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Value of the dollar Teaching your children to value and appreciate money
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When I was a kid, I remember thinking how long it took for Christmas to come around each year. I would count down the days - starting around March - until Christmas finally arrived. It seemed to take forever. Mum and dad would complain that ‘time was creeping along and another year had slipped away’. If only time would still creep and slip! Now it seems time is running a sprint. I can’t believe that the year is already half over. Every year, I make a mental list of all the things I want to achieve during the year. One thing high on my list this year was to learn another language. In fact, that’s been high on my list for the last few years! Funnily enough, I’m no closer to ticking that one off. Another thing I always aim to do is something truly memorable or different, and to spend more time with my family and friends. I’m embarrassed to admit it, so far this year is my biggest failure to date. I can barely cross a single thing off my list! But there is an upside. There is still plenty of this year left, and plenty of time to realise your goals. Thomas Haemmerle, success coach extraordinaire, has provided great advice on setting and achieving your goals. All it takes is seven simple steps! So even in these busy times, or especially in these busy times, re-visit those unattained goals or set a couple of new ones, and make the most of the time you have to reach them. Good luck!
Did You Know? • Cardiovascular disease accounts for nearly 40% of all deaths in Australia. • Physical inactivity has been ranked second only to tobacco smoking as a risk factor leading to disease and injury. • Regular physical activity significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and colon cancer. It can also improve your flexibility and balance, reduce the symptoms of arthritis, help manage blood pressure and cholesterol, and improve sleep patterns, energy levels and confidence. • The Heart Foundation recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on all or most days of the week.
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New research has found that chilli, garlic, mustard and fish are some of the foods that help people lose weight. (Chilli contains capsaicin, which speeds up the metabolism).
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People with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 35-39 (ie. obese) are more than twice as likely to die in a car crash as people with a BMI of around 20.
set off by a stressful situation is enough to fuel a 1.5km run, diverting energy away from where you really need it. No wonder you feel exhausted after a stressful day!
These compact solar panels, which can be rolled up or folded, are used for running and charging batterypowered devices, such as mobile phones, PDAs, digital cameras, MP3 players and so on.
Sunny-Side UP! Eggs carry the National Heart Foundation Tick. The latest research shows eggs have little to no effect on cholesterol for most healthy people. The main villains affecting blood cholesterol are saturated fats and trans fats. One serve of eggs (two large) contains around 8.9g of fat, two thirds of which is the healthy, unsaturated type. Eggs also provide the highest quality protein of all food sources, with just one serve providing 20% of the recommended dietary intake for protein. For healthy and convenient eggs recipes, go online to www.eggs.org.au.
Outback campers and adventurers can now keep their equipment charged with the Solaris foldable solar panels from Anaconda.
From 1 July this year, marginal tax rates will change. The following table summarises these changes: Bracket Range
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Further tax cuts are scheduled to apply from 1 July 2009 - including another increase to the 30% marginal tax rate threshold. The 15% marginal tax rate will apply up to $35,000 of income. In addition, the 40% marginal tax rate will be reduced to 38%.
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The best treasures a person will ever discover are those hidden within their heart. The greatest gifts of life are the inner gifts that are only revealed to those with the courage to look beyond the surface of their lives!
FINANCE
FINANCE
Despite the faster pace of life and all the change, there are some fundamental rules that don’t change. Rules around managing your money for instance.
The Dollar understanding the value of
So what are the basic rules? 1. What is a need? What is a want?
If you have children or grandchildren, you might be left wondering if they understand the value of a dollar. Society seems to be moving quicker and our kids seem to be growing up faster. Kids today have probably never seen a black-and-white TV, a record player or drive in movie theatre. Elvis to them is just some old guy with bad dress sense and if you mentioned Brian Henderson, they’d probably just look at you with a blank face.
