We are now in the ‘Silly Season’ around Christmas. I’ve been hearing a few stories about mishaps that happen this time of year, due to distraction from everything that is going on. What I’ve been reflecting on myself is that what we go into as societies at this time of year (a seeming ‘tiz’ that…
Category: Wellbeing
Delicateness and Being a Doctor
Recently I was feeling how delicate I am, and is something I most easily connect to through my hands. How my hands feel and look to me reflects the level of delicateness I am allowing in my every daily movements. Note here I say allowing. Delicateness is a quality we all can have and…
Where the bloody hell are we?
I’ve been pondering recently the madness of the world we live in. There is a lot of it, and somehow we have accepted it as normal ways of living and being. For example: We eat things that we have no idea what’s in them. We have relationships with conflict, nastiness and ill-spoken words, more…
For Men
This week has been Men’s Health Week and I have been pondering what I would say to many Men in my life, to support them in being who they are, and in turn with their health. Here are a few things I felt to say:
Sacred Space
As I have experienced training and working in medicine, there is all manner of chaos and turmoil that can present in the space of a day’s work. Our home is our sanctuary and the place we come back to, to rest and repose at the end of the working day. It is a space that…
Lack of Appreciation: Where Does it Leave Us?
Recently, I was talking to a friend about preparing for a self-care event that she was due to speak at as part of her work role on that day. She was admonishing herself for leaving things to the last minute, and feeling the tension of not being as prepared as she would otherwise have liked….
Preciousness
Last night when going to bed, a particular word came to me to consider – and this was preciousness. This is not a word I have spent much time thinking about in the past, and was certainly not a word that I felt pertained to me. Being ‘too precious’ is something I know is not…
Who’s Paying For Lunch?
Every day, doctor’s lunch rooms around the world are filled with the aroma of various delightful foods. From pastries to sandwiches, to your favourite Thai takeaway – it’s all on offer. But who is offering, and what exactly? The lunches I am referring to are those sponsored, paid for or conducted by pharmaceutical companies. It has become…
Big Pharma/ Bad Pharma – What is Our Way Back to True health?
Currently we are in a position in healthcare where big, billion dollar companies – including pharmaceuticals and private health conglomerates – are funding and governing many important decisions, health care models and trials for up and coming medications. More and more as people we are realising that the outcomes of many of these decisions are…
Competition – How is it affecting Our Health?
There is a phrase common to us in society that talks about ‘healthy competition’. What is this competition though, and how is it truly affecting our health? Competition works towards an outcome where we are deemed better or worse than another, and in observation of society, it is everywhere. When we are born we…
Dr Amelia Stephens 