Health/Lifestyle

I hear you sista!

Posted on October 16, 2009. Filed under: Health/Lifestyle, Women | Tags: , |

OMIGODDESS online magazine
I hear you sista!

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Levy for plastic at the checkout not to be bagged

Posted on March 12, 2009. Filed under: Health/Lifestyle, Sustainability | Tags: , , |

AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW – GREEN BUSINESS – SPECIAL REPORT
A Victorian trial shows recycling starts at the supermarket, explains Miriam Hechtman.
‘Do you want a plastic bag with that?” is not a question commonly asked in Australian supermarkets, but one that recently became obligatory during an Australian-first trial in which a levy was placed on plastic supermarket [...]

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How to make fear of flying pack its bags

Posted on February 26, 2009. Filed under: Business as usual..., Health/Lifestyle, Travel | Tags: , , |

THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW  – SPECIAL REPORT – BUSINESS TRAVEL
The white-knuckle era is over. Miriam Hechtman describes new ways to overcome an all-too-common phobia. Hands clenched, white knuckles, sweaty palms, sudden heart palpitations and a sick feeling in the pit of the stomach – sound familiar? Travellers afraid of flying, but who still have to [...]

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Keeping the Peace

Posted on January 6, 2009. Filed under: Health/Lifestyle, Women, Work Life Balance | Tags: |

The holiday season is a time for families to get together, but ingrained roles and old tensions can come to the table along with the turkey. Miriam Hechtman looks at how to survive the silly season.

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The misuse of power

Posted on November 19, 2008. Filed under: Health/Lifestyle, Women | Tags: |

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
SURGICAL NEWS P11 – P12 / Vol:9 No:10 November-December 2008
http://www.surgeons.org/Content/NavigationMenu/CollegeResources/Publications/SurgicalNews/vol09no10.pdf 

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Left palm open, right palm down

Posted on April 30, 2008. Filed under: Health/Lifestyle, Women, Work Life Balance | Tags: , |

LIVING NOW MAGAZINE MAY 2008
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http://www.livingnow.com.au/2008/12/left-palm-open-right-palm-down/

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It’s not easy being green

Posted on March 29, 2008. Filed under: Business as usual..., Health/Lifestyle, Sustainability | Tags: , , |

SOCAP AUSTRALIA
its-not-easy-being-green-10-12-cd.pdf

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Providing better choices and health education

Posted on October 12, 2006. Filed under: Health/Lifestyle |

Australian Financial Review SPECIAL REPORT – OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
Research shows that healthier staff are happier staff − as well as being more productive, reports Miriam Hechtman. 
As the link between healthy eating and productivity becomes more evident, companies are investing in various ways to improve the dietary health of their employees. However, removing the [...]

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Women-only businesses get into top shape

Posted on February 16, 2006. Filed under: Health/Lifestyle, Women, Work Life Balance |

Australian Financial Review - SPECIAL REPORT - FRANCHISING

Female-only gyms are an expanding business and one perfectly suited to the franchising concept, says Miriam Hechtman.

When Virginia Woolf wrote about having a room of one’s own, chances are she wasn’t talking about the gym. But increasingly women are able to work out in female-only gyms, thanks to the [...]

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Moving your body can help clear your mind

Posted on September 1, 2005. Filed under: Health/Lifestyle |

Australian Financial Review – Special Report – Business of Health
An alternative approach is helping bankers and brokers overcome their inabilities to meet targets at work, says Miriam Hechtman.

A couple of years ago, Andrew Wreford was working 70 hours a week with no real direction in life. “A lot of companies will deny that it’s there [...]

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