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Why I Use a Sit-Stand Desk

March 2, 2017

I remember the first time I saw someone working at a stand-up desk. It was 2009 and a colleague had rearranged the furniture in her office and needed some help reconnecting her printer. I noticed that her office makeover involved putting her computer on top of a stack of boxes so that she could work … Read full article »

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In Conversation with Stuart Biddle PhD

March 2, 2017

I record all the audio for The Whole Health Life podcast from a desk that allows me to work standing up as well as sitting down. I do this because when I was writing my book last year, I learned that even doing the recommended amount of exercise each day may not be enough to counter-act … Read full article »

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How Exercise Works Out Your Brain

November 15, 2016

Regular readers of this blog will know that although I’m a health journalist, and am really really excited by finding new ways to find balance and stay healthy in this crazy-busy age of information overload, I’m not the gym-junkie, bikini-body, abs-of-steel type. In fact, as I wrote about on my blog a short time ago, … Read full article »

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5 Simple Things I Do Every Day To Stay Healthy

November 9, 2016

I wish I had a time machine so I could go back 11 years ago when I was first diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. I wish I could bump into that 24-year-old version of me who was leaving a rheumatologists office in tears, having just been told she “probably has lupus,” that her immune system … Read full article »

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My Year Of Living Mindfully – Book

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The Connection (DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN)

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My Year of Living Mindfully (DOWNLOAD-TO-OWN)

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