Be Amazing – New Zealand premier site for health, wellbeing and development

Every day I hear or read about people saying things such as “I want to lose weight” or “I am going to lose 6 kilos in 6 weeks” or “Today is the last day of my unhealthy habits, tomorrow I will start fresh.”

When it comes to weight loss it can often be a real battle between what you know is good for you and what you love. A battle of the mind. Have you experienced that dual conversation going on inside your head where one part of you is saying, ‘No, I don’t need that, if I eat that I will not reach my goal weight and it will not be doing my body any good’ and the other part is saying ‘Go on, you deserve it.

Choosing a REP's Personal Trainer is your Best Bet

We can have a situation which triggers an emotion. For example, someone says something to you which makes you feel a certain way, eg, your boyfriend says you look fat in your jeans and you feel upset. Now, the interesting thing is, we tend to think the current situation is the issue. And upon introspecting a little further, we usually find it is not...

When I tell people I’m vegan, often the first question out of their mouths is, “Ok, so where do you get your protein?” As soon as I hear this question, I know that I’m dealing with someone who doesn’t know very much about plants.

By now my partner is tired of hearing me repeat the same mantra over and over when I listen to him coming from a place of negativity however, it has given him food for thought and it has been proven time and time again to be true. The mantra I am talking about is 'What you focus on is what you'll get.'

By now my partner is tired of hearing me repeat the same mantra over and over when I listen to him coming from a place of negativity however, it has given him food for thought and it has been proven time and time again to be true. The mantra I am talking about is 'What you focus on is what you'll get.'

How Weight Training will get you Weight Loss and Toning Results

We are coming up to that time of the year again and already I'm seeing people struck down by colds and flu. Here are my best tips for staying healthy over the winter season!

Parenting could be the most important job title you will ever have and the appraisal method is the most illuminating! What do you want to remember about how you ‘parented.’ Will your memories of parenting your children be overwhelmingly positive? What kind of people do you want your children to become? This article is a beginners guide to identifying and prioritising the key areas of your life, and adding focus and a spark to each. The results could begin a life-changing path!

10 Good Reasons Why you Should Get a Personal Trainer

When we look back at situations which we perceived as having "happened to us", it is difficult to entertain the idea that we had a choice. We've all heard the exclamation, "I just had no choice....". What is usually hidden in those words is, "well actually, if I had chosen to do this/or that, then an unwanted or worse outcome would have resulted, and so it was the only option with the least negative consequences to take, all-be-it a 'choice', highlighting 'choice/action' and 'consequences'.

These 10 simple tips will help you to feel more energised, happy and productive as you flow through your day.

It seems, getting enough sleep is now a hot topic and is being studied in relation to learning, remembering, maintaining information context and even managing your preferred weight!

New Zealand is often portrayed by the media as 'green', all natural, packed with healthy, sporty young kiwis. But how accurate is this picture? How do we compare to the rest of the world in terms of health? Does the typical kiwi diet and lifestyle have a positive influence on our health? Or are we on the same downward spiral as America with their SAD (Standard American Diet)?

Dr. Joseph Mercola's in The London Times March 14, 2008 comments: “Before you brush off meditation as something only for Buddhist monks or hippies, it would serve you well to find out what you may be missing. Meditation is the equivalent of giving your mind an escape valve to blow off steam”.

Over the past few years I have become more and more fascinated with the power of the human mind and what can be achieved by unlocking the door to our sub conscious. This has lead me to Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), life coaching, healing with crystals, various forms of meditation and lately hypnosis.

Until 2 years ago my biggest adventure had always been the travelling we (my hubby and I) had done on our big OE 27 years ago. I’m sure you know how it is; you finish your training, or study, save like crazy and sell everything off and away you go. Off to see the world. Generations of kiwis have done it, and plenty more will continue to do so, almost as a rite of passage.

Life/Work balance is challenging when jobs are becoming more time consuming in these times of a recession. Time management becomes improatnt more than ever to achieve balance in our lives. The need to increase incidental activity in "bite size" pieces goes a long way towards getting active. How can we get more active when at work?

There’s no denying, winter is here and, with the cold and often wet weather, it is easy to lose motivation for exercise and healthy eating in favour of sitting in the warm and eating those wonderful winter foods.

Last night I sat with my 16 year old daughter and watched Jamie Oliver battling to get permission to teach nutrition and cook healthy meals for a school in the US. Time and again he got thwarted and the school principal had to go and dig for some loophole that would get him back into the school again. I got quite emotional when he interviewed some of the children as they lived in fear of losing their parents and loved ones early, not to mention the toll an unhealthy diet was having on

Every now and then it is helpful to go back to basics.It is so easy to get caught up in the cycle of rush rush rush with no time for yourself, no time to plan, no time to relax, no time for anything except the hurly burly rush that is life in our busy world. Meeting everyone else's needs at the expense of your own, is often part of the psyche for women in our society.

A Personal Trainer is easy to find these days with an influx in the number of gyms and courses around the country pumping out qualified trainers. Every personal trainer has their own style and level of competence, the difficulty is determining which personal trainer will work best for you?

Time and time again I hear people discussing their health ‘issues’, in a way that would suggest they believe their health is completely out of their control. Curiously, a lot of these people spend a great deal of time talking about these very same problems and in doing so, get better and better at describing the experience... Can you see how this could be a problem?

We all tell ourselves stories to keep ourselves 'safe, often however, the stories keep us in the same place, when we could be moving ahead.

I felt compelled to share with you some facts about stress because it is something that affects us all at some time or other and it can be mild or debilitating. Stress has been the main point of discussion at home this week because of everything that is going on.

If illness is a random mistake, how do you know what therapeutic intervention to engage in? Believe it or not, despite tremendous advances in modern medicine, the real cause of illness is often unknown. But how do you know what treatment to follow or recommend if you have no idea what has caused the problem and if symptoms are just a random occurrence?....

As the words themselves indicate, Self Care is the Care of Oneself. . When we give priority to self care, then balance and harmony are allowed as a greater possibility in all other aspects of our lives. Things are changing all the time, though many of those changes, which are 'transitions', create additional stress in themselves, which is why it is important to be prepared when transition is on the horizon. Transitions such as, Menopause, Divorce, Death of Spouse are some to explore.

Having a foam roller is like having your own live-in masseuse. Foam rollers are arguably the most effective and easy-to-use tool available for releasing muscle tension and increasing the range of movement in a muscle. But like most pieces of equipment, if you don't specifically understand what you are trying to achieve with a foam roller, then you won't get the desired results or maximum benefits. So how can a Foam Roller help you?

It's just been a week now since devastation hit the beautiful city of Christchurch and turned the lives of many into states of panic, sadness, confusion, sense of loss, anxiety and fear, to name a few dominant emotions. But what has been, and is so very apparent, is the mix of compassion, resourcefulness, kindness, selflessness, and resilience which has been displayed by those who are in the immediate region and those in the rest of the country who are taking action to help make a difference.

Stress features in the lives of most people – in paid employment, self employment and those who run households. It can be as deadly as a cancer or as subtle as a mosquito bite!

Grief is a natural process that allows us to accept the unacceptable over time. It allows the hurt to diminish and become manageable and through grief we come to terms with what has happened.