I can vividly recall the frustration I had with Math since primary school. I was the mute student during Math classes and fully engaged one in every other subject. The transition from primary school t…
6 Ways to Stop All That Emotional Eating
Sponsored Content. Written by Farah Chabib, Clinical Dietician, MEDI Weight Loss Eating takes your mind off feelings and comforts you. However, eating in response to emotions and not hunger can result…
Here’s Why Talking Can Help Alleviate Teen Stress
One in seven parents admit they don’t always believe their teenagers when they claim to be stressed. Parents need to talk more to their teenage children if they are to help them avoid stress and menta…
4 Hospitals With Free Mammograms In UAE This October
This is the month. A month dedicated to those women who have fought breast cancer. This month is dedicated to those who want to raise awareness, women who want to scan, check and beat the disease. Oct…
Here’s Why Mindfulness Can Help You Manage Strong Emotions
Every piece of writing has a purpose; you could compare it to a message in a bottle, a vessel being used to communicate something to the reader. If I’ve now got you wondering about what the primary pu…
Yoga For Well-Being: Here Are 4 Things You Should Know
Not your average workout routine. In our heads, we usually associate ‘Yoga’ with an activity for older people. All of us are aware that it involves some form of stretching combined with spirituality, …
The Emotion of Addictions
Drug users and addicts never intended to end up in a hole in an alley. They begin using to temporarily escape the pain and harsh realities of life. Society today treats drug users and addicts as crimi…
6 Things Millenials Can Learn From The Vikings of Scandinavia
Despite our technological progress, looking back at these tribal cultures that live in respect of nature’s unspoken rules, we can absorb a lot of primal wisdom. First in line, known for their voyages …
5 Easy Tricks to Stick to a Fitness Routine
Green tea, cardio, lush green salads. Feeling motivated to get healthy, one day, you get a year-long gym membership, vowing to work out for at least an hour a day. For 3 days, you set aside the time t…
Anantara Dubai’s Promotions On A Platter For You
Anantara Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa, East Crescent, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai has been kind enough to share their latest promotions with us. You’re definitely getting some knockout rates for all…
WATCH: Lifestyle Diseases in the Middle East – Obesity
Watch this story at the bottom of the page Yes, diseases are not limited to the usual vectors (i.e. Virus, bacteria, blades, etc.), one’s lifestyle can be a vector of a disease. In this exclusiv…
We Need To Talk About: The Voices In Your Head
Illness. What does this term mean? To be unwell. To be unfit. Most commonly associated with bad health. When someone is ill, we persistently recommend going to the doctor, getting checked, and hopeful…
4 Quick Tips for Dealing With Potential Fractures & Muscle Damage
So you’re in the gym, you’re working up a sweat and you’re proud of yourself for sticking to your New Year’s health plan – but then you somehow land at a funny angle and twist your limbs, and writhe i…
The Idle To Agile Fitness Chronicles: A 67 Year Old Fitter Than Me?
What an incredible week it’s been: Chia has turned me into one happy chica! I have energy that lasts for miles and spirits that reach the sky. More importantly, cravings for sugary and deep-fried ever…
The Idle To Agile Fitness Chronicles: The Chia Diet
For the past three years, the first item on my new years resolutions was “lose weight”; clearly it didn’t work because it remained unmovable much like the numbers on my dress tags. This year, however,…
The Idle To Agile Fitness Chronicles: Why We’re Launching It
It’s a story as old as time. Boy meets girl. Girl looks like a vision on the wedding day as she floats through clouds of lace and taffeta. They have beautiful children with rosy cheeks and music…
5 Secrets To Keep You Looking And Feeling Great This Winter
Cloudy days, beautiful sunsets, blue skies and pleasant breezes – and a whole host of hair, skin and health issues to look forward to. It’s that time of the year again, the season that eve…
5 Things To Do When You’re Bed-Ridden
Imagine this: you’re heading off happily to university/work one day, and out of the blue, you trip and fall headlong down a flight of stairs. Before you know it – crack ! You’ve woun…
Let’s Have the Breast Cancer Conversation All Year
Pink. Fundraising events, walkathons, banners and outfits; all through October, Dubai is dripping pink. Brands display their alliance with spectacular activations and people show their support by part…
If You Could Only Do 7 Things a Day, What Would They Be?
Everyone hates falling sick. It’s a universal truth – there’s nothing fun about being bedridden for days on end, sniffling and cursing the changing seasons or that guy on the Metro w…
Do You Hate Cardio? – 8 Fun Alternatives to Burn Calories
Time: 3:01 minutes. Speed: 5.0 km/h. Distance: 0.2km. Lady Gaga playing on your iPod. Time: 3:25 minutes. Ra ra ramama.. Ugh. I hate Cardio. This is the worst. We all know treadmills and elliptical ma…
The Good, Bad, and Ugly Side of Caffeine
Whether you are rushing to your 8am class, surviving an all-nighter or just trying to keep your eyes open during meetings, we all know what provides the ultimate pick-me-up: A good ol’ cup of Joe, a c…