The line between needs and wants is becoming very blurry as marketers now actively sell to children and teenagers. The fast food meal with the toy in it is now an essential part of life – just ask any five year old – they will tell you they will die if they don’t have it!Teenagers are adopting and using mobile phones like never before – and indeed getting themselves into financial strife doing so. A mobile phone though while a nice security device in case of an emergency, is turning many of our teenagers into debt machines. Spend time talking about the difference between a need and a want. 2. If you want something – you need to save for it.
The kids of today are busy playing on their x-box, SMSing friends, listening to their Ipod or watching “So you think you can dance”.They’re very savvy with the latest technology, and Facebook is the way of the future! Despite the faster pace of life and all the change, there are some fundamental rules that don’t change. Rules around managing your money for instance. As a society, we may be providing our children with a warped view of how money works. In the past, we were paid in cash and we paid our bills in cash – it was a very obvious set of transactions. Today though, we’re paid electronically and we go to a hole in the wall (the ATM machine) and pull cash out when we need it. As a nation, we’re also running up our personal debt like never before.
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According to a recent ABC television news story1, Australian households now owe more than $1 trillion dollars in personal debt. This is frightening stuff.If we don’t take the time to teach our children and grandchildren about the value of a dollar, they will look to our behaviours and fill in the gaps for themselves. We then might start to see the divide between the haves and the have nots widen still further – if indeed we aren’t already starting to see it.
It’s very easy today for time poor parents to simply give cash to their kids, especially if they are feeling guilty about the lack of time they are able to spend with them. It’s easy to give children the impression that they have their very own ATM machine, without any of the responsibility. Saving however encourages responsible behaviour. It’s about enjoying some of your money now, and putting the rest away in the bank for later on. This is a habit they will thank you for. Let your children hear you making financial decisions, involve them in discussions, help them to see that the way we live is a result of the decisions that we make. Setting up a money box, and a bank account, and making regular contributions (and perhaps rewarding them when savings goals are met) is a great way to teach kids to save.
usually when used to purchase assets that increase in value over the medium to longer term. We refer to this as ‘good debt’. Teach your kids about good and bad debt – above all remember though that eventually all debt needs to be repaid, and the key to managing debt is making sure you can afford it in the first place. 4. Budgets are useful Budgets are pretty obvious – but how many of us actually use them in our own lives? They can help though teach kids about how income and expenditure work. Don’t be afraid to show your kids bills. Let fS them see what it takes to run a household – food, clothing, electricity – all those bills quickly add up. It will help them appreciate the value of income and not just enjoyment of the expenditures. 5. Paying pocket money We all have different views about pocket money. How much? From what age? And what are we rewarding? Still, whatever your view, putting your child in charge of an income – however small – and making it clear that they are expected to finance some things with their own money, will start to teach them that along with money comes responsibility. Taking the time to help your own family understand how money works, and how to make it work for them, is a valuable gift. Spending some time now will help pay dividends in your children’s futures. fS
3. Debt has consequences In today’s world of instant gratification, many of us fall into the debt trap. The consequences of using debt to pay for consumer items that don’t increase in value can be severe. Debt also can have good consequences,
1. http://www.abc.net.au/news stories/2008/02/05/2154923.htm This article is an extract from ‘The Key’ issue 19
LIFE
LIFE
The Seven Steps To
Goal Setting by Thomas Haemmerle
abound of instant millionaires who squandered their fortunes within months and ended up more miserable than before, simply because they were handed something they were not ready for. This process of getting ready for your goals can only happen in your unconscious, where all learning and change takes place.
Have you given up setting big goals like that because you’ve done it all before and it never worked? The reason why many goals remain unattained is that you have to decide consciously which goals to strive for and, at the same time, rely on your unconscious mind - where all your memories, beliefs and emotions come from - to get you there.
Here are the 7 steps to achieving great goals by enlisting the help of your unconscious mind:
There are a couple of reasons for this: first, your conscious mind can only pay attention to so many things at once, which means that very soon after you determined which of your dreams you wanted to make reality, you have to hand it over to your unconscious mind for safekeeping and further processing. It wouldn’t do any good to keep staring at your goal all day long because you’d miss major turns along the way and could end up where don’t want to go. Life wouldn’t be much fun if all you did was focus on the future and the steps needed to get there. Love, happiness and enjoyment are all in the present, and who wants to experience life without these, even if all other goals are achieved?
