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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.

Yes, you can be intolerant to fruit and veg

Hereditary fructose intolerance is a rare genetic disorder preventing fructose breakdown, causing severe liver and kidney damage. It requires strict avoidance of fructose, sucrose, and sorbitol. Early diagnosis is vital for management and survival.

How to Feel Less Bitter

Overcoming bitterness involves aligning actions with personal values rather than external measures of success. Cultivating meaning, self-awareness, and compassion after adversity fosters emotional resilience and strengthens relationships with oneself and others.

Aspiration inflation – the devaluation of being normal

A modern obsession is with extraordinary achievement at work or in life. People, especially youth, are simultaneously told they can ‘’be anything’’, yet they are increasingly ill-equipped to find meaning in being ordinary resulting in disappointment or depression.

Controlled fear might temporarily alter brain patterns linked to depression

Controlled fear from 'horror' experiences could temporarily disrupt brain connectivity patterns linked to depression potentially increasing enjoyment and shifting attention outward. Could be useful for emotion-regulation support in individuals with mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms.

3 Simple Steps to Ease Social Anxiety

Social anxiety can stem from self-critical inner voices and fear of exposing perceived flaws. Alcohol may dull this temporarily but worsens anxiety long-term. True relief comes from identifying, questioning, and reasoning with the inner critic through clear, realistic thinking.

How Entitlement Contributes to Anger Arousal

Unrealistic expectations rooted in entitlement often lead to frustration and anger. Entitlement fosters hypersensitivity to perceived disrespect, inflexibility in thinking, and blame-shifting, undermining self-awareness, resilience, and the ability to manage emotions constructively in relationships and workplaces.

I Know What I Want to Do. Why Can’t I Do It?

Nine main reasons people may struggle to act on their intentions include freeze responses, insufficient or mismatched support, low willpower, emotional hijacking, ambivalence, frustration, external pressures, and underlying mental health issues. All affect follow-through on goals.

Should I take a magnesium supplement? Will it help me sleep or prevent muscle cramps?

Most people can meet their magnesium needs through diet. Supplements may help in specific cases, such as deficiency or migraines, but aren’t proven to prevent cramps or reliably improve sleep. Always consult a doctor first.

Should I increase weights at the gym? How often? And by how much?

Building strength requires consistent, gradual increases in training load—small, steady progress, adequate rest, and attention to technique matter far more than rapid or erratic weight jumps. Keeping a workout log helps track consistent progress.

5 Quiet Ways to Self-Improve

Self-improvement can occur through subtle, internal changes rather than dramatic actions. Practices like self-kindness, reflection, and questioning habitual beliefs foster personal growth, resilience, and well-being over time, even when energy or resources are limited.