Healthy-ish

Move over HIIT, there's a trending workout that has people pumped. Micro workouts are the latest fitness fad and Brodie Hicks, General Manager of Training at the Australian Institute of Fitness, gives the verdict on whether they actually, well, work.    WANT MORE? To hear today's full interview, where Brodie discusses micro workouts in more depth and gives examples of at-home workouts...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. Read about micro workouts at bodyandsoul.com.au. Find out more about the Australian Institute of Fitness, here   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Each Friday, host Felicity Harley and Body + Soul's online editor, Ali Stephenson chat through three stories that made them spit-out - or guzzle - their green juices. Or wine. This week, they chat about why kids hate broccoli (read the story, here), Linda Evangelista’s CoolSculpting surgery (read the story, here) and why having a lazy day is brilliant for wellbeing (read the story, here).    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Melissa Wilson hates running, yet she loves all the mental and physical side effects. The co-host of The Juggling Act and executive editor of kidspot.com.au shares her tips on how to get yourself out the door when you can't be arsed.    WANT MORE FROM MELISSA? To hear today's full interview, where Melissa discusses navigating self-care in lockdown...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. Listen to an episode of The Juggling Act here. Or follow Melissa on Instagram @melwilson_journo   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Herbalist, nutritionist and bestselling author Erin Lovell Verinder wants to boost your energy stat. In this ep, she talks about using adaptogens and other remedies for increasing vitality.   WANT MORE FROM ERIN? To hear today's full interview, where Erin delves into the restorative power of plants and how to make your own medicines...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. Erin’s new book, The Plant Clinic (Thames & Hudson, $39,99) can be found here. Or, follow her on Instagram here.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Professor Kerryn Phelps chats brain health; what the perfect diet should look like; key nutrients to include; and what constitutes gluten brain.   WANT MORE FROM PRO PHELPS? To hear today's full interview, where she reveals her own lifestyle habits that keep her brain healthy and her mind mentally sharp...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. Find out about her new book How to Keep Your Brain Young (Pan Macmillan, $32,99), here.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Celebrity fitness trainer Chief Brabon is a pro at rapid body transformations, responsible for jaw-dropping transformations including Guy Sebastian and Osher Günsberg. In this ep, he’ll inspire you to get off the couch, set your goal and transform your fitness and health in as little as eight weeks. Come on, you know you want to...   WANT MORE FROM CHIEF? To hear today's full interview, where he discusses transforming your lockdown body in eight weeks (the right way)...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. Find out more about Chief’s fitness program Skwod, here. Or, follow him on Instagram, here.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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We’re switching things up on Healthy-ish and bringing you a fresh feel on Fridays. Each week, Body + Soul’s online editor, Ali Stephenson, will join Felicity Harley to chat through three stories that made them spit-out - or guzzle - their green juices. Or wine. This week, they chat using wine bottles for curing foot issues (read the story, here), Amy Schumer’s endometriosis surgery (see her posts, here) and melatonin for sleep (read the story, here).   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania).

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Sophie Patnicroft-Gray is a blood cancer survivor and shares what it was like the day she was diagnosed with cancer, and how it turned her life upside down. But she healed and learnt to embrace her one precious life.   WANT MORE FROM SOPHIE? To hear today's full interview, where Sophie takes listeners through her harrowing journey and how she used health and fitness to heal her mental health...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. Find out more about Blood Cancer Awareness Month via the Leukaemia Foundation, here. Info on Light the Night can be found here. Or, follow Sophie on Instagram @sophiegrayyoga   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Awareness is the new spiritual buzzword, and many of us want (and need!) more of it in our lives. Tami Roos is an author, meditation facilitator and intuitive counsellor with a PhD in Parapsychic Science, and discusses the true meaning of awareness and how to cultivate it to boost your mental health.    WANT MORE FROM TAMI? To hear today's full interview, where Tami delves deeper into how to become more spiritually aware...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. For more info on Wanderlust’s RISE event on World Mental Health Day - where Tami will be guiding a mediation - click here. Or, follow Tami on Instagram @tami_roos or via her website, here.     WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Megan Rebuli is a research dietitian and nutritionist with the CSIRO and co-authored their latest book, The CSIRO Gut Care Guide. In this episode, she focuses on fibre for maintaining gut health - fibre-rich foods, the exact amount we need each day, and the difference between insoluble and soluble fibre.    WANT MORE FROM MEGAN? To hear today's full interview, where Megan discusses exactly what you need to do to improve and maintain gut health...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. You can find The CSIRO Gut Care Guide (Pan Macmillan, $39.99) here.    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley.  In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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