery, childbirth and with menopause, a woman’s pelvic floor becomes increasingly vulnerable. Staying active and exercising effectively can therefore become incredibly confronting for women suffering from pelvic floor problems,” says Kenway.“I hear so many stories from women about how they’ve injured themselves at the gym from doing inappropriate core abdominal and strength exercises, potentially putting their pelvic floor – and overall health – at risk. It’s a daunting prospect for women to exercise with confidence and protect their pelvic floor when they don’t have the resources or knowledge to do it properly.”

The Brisbane-based physiotherapist, who has treated hundreds of women for pelvic floor problems, says her book Inside Out aims to provide an essential women’s guide to pelvic support, helping to educate and inspire women through pelvic floor safe general exercise and improved pelvic floor fitness.“Whether you have pelvic floor dysfunction, are returning to exercise after vaginal surgery, have vaginal or rectal prolapse and are wanting to exercise, are menopausal and exercising for strength and osteoporosis, have exercise associated incontinence or are simply returning to exercise after childbirth, Inside Out teaches you how to choose effective fitness and strength exercises that minimise the risk of pelvic floor injury,” says Kenway.

For more information or to order a copy of Inside Out (RRP of $19.95), visit www.pelvicexercises.com.au

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Early Detection Of Breast Cancer

Super User — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:13:00 GMT

The University of Sydney, BreastScreen NSW and Ziltron have joined together to developed a pioneering web-based program to monitor the performance of radiologists in detecting and diagnosing abnormalities in breast x-rays.

The BREAST Project aims to improve the early detection of breast cancer through screening, therefore reducing breast cancer mortality and morbidity.

BreastScreen Australia is attempting to maximise the number of breast cancers diagnosed early, allowing for early treatment of breast cancer and improving outcomes for women.

Professor Patrick Brennan from the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Health and Sciences says: “The project supports this through increasing the opportunity for radiologists to monitor their performance and receive feedback following examination of series of test cases.”

The BreastScreen Reader Assessment Strategy (BREAST) uses digital screen-reading test sets designed to assess the performance of the user in correctly identifying abnormalities on mammograms and in interpreting whether or not the lesions identified pose a risk of breast cancer.

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Cardiovascular Disease In Women: How To Prevent It

Super User — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:13:00 GMT

New research has found that Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is causing premature deaths among Australian women because of age and a lack of accessible healthcare.

According to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ Internal Medicine Journal, CVD is most prominent in older women as well as those living in rural areas who lack access to healthcare specialists. The research also shows that women in rural areas have a higher incidence and lower survival rate of CVD compared to those in metro areas.

Women are urged to see a doctor as soon as possible if they think they may have symptoms of heart disease.

Dr Paul Bridgman, Internal Medicine Journal Cardiology editor and practicing cardiologist says:

“Better management of CVD risks will not only impact the life expectancy of thousands of Australian women, it will have a beneficial impact on the healthcare system, including lowering the existing burden on hospitals and on the healthcare system.”

For more information from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians visit www.racp.edu.au

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