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Practical Tips to Incorporate Exercise into Your Daily Life

Practical Tips to Incorporate Exercise into Your Daily Life Written by Anri van Rooyen (Health & Fitness Consultant) We all know that exercising is great for us for different aspects of our lives: emotionally, mentally (improved mood, happiness, self-confidence) and physically (to gain muscle and lose fat gives us a more streamlined body). Daily exercise […]

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3 Feb 2016: Dr Arien on Prontuit Actuality Program – DSTV channel 144 (kykNET)

Dr Arien on Prontuit Actuality Program – DSTV channel 144 (kykNET) Date: 3 February 2016 Time: 22h00   DSTV Channel: 144 (kykNET) Dr Arien will be talking about tips and tools for a more affordable, healthy life.  Click here if you missed the show to watch Dr Arien on Prontuit Actuality Program 

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The Need for Workplace Wellness and Stress Management Training

The Need for Workplace Wellness and Stress Management Training   While full time in a corporate wellness environment, Dr Arien van der Merwe focused her research and program development on stress and wellness challenges as she had experienced in the workplace on a day-to-day basis. The statistics gained from an interactive Internet based stress management program, with

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HR Future Mag – Wellness: a Sound Return on Investment

Wellness: a Sound Return on Investment (HR Future Mag) Chronic diseases of lifestyle (e.g. heart disease, incl. stroke, heart attack, high blood pressure, high blood fats; diabetes mellitus; cancer; depression; asthma and lung disease) are responsible for 37% of deaths in South Africa, second only to HIV / AIDS (39%). Added, these are responsible for

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Workplace Wellness

Workplace Wellness Ways to wellness (some of the most popular wellness programs / interventions companies and individuals can use): Stress solutions: Practical stress management tools and techniques, as well as stress courses Work-life balance Management of chronic lifestyle diseases: e.g. ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, depression, HIV/Aids, chronic obstructive lung disease, diabetes mellitus Positive mental

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(Neuro)peptides: The Molecules of Emotions [Part 1 & 2]

Neuropeptides: Molecules of Emotions [Part 1 & 2] Working with your subconscious feelings and beliefs are important for sustainable and long term management of any health challenge  Part 1  ‘I suggest that the body and soul react to each other in sympathy. A change in the state of the soul would necessarily have an effect

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