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Uh Oh, Fomo

Do You Have the Uncontrollable Need to Attend That Party Even Though You Can’t Stand the Host? Can’t Commit to the Gorgeous Guy You’ve Been Dating Because There May Be Someone Even Better Around the Corner? Are You Mad With Jealousy Over a Friend’s Holiday Facebook Snaps? Are You Just Not Happy Until You Buy That New Dress/phone/bag/pair of Shoes? You Could Have a Bad Case of Fomo (Fear of Missing Out). Fortunately, You’re Not Alone.

Wonder Woman

Kathy Freeman, Marilyn Monroe, Your Superhero of a Mum – All Female Icons and All Play a Part in Inspiring You to Be Confident in Your Own Skin. But How Does Female Empowerment Relate to Overall Good Health – Both in the Gym and in Life?

The Fine Line

You can shed the kilos via skipping lunch, but if you reduce calories without excercise it could come back to bite you, and if you train without adjusting your food intake you will quickly reach a plateau. Welcome to the diet v excercise debate – all the more important come social season, when time is scarce and (high-energy) food is abundant. Help to mitigate the damage of extra race-day canapes with these training tweaks.

Let's Talk About Sex Ed

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby…or Rather, Let’s Talk About Stis and Stds. Sure, Sexual Health Can Be a Taboo Topic, but With Reports Showing That Hundreds of Thousands of Australian Women Are Living With a Sexually Transmitted Infection That Can Lead to Infertility – and They Don’t Even Know About It – It’s Important to Pay the Issue Adequate Lip Service.

Sweat vs Squat

Lifting Is All Well and Good Until You Want Six-pack Abs, and Spending Too Much Time in Hiit Classes Won’t Necessarily Have You Running a Marathon. Understanding When to Squat and When to Sweat Could Be Your Answer to Accelerated Results.

brooke stacey

self-love is so huge! it can start at a young age and grow with you or it could have never been established and you have to find it and create it.

Bare-Faced

Demand for facial hair removal is driving the trend for dermaplaning, but should you shave your face? The girl-tache is nothing new, but in the era of xxx Brazilians, women are bringing facial hair out of the shadows.

OMG Omega

Recent studies show that these fatty acids could reverse the ageing process. We do the math.

Food v Pharma

Forget Pharmaceuticals. We Get Diet-nostic With Food-based Solutions to Common Physical and Mental Health Dilemmas. 

Energy Field

In the Era of Macro Counting, Energy Has Become Synonymous With Carbs. But Feeling Your Best and Functioning Optimally Demands a Balanced Diet of Food and Movement.

Fuel For Thought

Fuel Your Body for Optimum Performance No Matter Your Goal – Shred, Fit or Tone – Courtesy of Our Body Transformation Experts and Favourite Fitspos. 

Alexia Tsapepas - Founder Of Royal Ego

After years of struggling to find a suitable career path and positive level of self-esteem, animal lover Alexia Tsapepas finally found her true passion in the beauty industry. Last year, she created a line of cruelty-free false lashes with the vision of helping other women to feel good about themselves – in more ways than one. She chatted to WH&F about her path to better health and establishing her own business.

Who's Got The Power?

Female Empowerment Is the Modern-day Buzzword – but What Does It Actually Mean and How Can You Get More of It Into Your Life? Here’s How to Look, Feel and Be a  #bosslady From the Boardroom to the Barbell.

A Word On Wellbeing

In an era where ‘having it all’ seems almost (almost) within reach – great job (tick), wealth (tick), fit bod (tick), meals prepped to perfection (tick), boyfriend (tick), best friend (tick) – how this pertains to our health and happiness is curious. Measuring wellbeing is multifaceted and may look different to you compared to the person next to you. 

Chill Pills

Meditation, Yoga And Breathing Are The Buzzwords Du Jour, Imagined To Treat Stress And Anxiety In One Fell Omm, But How Do You Know When Your Panic Needs Serious Drugs?

Terri Vinson

COSMETIC CHEMIST AND FOUNDER OF SYNERGIE SKINFeeling confident in your own skin starts with the right skincare – something female cosmetic chemist Terri Vinson is both passionate about and an expert in. She chats to WH&F about developing her Australian company dedicated to the long-term health and vitality of your complexion. Her purpose? To help you feel beautiful from the inside out.

Suzanna Petrich

Young, Blonde and Bubbly, This Full-time Financial Planner Went From Cardio Bunny to Professional Bikini Competitor After Just One Year at the Squat Rack – and Maintained a Solid Social Life Throughout. Suzanna Petrich Shows You How to Find the Balance Between the ‘good Life’ and a Healthy One.

Summer Luxe

With the Weather Now Well and Truly Heating Up, It’s Time to Turn Over Your Wardrobe in Prep for the New Season – but Where to Start? Beyond Ditching the Full-length Tights for Your Favorite Pair of Shorts, the Fabrics, Stitching and Designs You Wear in Summer Are Key to Both Comfort and Aesthetics. We Asked Some of the Most Experienced Activewear Designers What to Look for in Your Next Purchase.

Sun Sense

Protecting your skin could be the key to a fresher face and long-term health – but not all sunscreens are made equal. Hilary Simmons delves into the physical versus chemical sunscreen debate, the dilemma of protecting your skin from the sun while maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D, and whether you really need to wear sunscreen every single day – even in the depths of winter.

Devil's Advocate: The Cold Truth

Can three minutes in a sub-zero degree chamber take years off your complexion, have you sleeping like a baby and aid in muscle recovery? WH&F journalist Angelique Tagaroulias and editor Katelyn Swallow bravely ditched their Melbourne woolies to give it a go.

Up To The Test

Testing your fitness is key to tracking progress and maximising results – and yet many of us don’t know how or when to get it done. From full-body scans to old school tape measures and stop watches, our experts reveal some of the fitness industry’s biggest secrets.

Fat Vs. Sugar

Both Have Been Demonised, Both Have Been Celebrated. So Which Macro Is the Real Villain Crushing All Our Health and Body Composition Goals?

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Hair Falling Out in Clumps? Locks Thinner Than Spaghetti Strands? Not Just a Bad Hair Day, You Might Be Experiencing Female Pattern Hair Loss. So What’s Causing It and Are the Effects Irreversible? We Tackle These Questions Head on (Literally). Psssst: Lucky Enough to Still Have Lush Locks? We Also Have a Tip or Two for You.

The Fast Lane

Sick of all the fitness industry’s ‘think of your body as a car’ metaphors? Us too. So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride, as our experts steer you through some easy science-backed workout add-ons designed to fast-track your lean body results.

Personal Trainer- Grace Shelmerdine

Your winner of the 2017 Women’s Health and Fitness and Brazilian Butterfly Cover Model Competition is this beautiful, ambitious and bubbly young mum, personal trainer and business owner from down-town Adelaide. She sat down with WH&F to talk ‘the’ photoshoot, her post baby body, and her love for desserts and burpees.

Time Warp

 Your Perception and Use of Time Can Affect Your Wellbeing in Curious Ways.

Claudia Jovanovski

Business Owner, Bikini Pro and Body Transformation Coach.

affirm favourite

blame the positive psychology movement for the fact that adults now spend inordinate amounts of time pinning, re-gramming and tattooing pithy memes.