Turning Points: Helping those who need it
It is said, and largely accepted, that virtually every person knows someone – a friend, co-worker or family member – who has a drug or alcohol problem. In my profession I receive calls or emails weekly...
View ArticleTurning Points: Love and sex addiction
Many people find Thailand synonymous with romance and sexual excitement. From the expat who finds their soulmate amongst the local population or the man (or woman) who find themselves being a novelty...
View ArticleTurning Points: Depression
One of the most common but underdiagnosed disorders in society is depression, often called major depressive disorder. Research indicates that 7-21% of studied populations have experienced one or more...
View ArticleRamp Up Your Run Clinic: Starting you on the road to an active, healthier...
Have you ever wanted to run 10km or a half marathon? Are you a seasoned runner but think your best times are behind you because you are getting older?
View ArticleTurning Points: What is addiction rehab?
Thailand is one of the fastest growing locations for new addiction rehabilitation centres. While the first Western-style addiction treatment program appeared in Thailand about 10 years ago, today there...
View ArticleAsana essentials: Yoga postures for any ability part 1
Hi and welcome to another month and another awesome yoga tip for a better life.
View ArticleAsana essentials: Yoga postures for any ability part 2
Hi and welcome to part two of my top six yoga postures (asanas) for a happier body and a healthier life.
View ArticleSnake ssssafety: Avoiding bites from Phuket’s venomous residents
As rescue workers urge people to beware of snakes on the move, and viral videos of snake catchers start to appear on our social media feeds a little too often, it’s important to know how to deal with...
View ArticleNew Year, New Zen: Taking the calm off of the mat and into our lives
Hello and welcome to April’s edition of Let’s Get Bent. Songkran is the inspiration for this month’s article. I cannot believe that the festival is already here.
View ArticleBeginner’s meditation for a modern world
Hello and welcome to another month and, to be honest, a little bit of a continuation from last month. In April’s column, I spoke about taking the calm off of the yoga mat. This month, I want to give...
View ArticleBlazing Saddles: How jumping in the saddle can take our love lives up a gear
Ask any advertising executive and they’ll tell you that using the words “sex or sexy” in an article will increase an ad’s readership by almost 100%. In fact, the article you are now perusing could well...
View ArticleFind your yoga: A beginner yogi’s guide to choosing the right class, studio...
Hello. This month I am not talking yoga postures; instead, I want to help you find a yoga class that suits you and your lifestyle best. It can be quite daunting when going to a yoga class “cold”. Cold...
View ArticleDeep breaths, deep sleep: The ‘filling and emptying the glass’ exercise that...
Hello and welcome to another glorious month in Phuket. As I have mentioned before, I am fortunate enough to introduce many people to their first ever yoga class and I consider it such a blessing!
View ArticleWHO says e-cigarettes ‘undoubtedly harmful’
RIO DE JANEIRO: Electronic cigarettes are “undoubtedly harmful” and should be regulated, the WHO said Friday (July 27) as it warned against the use of vaping products by smokers trying to quit their...
View ArticleSweet tooth: Thailand consumes over four times the recommended amount of sugar
In 1997, the average Thai person consumed 19 teaspoons of sugar a day. That’s more than three times the amount of daily sugar intake recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), which is only...
View ArticleFeast on the Sun
Hello and welcome to August. This month is another month where I take the focus away from yoga asana and shine the light (no pun intended) on a healthy, life-altering practice that is free, delicious...
View ArticleBuzz off: Breakthrough technique eradicates mosquitoes
Since dengue fever was first recorded in Thailand in 1949, the mosquito-borne viral disease has never been eradicated; it has become even more widespread.
View ArticleE-cigarette usage in Thailand going up despite continued ban
Having been outlawed in Thailand since 2014, e-cigarettes remain a subject of controversy and debate. While many are calling for the ban to be lifted due to the perceived health benefits of vaping,...
View ArticleYoga from a suitcase: Top tips for the travelling yogi
This month I am travelling around Australia with my new activewear label iSSARLA.com. I have been driving a lot, dragging my 40-kilogram stock bag around with me, sleeping in different beds every few...
View ArticleBlazing Saddles: Brainy bicycling
As if burning calories and improving cardiovascular fitness and body strength weren’t enough, recent studies show the brain-boosting benefits of biking, which begs the question, does cycling...
View ArticleTake it to the floor: An exercise to work the pelvic muscles
Hello and welcome. This month I want to address an issue that I am asked to help with on a very regular basis, one that is often asked in hushed tones, behind a hand with downcast eyes: a weak pelvic...
View ArticleThailand Health & Fitness Expo: JAND Events set to energise Phuket with...
Health and fitness enthusiasts and professionals from all over Asia will descend on Royal Phuket Marina in early 2020 for the inaugural Thailand Health & Fitness Expo.
View ArticleScorpio rising: Learning the vrschikasana or scorpion pose
Hello and welcome. Ok ok, I can sense that there are a few people looking at this month’s yoga photos and thinking, “Kim has gone mad!” I assure you I have not. I just wanted to have a bit of fun this...
View ArticleLet’s Get Bent: Abs for Xmas
Hello and welcome to the last month of the year. I don’t know about you, but 2019 seems to have flown by at lightning speed. We have come to the end of the year and, for most, this means the beginning...
View ArticleHow a plant-based diet can help save the planet and improve your health
As 2019 comes to a close we’ve seen fires rage through the Arctic, the Amazon, California, Indonesia, and Australia as well as record-breaking heat waves in the United States and throughout Europe.