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Only your unconscious has the ability to act in place of your conscious self and keep an eye on things while you’re not looking. This is the second reason why goals remain elusive: if your unconscious doesn’t support what you consciously desire, you’re on a losing wicket. No way will you get the help you need to keep going when obstacles appear in your path and when you have some growing to do. After all, change is the most important part of moving towards your goals. If you don’t need to change as a person - in your behaviours and attitudes – you would have, and be, everything you wanted right now. First you have to become the person who has or is whatever you desire. Gandhi said: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” This applies to your personal life as much as it does for nations. Stories
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KNOW YOUR OUTCOME
Write down exactly what you want. Be very specific. Describe it in sufficient detail to make it measurable. Just wanting to have lots of money or a new car is not enough. You need to be able to tell when you have you want. Describe it as if you have it now. Add a date for when you expect to achieve your goal. Saying things like in three months or next year won’t work because the three months will keep rolling ahead in front of you. Remember, your unconscious mind is like a child: very eager to help and needs to be told exactly what and when you want it. One more very important point: your goal must be stated in positive terms. Don’t write down what you don’t want, say what you do want. “I don’t want to be poor” or “I don’t want my boss to hate me” will not make a good impression on your unconscious mind.
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Desire
Feeling a strong desire for what you set out to achieve is crucial. You have to really, really want it! Be honest with yourself: is it really something you want to have or be? Is it for you alone? Will the achievement of your goal make a big difference in your life? Are you excited about the prospect of achieving it? How determined are you to get it? In his book ‘Think and Grow Rich’, Napoleon Hill talks about “white hot desire”. Is that what you feel? Your unconscious mind will not reply to lukewarm demands, it will always take the path of least resistance and won’t step up to bat for you unless it knows it is worth the effort.
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Purpose
What is the purpose of achieving your goal? You have to know why you want it! A strong enough ‘why’ will help you overcome challenges and get back on the horse when necessary. Going for great goals is not always a walk in the park and sometimes you need all the help you can get. A strong enough ‘why’ is the fuel you need to keep going against strong headwinds. In addition, make sure that what you’re after will be good for you and the people around you.
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Mental Imagery
Picture yourself achieving your goal. Make a strong mental image of what you will see, hear and feel when you have what you want. Write down what takes place when you are there and paint it in vivid colours, creating a strong imprint on your unconscious mind. Describe in as many words as possible how you will feel and who you will be. Make sure that what you describe gets you excited about the prospect of achieving your goal. Go on, be as colourful and concrete as you like – it’s for your eyes and ears only! Write as if it’s taking place right now. Re-read this frequently – your unconscious mind will carry this image and will be excited with you.
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Take Action
Alright, it’s out in the open now. The only way to get what you want is to take action, which usually means doing something different from what you’ve been doing so far! Asking alone won’t get you to your goal – there is no such thing as a free lunch! Decide on the steps you will take, and act on the first step immediately. You don’t need to know in advance every detail about how to get there. Every journey starts with the first step and moving ahead will open up new vistas and show you new opportunities for action along the way.
When you take action, do so from a state of excellence. Trust in yourself and your abilities and imagine yourself to be the person who has already achieved the goal. Feels pretty good, doesn’t it?
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Flexibility
Be mindful of the results of your actions and change your approach when necessary. Don’t keep doing what doesn’t work. (Insanity has been defined as repeating the same action and expecting a different result). Flies don’t have behavioural flexibility, so they keep bumping against window panes until they knock themselves out. Adjust your actions to overcome challenges.
