Healthy-ish

To celebrate the year that was, we’re giving you a refresher of the top 5, most listened to episodes of Healthy-ish, so enjoy!   Ever wanted to reprogram your brain? After all, who wouldn’t want to shed their stress eating habits? Or deal with stress better? Or find focus amid a busy day at work with ease. According to Sydney-based hypnosis and meditation teacher Mark Stephens all these things are possible, if we can tap into our thought patterns and stop the problem at its root cause: in your mind.    You can find Mark’s courses online here and his MindFree app here.   You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To celebrate the year that was, we’re giving you a refresher of the top 5, most listened to episodes of Healthy-ish, so enjoy!   Kirsten King is the reigning queen of Pilates in Sydney, with a celeb-studded client list and a booming online and two beautiful studios, and she sees first-hand the life-changing effects that Pilates has on her clients. She explains how this every established exercise method has the ability to change not only our body - hello long, lean limbs! - but also your mental and emotional state too… We’re listening…    You can find Kirsten and Fluidform on Instagram at @fluiformpilates and online here.   You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania).     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To celebrate the year that was, we’re giving you a refresher of the top 5, most listened to episodes of Healthy-ish, so enjoy!   Still abiding by the old 10,000 steps a day rule? Well, Sydney-based celebrity trainer and founder of The Upbeat Libby Babet says that it’s when you surpass the 12,000 steps a day mark that you really start to see change. And not just physical, but mental too. If this sounds a bridge too far, it’s about balance so scaling back on your high intensity workouts is part of the big picture too.    You can find Libby on Instagram @libbybabet, or online via The Upbeat here.    You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parties are fun, but hangovers? Less so. Especially when you can see the effects of the night before on your face. Kelsey shares how to lessen the effects of the silly season with simple tips, practises and products that will keep you looking fresh as a daisy, even when you feel like death. Cheers to that!    Each Thursday, Body+Soul digital editor Alison Izzo (who, by her own admission, is no beauty expert) and Body+Soul beauty editor Kelsey Ferencak (who, is a bonafide expert with years of experience speaking to experts) get together to try and crack the everyday beauty problems that plague us all.   You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doomscrolling. Social distancing. Unprecedented. Sourdough. Isobod. Quarantini. 2021 has required us to learn a whole new language. And author Dominic Knight has written a dictionary of 2020’s most important words and phrases to not only help us understand the year that was, but also to put the whole sordid thing into perspective.    You can find Dominic on Twitter at @domknight and online here.    His new book The 2020 Dictionary: The definitive guide to the year the world turned to sh*t is available now, $29.95 here.    You can read an edited extract of his book online at bodyandsoul.com.au, here.   You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reece Carter prides himself on not suffering any BS. And when it comes to popular diet trends, this  is certainly the case. The Sydney-based nutritionist is vocal about eating plans that preach restriction or omission of wholefoods, or whole food groups. He shares why - despite the rave reviews - the trending ketogenic diet is nothing but bad news - especially for the long-term.    You can find Reece on Instagram at @herbnerdreece or online here.    You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Body+Soul’s resident astrologer Natasha Weber shares what the stars have in store for us in the New Year. A close reading of the planetary alignments for the coming 12 months suggests that we have a lot to look forward to - including the famed Age of Aquarius, which could stick around for as long as 2000+ years.    You can find Natasha on Instagram at @astrotash or online here.    You can read the insightful article that Natasha wrote earlier in 2020 for us, here.    You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She may have received the ‘villain edit’ in Matt Agnew’s season of The Bachelor, but since then Abbie Chatfield has become something of Australia’s sweetheart - thanks to her unfiltered approach to mental health, body image and dating - both on her podcast It’s A Lot, and her social channels.    Here, she shares what lesson from 2020 she’ll be taking into 2021, and why ‘just dumping the guy’ is the best approach - because, sometimes, potential alone just isn’t enough.     You can find Abbie on Instagram at @abbiechatfield or find her podcast It’s A Lot here.    You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (TasmaniaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Go on, SPOIL yourself. There’s no better time of year than Christmas to splash out on the beauty products, or tools, that you’d usually find hard to justify. Kelsey and Ali share the beauty buys that are well worth adding to your own Christmas wish list - hang the expense!    Kelsey’s picks:   Deesse Professional LED Mask, $2970, at Skin Care Edit Shaquda Suve Body Brush, $280, at Net-a-Porter  NuFace NuBody, $639, at Mecca, or the NuFace Trinity Device $507 for face, neck and décolletage at Mecca Onda Facial Fitness, $290, at Onda Beauty   Ali’s picks:   La Mer The Renewal Oil, $350, at La Mer or David Jones or Mecca Sisley Velvet Nourishing Body Cream, $190, 200ml, at Sisley or David Jones Dyson Supersonic Hairdryer, $549, at Adore Beauty or Dyson    Stocking fillers:   Batiste Rose Gold Dry Shampoo, $10.49, at Chemist Warehouse Lanolips 101 Ointment Multi Purpose Balm, $18.99, at Priceline NARS Climax Mascara, $38, at Mecca Leif Products Tow Hands Set, $56, at The Iconic Le Femme Torso Candle, $49.50, at Ancient Candle Co  Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Pillow Talk Original, $49, at CharlotteTilbury   Each Thursday, Body+Soul digital editor Alison Izzo (who, by her own admission, is no beauty expert) and Body+Soul beauty editor Kelsey Ferencak (who, is a bonafide expert with years of experience speaking to experts) get together to try and crack the everyday beauty problems that plague us all.   You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And it’s all down to self-hypnosis. Sydney-based clinical hypnotherapist, visualisation and mindset consultant Claire Aristides explains how to take meditation to the next level - by adding a layer of intention setting. According to her, the power to reset habits and reframe your perspective is all within our grasp - if we embrace the power of self-hypnosis.    You can find Claire on Instagram at @clairearistides or via her Mindology app here.   You can join the conversation, or drop us a question, via the Healthy-ish Australia Facebook page, here.   If you’re up for funny memes and health inspo follow Body+Soul on Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au   Or, head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.   Each Sunday, you can pick up the latest copy of the Body+Soul/Stellar flipbook inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.