How To Protect Yourself Dr Alice McNamara We have a heightened awareness of Influenza in Australia this year, partly because it’s definitely everywhere, and we’re also getting good at diagnosing [...]

The way we sleep changes over our lifetime, adapting as our brains and bodies grow and develop. While newborns need up to 20 hours of sleep each day, the amount of sleep we need reduces over [...]

There’s no denying tidying up can feel great. But is it life-changing? Marie Kondo thinks so. In creating the KonMari Method, renowned tidying expert Marie Kondo turned her lifelong love of [...]

By Dr Alice McNamara. The Impact of Alcohol on Sleep Insomnia and alcohol exist in a love/hate relationship. Alcohol before bed helps us fall asleep faster and sleep more deeply in the first half [...]

Our evening routines have changed significantly over the years. Prior to the invention of electricity, we were much more likely to go to bed when it got dark and wake up when it got light, [...]

Getting a good night’s sleep is important for so many reasons. Getting enough sleep means waking up feeling rested and alert; it means staying focused throughout the day. But sleep can offer much [...]

Anyone who has spent their evenings tossing and turning as they try to fall asleep knows just how exasperating not being able to sleep can be. Instead of falling gently to sleep, they spend [...]

Mornings don’t need to be something that are snoozed through or cursed at. Mornings can provide a time to relax and reflect, to get creative or simply get stuff done. But, if you’re not a morning [...]

Dr Alice McNamara What are you working on? Got a big race coming up? Much planning, effort, time and money is invested into preparing for a marathon, a cycle race, a triathlon or an Ironman. More [...]