Category: Life

It only takes one small choice…. Chocolate lovers can hardly wait for Easter! From the sweet aroma when the foil is opened, to that first taste of sugar and cocoa –  we’re held captive by a million tastebuds clamouring for more. Last year, Australian’s spent more than $200 million on Easter chocolate. In the West we’re some of the biggest consumers of Easter eggs in the world, averaging over 20 per person – that’s a lot of sugar! However the matter of the fact is that our Easter consumption habits have unexpected costs. 70% of the world’s cocoa beans...

How many times have you made a New Year’s Resolution? Probably many, or you’ve at least thought about it countless times. Why don’t they work? Why do we fail at ‘starting afresh’ time again? Because of a lack of the following, your ‘New Year’s Resolution’ may not have lasted beyond the first two weeks of January. Let’s look at ways you can turn that ‘resolution’ into a new habit or lifestyle!  1. Planning/ Creating a timeline Do you find yourself caught up in the moment and declaring amongst your friends and family at midnight that you’re finally going to...

It’s “the most wonderful time of the year” (cue the Christmas carols), but we can all get a little frazzled in the lead up to the 25th of December. From the different Christmas parties throughout December, the financial strain when it comes to presents and catering, and the busyness everywhere you go – we can often forget why we celebrate Christmas. It’s a pretty monumental event, having the world (well a large majority of it) stop to take time to commemorate a child who was born in a humble little stable. Consumerism has taken advantage of such a beautiful...