It's been a year since I made the switch and here's what I have learnt and what you need to know if you starting to warm up to the idea of b

Sam Wood 28, Sweat with Kayla Itsines, Fresh Body Fit Mind by Amanda Bisk, Nike Training Club and Apple's Fitness Plus.

I am always conscious of taking small steps to help my consumption be more ethical to people, animals and the environment. I am also a huge supporter of Australian companies and families. It’s obvious to expect that cheap fast fashion isn’t very ethical. If a piece of clothing can be a couple of dollars you know there are some big problems to how it’s made, and how people have been treated to produce it as the big companies are always making a profit. But with the more expens

From the moment your first child is born, people say you are also born as a mother and while you are, people often forget that you are also starting out from ground zero like your baby. It's a steep learning curve at times and a total change to life as you knew it. My son is just over 2 and now with my daughter a couple of months old, it has me thinking about that first year, what was hard and what helped, and most importantly what I am going to do differently this time arou

If you have little kids or have been around them you would know the need to keep them far away from standard dinnerware - glasses and crockery! They are always moments away from dropping, hitting or throwing plates, bowls and cups. So the go to is plastic items for kids as it can handle almost anything kids do to them and is nice and bright and colourful. If you have been reading my posts for a while you will know that I am increasingly trying to avoid my use of single use pl

As I get older I have become more and more aware of my consumption and impact on the world, and Christmas is one of those times what you really notice how much waste happens but at the same time you don't want to be a Grinch about Christmas!!! Here are some ways to reduce your impact this Christmas while still being as festive as ever: Avoid plastic Plastic just never goes away - it sits in landfill for thousands of years, so you really want to consider the plastic items you

On Sunday morning at about 2am I woke up from what felt like a contraction. I had never had a contraction before so I didn't really know if it was one. It felt like sharp period pain, I laid in bed waiting to see if it would happen again and it did, about every 7 minutes I had one. After the 4th one I woke my husband up and told him, I was so excited that it was finally happening, but he quickly burst my bubble - he didn't believe me! He finally got on board that it was happe

Like so many I believed that the best care during pregnancy and birth was only with an obstetrician. I had paid the crazy amount to up my health insurance to cover a private hospital but I got pregnant sooner than I expected and fell just 2 weeks short of the 12 month waiting period - my insurance wasn’t going to cover it! So I started to look into my options. Even with my cover I had to still pay out of pocket the obstetrician which was about $6,000. Now with no cover, I w

As I enter the last week of my pregnancy I have been able to reflect on where I started to where I am now, and that my expectation of pregnancy was wildly different to my reality. Coming from a very fit lifestyle, I knew that a lot of what I did would need to be adjusted as I progressed through my pregnancy but I thought I had the knowledge and dedication to not find it a problem. The reality is that pregnancy is not predicable and most certainly not the same of any woman. So

As a woman, you understand that miscarriages are possible but beyond that it’s not something you overly consider or really know anyone...

Last Month I checked out Altitude Australia, a gym that sets the oxygen levels at high altitude, a whopping 4,200 metres above sea level when I was there! If you are unfamiliar with altitude, basically the higher above sea level that you go, the less oxygen is in the air, making simple tasks like walking much more challenging. So in Altitude Australia's gym the oxygen is adjusted to match that of a particular altitude. This not only helps you prepare and train for going into

Image source: http://www.whatoliviadid.com/2016/10/interview-with-lizzie-evans-smug.html If you have not really had indoor plants before...

We all have some super sexy underwear, really skimpy, lacey, embellished, etc. While they are an important part of your underwear collection, these are not what you are wearing day in and day out. Most of us are guilty for having some daggy, unflattering underwear that we keep because they are so comfortable. But wearing underwear that you know looks good is empowering, even if no one sees them, you know they are there. So when we are talking about your everyday underwear, we

Ok, so we are going to talk practical towels! If you have ever found yourself getting frustrated with the towels you are taking out and about not drying in time, hate that they take up your entire bag, or loath having to do numerous loads of towel washes a week, then this post is for you! I originally got contacted by Wovii to do some photography for them. After I had done the shots, I had a whole bunch of these towels so I started to swap them out with the other towels I wa

My mum left school at 16 to become a seamstress, she worked for leading designers in Australia and made wedding dresses for a number of years. When she became a mother of 4 she stopped working fulltime but it didn’t stop it being a big part of her life, with a semi industrial machine at home she made the school uniforms for all the girls in my primary school! She also inherited the job of fixing, hemming up and creating clothes for all of us kids. She made every dress up cost

I am known in my family as the ‘worrier’, I wasn’t always like this, as a small kid I remember been hugely confident and outgoing, I...

We all love to take pictures, it is of course the easiest way to capture a moment these days. We rely on sight a lot to trigger memories,...

If the idea of swimming a 1km ocean swim sounds completely impossible to you, well I am here to tell you that you could, if you wanted to. Regardless of if you don't think you could swim that far, find the ocean scary, don't have much swimming experience, or even have no swimming experience, you can get confident in the water, so much so that you could complete an ocean swim. You are never too old to try something new or get outside of your comfort zone. Here is my story on h

So often training hard at your gym is a weekday thing, before or after work. When it gets to the weekend I find it very hard to want to go inside, back to the gym, this is why I always opt for doing something outdoors. Not only does it get me moving, but feels like I have had a proper weekend! So here are 5 coastal walks from the north of Sydney all the way to the south. If you live in Sydney, add these to your list to go and do. If you don't live in Syd, add them to your wi

@rumixfeelgood does it again. First it was fabric made from plastic bottles, now they have designed a new range where the fabric is made from coffee ground. On top of this, the production of turning this coffee into yarn uses less energy and resources than turning traditional cotton into yarn. I am sure you have not thought about coffee waste before, however considering how much coffee is consumed, can you start to think about how much coffee is going into landfills around t