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Focus
Focus on what you want. What you focus on is what you get, so if you focus on what you don’t want, that’s what you’ll get! Any doubts or anxieties about your goal are reminders from your unconscious mind to focus on what you want. State your goal in positive terms and keep it in your mind that way. Whenever you catch yourself questioning the prospect of your success, change the course of your thoughts by focusing on what you want with absolute certainty. Focus is like a magic carpet: if obstacles appear insurmountable, and scepticism and apprehension come to the fore, it will spirit you across. Can you see how following these steps is a roadmap to your success, how approaching goals in this way will eliminate frustrations and make your journey pleasurable? Follow these 7 steps and enjoy realising your goal! Here’s to your success! fS Thomas Haemmerle is one of the coaches at A Perfect Mind, a Peak Performance Coaching company that shows individuals and businesses how to stay motivated and achieve outstanding results. For more information, visit www.aperfectmind.com.au.
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ave you set your goals for making 2008 your best year yet? I’m not talking about your standard New Year’s resolutions, which usually only last a few days. I’m talking about your life’s desires for this year - things that, once accomplished, will make a big difference for you.
HEALTH
HEALTH
Antioxidants the new health power The oxygen we breathe
by Kris Abbey
is an amazing substance. When combined at a cellular level with the food we eat, its unique reactivity provides us with the energy needed to fuel our movements and sustain vital life processes.
Jeff Coombes, Associate Professor in the School of Human Movement Studies at the University of Queensland, says, “There is increasing evidence that many degenerative diseases - such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune-system decline, brain dysfunction and cataracts may also be linked to free radical damage. Evidence that some of this damage can be decreased by antioxidants has led to increased research and increased use of nutritional antioxidants, with the goals of slowing the ageing process and protecting against degenerative diseases.”
disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. Over 80 scientific studies have found that Bioactive Polysaccharides (enzymes) increase our body’s production of the three most important endogenous antioxidants - SOD, catalase and Gpx. These potent enzymes are systemic, reaching every cell in our body, not just the gastrointestinal tract, so their effect is far-reaching. Elements found in certain natural foods, such as the Bioactive Polysaccharides in the Goji berry, help protect our endogenous antioxidants, such as SOD. The Best Antioxidant Strategy
Ah, but oxygen is a double-edged sword! This same reactivity leads to production of highly damaging free radicals in our cells. Free radicals have been proven to play a major role in the process of ageing and degenerative diseases. So while oxygen is essential for life, the consequences of harnessing it to produce energy ultimately contributes to our demise! When you add to this process the ravages of stress, sun, pollution and other environmental factors, it sounds like we’re all going down with the sinking ship. Antioxidants
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But all is not lost, as there are also these wonderful things called antioxidants. These act like guards for all the cells in our body, helping stave off the early phases of ageing and protecting our immune system. There is currently a great deal of interest in how free radical damage and antioxidants affect the ageing process.
Antioxidants are either: 1. exogenous - obtained from our diet or supplements, including Vitamins A, C & E 2. endogenous - made within our body Exogenous antioxidants are compounds (phytochemicals) found in brightlycoloured fruits and vegetables. We have known for some time that these play an important role in protecting our body. However, little is spoken of the critical role played by endogenous antioxidants, which are also potent in preventing free radical damage. The five key endogenous antioxidants are: 1. Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), which plays a critical role in neutralising the most potent free radicals 2. Catalase 3. Glutathione Peroxidase (Gpx) 4. Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) 5. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) Research has found that boosting cellular levels of endogenous antioxidants with supplements can help stave off agerelated diseases, including cancer, heart
