“Be a mirror for the light rather than a sponge for the darkness” – Gabby Bernstein, American author and motivational speaker A month on from “R U OK Day,” today, October 10, 2014, marks World Mental Health Day; an initiative designed to further dialogue and break down the stigma associated with mental health. The message about…

Australia’s largest food festival, Good Food Month, is now underway. This month, NSW will offer locals and visitors exquisite epicurean adventures hosted on rooftops and in laneways, in pop-ups or at parties, at brekkie clubs and BBQ’s, to kitchen gardens and Hats-Off private dining. This month showcases the phenomenal talents of our local chefs, cooks,…

A nasty ‘pink’ turf war has erupted in the battle for the charity dollar this month – Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Use of the words “think pink” and “together we can make a difference” have raised the ire of the McGrath Foundation and the Think Pink Foundation following the Sunday Telegraph magazine’s breast cancer auction last…

“I appear at times merry and in good heart, talk, too, before others quite reasonably, and it looks as if I felt, too, God knows how well within my skin. Yet the soul maintains its deathly sleep and the heart bleeds from a thousand wounds.” – Hugo Wolf, American composer Let’s be honest, we all…

Antibiotic – a drug that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections –        Merriam Webster Dictionary It’s official. Humanity is racing towards a post-antibiotic era, a time when life-saving medications will no longer successfully treat common bacterial infections. The development of antibiotics was one of the great breakthroughs in modern medicine. Antibiotics…