Articles by Tara Mestre
Wellbeing
Effortlessly cool
Could taking a plunge in chilly water or having an ice-cold shower first thing every morning boost your wellbeing?
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Curious and curiouser
Rather than focusing on answers, it might help instead to start asking different questions
Ways to create a habit of calm
From a one-minute breathing exercise to an hour’s reflexology session, here are 10 routes to inner peace
As good as your word
It’s easy to let negative, self-effacing statements slip in from time to time
Take a moment
When worries seem mountainous, tuning into mindfulness and focusing on what you can feel, hear and see can bring peace and calm
The power of anger
Used in the right way, anger has the ability to liberate and even to heal
To feel unreal
When anxious feelings turn into an otherworldly experience – a personal view
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Excitement over fear
Can you transform complex emotions with one mental switch?
#GirlsWhoRock: EMMAGEN RAIN
You might recognise Emmagen Rain, 13-year-old musician from Northern NSW, from the 2020 season of The Voice. She believes that age isn’t a...
Natural sleep oils
Spraying sheets and pillows with calming scents can be a wonderful aid to slumber
All in good time
There is always one person in every group of friends who is known for being late
Pottering delights
When you down tools and start arranging your records in alphabetical order, there could be more going on than you imagine
Earthwards to skywards
Cobra pose – Bhujangasana in Sanskrit – explores the movement of a cobra. This pose strengthens the spine, gluteal muscles, thighs, arms and...