So what is the best strategy for boosting your antioxidant protection? Well, the evidence suggests that, rather than large single doses of antioxidant supplements (eg. Vitamins A, C, E and the mineral selenium), it may be better to use lowdose synergistic combinations of these nutrients. This should not be at the expense of harnessing the antioxidant power of phytochemical-rich fruits, especially berries, vegetables and other antioxidantrich foods. As a rule of thumb, the darker and more vivid the colour of the food, the higher the antioxidant capacity. So for example, dark red cabbage is higher in antioxidant capacity than green cabbage, which in turn is higher in antioxidant capacity than white cabbage. The ORAC Scale There is now a much more scientific method of estimating antioxidant capacity. This method is based on Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) and uses
values derived from laboratory experiments. The higher the ORAC value, the better the food will be at deactivating the damaging, oxygen-free radicals (see table below). The best advice is to consume a wide range of high ORAC foods each day.“It may be that combinations of nutrients found in foods have greater protective effects than each food nutrient taken alone,” says Guohua (Howard) Cao, a physician and chemist who developed the ORAC assay. The use of ORAC values to rate the antioxidant capacity of foods is not yet widespread, but you can bet your bottom dollar that it will become much more popular soon. In the US, the FDA already recommends a daily ORAC intake of 7,000 units per day to maintain optimum health. By consuming 20-50gm of Goji berries daily, you will consume enough ORAC units as recommended by Dr Cao to help your body fight free radicals and diseases like cancer and heart disease. fS Top 10 ORAC Foods Food
ORAC units per 100g
Goji berries
25,300
70% cocoa dark chocolate
13,500
Pomegranate
10,500
Prunes
5,770
Apples (red delicious)
4,270
Raisins
2,830
Blueberries
2,400
Garlic
2,320
Blackberries
2,040
Spinach
1,700
Sources: US Dept of Agriculture; Brunswick Laboratories; Journal of American Chemical Society
The Power of the Himalayan Goji Berry Recent independent studies have begun to unravel the full therapeutic effects of the Goji berry. Sweet in taste, Goji berries contain 22 polysaccharides, four of which are unique to the Goji berry and cannot be found in any other planet on Earth. Studies on Goji berries (lycium barbarum) from www.pubmed.gov reveal that these four powerful Bioactive Polysaccharides (named LB1-4) can assist with fertility, diabetes, anti-ageing, energy levels and macular degeneration. Dr Earl Mindell, a world-renowned nutritionist and author of the bestselling ‘Vitamin Bible’, says “Goji is a stimulator of a very powerful antioxidant, SOD. It is not a nutritional supplement, but a unique supertonic. A popular Chinese medicinal herb, the Goji berry has been used for centuries in Chinese culture to assist in healthy ageing and for fortifying and maintaining the health of the entire body.”
RECIPES
RECIPES
ROSELLA FLOWER TRIFLE
Cooking Kangaroo Kangaroo is becoming a much more popular meat choice, and not just for reasons of flavour. Apart from being a ‘healthy meat’, with less than 2% fat, it is also great for the environment. Greenpeace now urge us to eat more roo to help reduce land clearing and the release of methane gas from flatulent cattle and sheep. It is has been estimated that if Aussies decreased their consumption of other meats by 20%, eating roo instead, we would cut 15 megatonnes of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere by 2020. With this in mind, we asked chef Wayne Farmer (pictured right) from Deep Blue Bistro in Coogee for some tips on cooking Kangaroo: 1. The first thing to remember is that kangaroo is low in fat, so it’s very easy to overcook and dry it out. Roo should always be served rare to medium rare.
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2. Get your pan nice and hot. Add a little oil (macadamia or peanut) and cook your kangaroo fillet for 4 to 5 minutes on each side. You want to sear the meat, so it’s brown on both sides. This also prevents the juices escaping. 3. Once cooked, it is very important to rest the fillet for about 5 minutes to allow the juices to spread back through the meat, keeping it nice and tender.
Recipes and images supplied by Deep Blue Bistro in Coogee. Thanks to Wayne Farmer, head chef, for this yummy creation!
Rosella flowers are an Australian native hibiscus that can be found in tropical north Queensland on the fringes of rainforests or behind sand dunes. A fabulous source of Vitamin C and antioxidants, they were originally included in herbal remedies used for preventing damage to the skin. Rosella flowers can be used in many different recipes, including tea, desserts, soup and chutney.With a flavour similar to raspberries or rhubarb, they can add the perfect touch to any dessert or that extra something to an elegant champagne cocktail. In this delicious recipe, Wayne Farmer, chef at Deep Blue Bistro in Coogee, shows us how to mix the produce of England (his country of origin) with our natural Australian produce.
