Australian Sake Festival
The Australian Sake Festival is now in its third year. For the last 2 years, in Melbourne it’s been held in winter at Victoria Markets and in Sydney it’s been held around World Sake Day – 1st October – at the Carraigeworks.
The Power of the Placebo Effect
On average, the placebo effect leads to improvement in 30 percent of subjects who receive it, and that number is even higher for other conditions like depression, where it gets up to 45%
Second-hand Hermes Scarf Secrets by Jennifer Johnson
It takes 37 km of silk, spun by Bombyx Mori worms, to produce enough for one Hermes scarf. That’s one of the reasons they are so costly. Buy secondhand and you can reduce the cost by one half, to one third. What are the secrets to know, though?
The YouTube Healer People Love
Sara Raymond is a hypnotherapist and YouTube healer with a lot of praise from people whose pain, anxiety, insomnia and panic attacks she has fixed. All free. All on video.
Demystifying Cold Water Therapy
There are many ways to ease yourself into the benefits of cold-water immersion, starting with a cold shower for a minute, then building up to three.
Holiday Goddess Capricorn Recipe: Chicory and Goat Cheese Gratin
This serious and ambitious sign is a climber, both socially and economically. But as an earth sign they don’t lose sight of the baser things in life, food that grounds them.
Holiday Goddess Sagittarius Recipe: Purple Sweet Potato & Blood Orange Salad
Born travellers, Sagittarians will be the first to try a foreign food. They can travel via what they eat: exotic and new flavours transporting them onto new adventures.
How to Find Stillness Through Meditation Practices
A meditation practice can help you reduce stress, develop inner calm, and contribute towards better mental health and improved relationships. It’s easier to cope with the difficulties of daily life when you’re feeling happier or more positive.
Holiday Goddess Scorpio Recipe
Mars rules pickles and sour food too, so Scorpios will lap up Mexican food with salsa, Thai with all the lime, Moroccan food with harissa, Korean kimchi.
Melbourne Astrology Walk Launches in St Kilda
Through the free Melbourne Astrology Walk podcast some of the world’s most popular and best-known astrologers will walk you through the meaning of every planet in your horoscope, as you walk from sculpture to sculpture along the Melbourne Solar System Trail.
Sipping Along Smith Street, Melbourne
I’m not sure if it was because it was a quiet afternoon, or it’s general practice, though every place we visited on Smith St allowed me a little taster from the taps before I committed. Excellent for me as I am very fussy about beer and very ignorant about wine.
Fabulous French Dressing Past Fifty
French women don’t date (and don’t grow old) the way everyone else does. Jennifer Johnson looks at the rules commonly followed by Ines and other French style icons.