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Wellbeing is essential to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as it directly impacts operational readiness, performance, and overall morale. When ADF personnel are physically fit, mentally resilient, and emotionally balanced, they can fulfil their duties effectively, make sound decisions, and enhance team dynamics. Prioritizing wellbeing creates a supportive environment, recognizes the sacrifices of personnel, and improves job satisfaction and retention. It also proactively addresses mental health challenges, reduces stress, and promotes psychological resilience among ADF members. By investing in the wellbeing of its personnel, the ADF ensures readiness, cohesion, and the overall success of military missions.

The Evidence Against 10,000 Steps for Weight Loss

Walking burns fewer calories than expected due to metabolic compensation. Exercise benefits health but has limited impact on weight loss. Sustained caloric restriction is far more effective for losing and maintaining weight.

Semaglutide and Ozempic-like drugs may improve kidney disease outcomes

Semaglutide—a drug commonly used for weight-loss—also slows kidney disease in type 2 diabetics, improving function and survival. Benefits likely stem from metabolic effects, though exact mechanisms need further research.

How to encourage a friend to get therapy (without blowing up your friendship)

Supportive listening builds safety, but if problems persist, worsen, or overwhelm you, suggest professional help. Validate feelings, express concern, and gently introduce therapy as additional support while respecting boundaries and your own limits.

Should I take vitamin D now there’s less sun, or for bone or immune health?

Vitamin D is vital for bone, muscle, and immune health; yet deficiency is common despite sunlight. Most people get enough from sun exposure, but supplements may help those with certain conditions or confirmed deficiency.

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Sleep and diet may matter more than exercise for buffering the health toll of chronic stress

Sleep quality and nutrition best protect against chronic work stress, while exercise mainly supports general health. Individual habits help, but cannot replace organisational responsibility for reducing excessive workloads and unhealthy work conditions.

How a sense of awe can be good for your mental health

Awe is a complex emotion triggered by vast, overwhelming experiences that challenge understanding—producing feelings from wonder to fear. It shifts brain focus outward, can calm or stress, and may enhance wellbeing, connection, and meaning.

3 Things Mentally Strong People Do to Stop Worrying

Worry is natural, but controllable. By scheduling worry, changing mental focus, and flipping catastrophic thoughts, people can reduce rumination, regain mental bandwidth, and respond more realistically instead of spiralling into stress and anxiety.

Be More Bored

Our busy lives help eradicate boredom. However, boredom activates the brain’s default mode network, enabling creativity, meaning, and self-reflection; reclaiming it requires deliberate silence, emptiness, and unstructured time—especially for children.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting announces $200m to purchase properties for veterans housing

The money will help buy and repurpose properties across the nation to house homeless Australian veterans. Hancock Iron Ore also operates a dedicated Veterans Employment Program to provide career opportunities for former ADF members.

The hidden cause of heart disease is inflammation

Emerging evidence identifies chronic inflammation—driven by immune responses to cholesterol crystals—as a central cause of cardiovascular disease, reshaping prevention and treatment strategies beyond traditional risk factors like cholesterol, smoking, hypertension and diabetes.