Rosella Flower Jelly 150g rosella flowers 250g strawberries 55g (¼ cup) caster sugar 4 sheets (titanium strength) gelatine, softened in cold water Blend rosella flowers and strawberries in a food processor until smooth. Strain through a fine sieve. Combine with sugar and 1 cup of water in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Squeeze excess water from gelatine and add to pan. Stir to dissolve, then strain again. Pour into serving glass, approx ¼ full, and allow to set. Hazelnut Praline 135g (3/4 cup) whole hazelnuts 115g (1/2 cup) caster sugar Spread nuts on a baking tray and cook in preheated oven for 5 minutes until lightly toasted. Place in a clean tea towel and rub to remove the skins. Line baking tray with non-stick baking paper and spread nuts over paper. Place sugar and 1 cup of water in a small, heavy-based saucepan and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to medium-high and boil, without stirring, for 5 minutes or until toffee mixture is golden. To keep the toffee from sticking, brush the sides of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in water. Remove from heat and allow bubbles to subside, then pour over the nuts. Allow toffee to cool, then crush coarsely. Wattle Seed Custard 200g sugar 12 egg yolks 1 litre fresh cream 2 fresh vanilla pods tsp wattle seed Whisk sugar with egg yolks until pale and creamy. Heat cream with vanilla and wattle seed until almost boiling, then slowly add to egg mixture while whisking well. Return mixture to the saucepan. On a medium-low heat, stir constantly until custard thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Pour into a bowl and cool to room temperature before refrigerating. Pepper Berry Crème Fraiche 2 tbsp of pepper berry powder 200g crème fraiche Combine and refrigerate. Assemble Once jelly has set, spoon on a layer of praline and finish with a generous serve of custard. Set in fridge 1-2 hours. To serve, place a spoonful of pepper berry crème fraiche and rosella flower jelly on top or on the side of your trifle. Enjoy! fS
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Rosella Flowers
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HEAR
Notice the sounds that surround your home, from the singing birds to your family’s laughter. Listen out for new sounds and become more aware of tranquil noises within your superb surroundings.
Are You a Craver? Are you embarrassed about the amount of chocolate and sweet biscuits you consume? Do you graze on chocolate, biscuits and chips throughout the day? Do you regularly make impulse purchases of junk food? Do you take sugar in your tea or coffee? Do you drink more than three soft drinks per week? Do you routinely eat sweet food after meals or in the evening?
TASTE
Have you been guilty of eating the children’s chocolate or treats?
A mandarain. They are now in season and are packed full of antioxidants which help boost your immune system to help ward off colds and flu. Quick snack idea: Grab a mandarin and peel – refreshing and fast!
Do you prefer chocolate to sex? Do you have a stash of comfort food? If you don’t have chocolate at home, do you sometimes go out especially to buy some? Do you eat biscuits, cake, fruit pies, desserts or other food containing sugar most days? Do you eat more than three bars of chocolate per week?
TOUCH
Do you ever buy chocolate as a gift, then eat it yourself?
Rub a gum leaf in your hands and enjoy the fresh aroma of its natural Eucalyptus oil. Did you know branches from the Eucalyptus tree used to make the digeridoo?
Do you regularly consume ice cream? Do you crave salty food like crisps, salted nuts, Vegemite or soy sauce? Do you feel hooked on certain types of food? Have you ever eaten chocolate and hidden the wrappers so no one else knows?
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Pure Pod Photographer: Sean Watson
Snip some brightly coloured flowers from your garden (or your neighbours!) and arrange them in a vase. Be seduced by the fresh, delightful aroma that fills the room.
If you answered Yes three or more times, you need to take action. Five Yes’s means things are out of your control. Over six means you’re a snackaholic! But don’t panic, there is a solution! (page 20)
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If you answered Yes three or more times, you need to take action. Five Yes’s means things are out of your control. Over six means you’re a snackaholic! But don’t panic, there is a solution in next issue of freeSTYLE!
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