View ArticleLet’s Get Bent: Honey, not vinegar
Hello and welcome to my first article for 2020! I don’t know about you but 2019 seems to fly by so fast, I may have suffered some whiplash! On contemplation of my year that was, I have one little quote...
View ArticleLet’s Get Bent: It takes two baby!
Hello and welcome. This edition of Let’s Get Bent happens to fall near Valentine’s Day, so I thought it would be a great inspiration for this month’s yoga asana.
View ArticleMusing in the Mire: Good Vibrations-The healing art of Himalayan singing bowls
A quiet, growing community in the southern village of Rawai knows of a little oasis. A tranquil hideaway but a stone’s throw from the street hustle on Soi Saiyuan.Many may also know the wonders of A...
View ArticleUnleashed: Once bitten twice shy
Following on from the ‘dog attack’ in Krabi the other day (Feb 7), I thought it would be good to talk about human-canine behaviour, and how the misunderstandings between the two are often the primary...
View ArticleNo, coronavirus isn’t the same as the flu
Aches and pains, sore throat, fever – although they may feel similar to those suffering from their symptoms, the novel coronavirus is not the same as the seasonal flu, experts have stressed.
View ArticleLiving with COVID-19
There is nowhere you can go in Phuket without the COVID-19 coronavirus determining every aspect of your life, other than staying at home hoping not to become infected. Here is a reality check on what...
View ArticleLet’s Get Bent: The benefits of Vinyasa Yoga
Hello and welcome to April, a little bit of a crazy time in this world but that does not mean that everything has to fall apart. We can do the best we can to keep ourselves in a happy and healthy frame...
View ArticleHealthy Habits: Comfort eating in a COVID crisis
This COVID-19 crisis has the potential to transform people’s lives for the better or, the worse. Emotions like fear of sickness and death are great drivers for changing habits – so no doubt there are...
View ArticleHealthy Habits: Who’s telling the health truth?
The Dieticians of Canada, a government-sponsored organisation recently came out with a Facebook COVID-19 post that read: “Please follow the advice of Public Health Officials. Do not spread...
View ArticleHealthy Habits: COVID consequences – Sleep, Health and Weight Gain
COVID-19 has been linked with worsening mental health worldwide through increasing rates of anxiety, depression and insomnia. Sadly sleep is often underestimated in its role for supporting health. In...
View ArticleHealthy Habits: COVID-19 and Metabolic Syndrome, could diet help?
You may have heard the saying, ‘If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail’. As a nutritionist I will admit that I am a bit of a hammer. If someone asks, ‘How do I get more energy?’ I...
View ArticleHealthy Habits: Are you the man your Dad was?
If you measure your manliness according to your testosterone levels, sadly the answer is likely no, according to current statistics comparing men today with the previous generations at a similar age....
View ArticleHealthy Habits: Sulphur-rich ‘superfoods’ and Thai kitchen staples
You have likely been told to ‘eat your greens’, but what about ‘eat your sulphur vegetables’? Likely not I presume. However, sulphur may be one of the most important minerals we should be getting from...
View ArticleSustainably Yours: What does a COVID vaccine mean?
On November 23rd, 2020 AstraZeneca announced that it had a vaccine that is between 70 to 90% effective, depending on how they administer it. This came shortly after Pfizer and Moderna both announced...
View ArticleLife without glasses possible after you’re 50?
Yes, this state-of-the-art breakthrough technology makes it possible.
View ArticleiNoble Clinics in Phuket Expand into the Expat Market
With over 16 years of experience across Phuket, Songkhla, Trang and beyond, iNoble Clinics specialise in beauty, high quality skin laser treatments and cosmetic surgery. Their equipment and procedures...
View ArticleLuma Solves Retirement Insurance Requirements for OA Visa in Phuket
Luma has launched their new health insurance plan called Luma Long Stay Care, which meets the insurance requirement for OA Long Stay Visa.
View ArticleThis piece of plastic can change your life, and how you see the world
If you are over 50 years old and stuck using eyeglasses for all your activities, and even for just taking care of most of your daily life, and you feel that you feel that you don’t get enough out of...
View ArticleWhy you need reading glasses after the age of 50 and how to solve it
If you are reading this article, I assume that there are two things about you. First, you feel annoyed that you need reading glasses all the time to see up-close. Second, your age is over 50.
View ArticleThe truth about the world without glasses after the age of 50: Your dream,...
Throughout my 10+ years of experience as a surgeon on this island, I have found that even the world has changed and medical technology has remarkably improved compared with what we had 10 years ago....
View ArticleHealth experts ask to go easy on Thai donuts, tea
Thai people love their street food and “pa thong ko” (fried dough, Thai donuts also spelled pa tong go) and “cha Thai” (iced tea also know as ’cha yen’) are two favourites. But too much of a good thing...
View ArticleLife Beyond Glasses: The Game-Changing Advantages of Refractive Lens Exchange!
Are you over 50 and tired of constantly reaching for your glasses to read the newspaper, watch TV, or even see your loved ones’ faces clearly? Do you find yourself limited by your eyeglasses,...
View ArticleTrifocal Lens Implant Technology: Say Goodbye to Reading Glasses after 50
Dear patients, let me introduce you to an incredible advancement in the field of ophthalmology: trifocal lens implant technology. As an experienced surgeon, I’m thrilled to share how this...
View ArticleHealth concerns rise as 9.1% of Thai youth report e-cigarette use
A survey has found that around 9.1% of young people in Thailand use e-cigarettes, raising serious health concerns from public health officials.
View ArticleOpening the door to mental health
Mental health is a universal human right. That is the theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day. Observed annually on Oct 10, this day serves as a reminder for us to reflect on our own mental...
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