Sustainable Health

Written by Tobi Nagy


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Being happy Studies have shown that happy people are also healthier people. Happiness is simply a state of mind. Being happy truly comes when we are in control of our own thoughts and actions. • How can one be happy inrepparttar modern world with allrepparttar 143082 tragedies, violence and terrorism? One must remember that it’s not what happens to us that counts (because most often it is out of our control), but how we deal with it. We can control how we react to it. We have a choice. The choice is to react to it in a negative way or positive way. If we have a defeatist, negative attitude then we lose our empowerment. If we take a positive, courageous attitude, then we can be empowered. • How is it that afterrepparttar 143083 Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, children can still laugh and play and carry on with their day to day activities? The universe tells us that nature of life is to go on andrepparttar 143084 carrier of life is hope. • Perhaps we can take a lesson from these unfortunate people, to free our minds up, because we often find that we are prisoners of our own devices attached to comforts and material possessions we don’t really need driven by our insecurities and status anxiety. These insecurities are manifested through modern day media which is driven by society’s capitalistic ideals.

Regular rhythm What is so important about a regular rhythm? Life and nature works in natural cycles and natural rhythms. Our world tries to take that away from us, by distancing us fromrepparttar 143085 natural cycles and creating artificial cycles, like for example night shift. • If we were meant to live and work at night wouldn’t we have larger eyes or special night vision like cats? Doesn’t that make sense?

Simpler approach to life A simpler approach to life doesn’t mean, we all throw away everything and live like hermits inrepparttar 143086 bush or jungle. This is simply not a practical approach. What it does mean is removing our selves from attachments and clutter, that isrepparttar 143087 root cause of stress and other mental illnesses such as depression. Depression can simply be a sign that we are personally out of control and have lost empowerment, if you takerepparttar 143088 hollistic view. • Why would we want to remove ourselves from attachments? Don’t attachments define who we are? The more attachments we haverepparttar 143089 more stress we induce upon ourselves, because having more attachments require more care and headaches. More headaches ultimately means more stress. More importantlyrepparttar 143090 more attachments we have meansrepparttar 143091 less we are empowered, which means we can feel helpless and be manipulated or controlled by larger external forces far more easily Forces and entities likerepparttar 143092 media or government and authorities. We ultimately become “prisoners of our own devices and remove ourselves fromrepparttar 143093 true nature of being, distracted fromrepparttar 143094 universe by things that matter very little inrepparttar 143095 grand scheme of things.” • It has been estimated that Australians buy $10 billion per annum of goods, services and food that we simply don’t need or don’t use. [Source: ABC news]. What about allrepparttar 143096 precious resources that are used to make these goods, services and foods?

State of our current health in Australia The state of our health care says a lot. Take for examplerepparttar 143097 Medicare Safety net It has cost twice as much as planned. There will be a AUD$1 billion rise in health care cost over next three years. The Medicare Safety Net which was announced inrepparttar 143098 May 2004 budget will cost an extra $107 million per annum. The government’s annual target was reached by August 2004, only three months intorepparttar 143099 program! It was supposed to have affected 450,000 people, now believed to effect one million people per annum. • Doesn’t this say something aboutrepparttar 143100 state of our health? [Source ABC News 11/4/05]

Effects of Smoking What aboutrepparttar 143101 effects of smoking? • One in four people in NSW smoke. Overrepparttar 143102 coming years, half will die directly. For every person that dies in a road accident in NSW, ten will die from smoking related illness. [Source ABC News 11/4/05]

Summary In summary we need to rethinkrepparttar 143103 way we handle own health, asrepparttar 143104 current approach is failing us. The current way is expensive, ineffective and most often only benefit health insurers, pharmaceutical companies and their shareholders. • We must take a balanced approach towards maintaining our own health and understand that ultimately we are responsible for our own health, and not blame “the system”, society or even our own family.

By taking a proactive approach, to maintaining our wellness, we are acting in a responsible manner. Whilst we are doing this we challengerepparttar 143105 boundaries of our lives, through better knowledge and an improved approach towards living and maintaining our wellbeing, not only for ourselves but for our family, friends and all our loved ones.

Tobi Nagy is a small business develoment consultant and a specialist on developing sustainable systems. His website can be found at http://www.sustainable-development.net


Bam! Personal Injury Avoidance and Safety Tips

Written by Henry Lawson


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Avoiding personal injuries while out-and-about can be achieved by being aware of surroundings and knowing what to do in case of emergency. When taking trips intorepparttar 142971 wilderness, carry plenty of water, a compass or GPS device, a map, a cell phone and an emergency blanket. Let someone not inrepparttar 142972 hike know where you’ll be going and when you’ll return.

When walking around urban areas,repparttar 142973 safest spots are well-lit, well-trafficked areas. Spread your valuables around your body rather than all in one place. Try to be inconspicuous with your valuables as well. Take a self-defense and /or personal safety course in case you are accosted. Where legal, carry pepper spray, a personal alarm, whistle or just yell “Fire!” as this will usually get more results than yelling for help. Run away rather than fight. Stay alert to your surroundings rather than being distracted with a personal stereo or cell phone. Pay particular attention around ATM machines and choose ones that are well lit and populated rather than ones that are dimly lit and isolated.

Since personal injuries can happen to anyone, it is important to take some common sense precautions as part of our daily lives and daily routines. Educate your loved ones about these precautions as well. By making this a “team effort” everyone can benefit personally.

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Personal Injury - Henry Lawson writes for Personal Injury Info, a company dedicated to publishing comprehensive medical and legal information regarding personal injury and safety.


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