Mother of Many.

Taking care of sick kids may be very different from taking care of six kids, but Margaret Colwell has both down-pat, in her busy lifestyle. This forty-nine year old wife and mother of six, a Woronora resident and part-time General Practitioner, began her career working with underprivileged teenagers, and now as she reaches her fifty-year [...]

Living in poverty of self-esteem.

Self-esteem issues affect over half of the population, some more than others, but living with appearance anxiety and low self-confidence has become a way of life for Jane* since adolescence.   When the now nineteen year-old Sutherland Shire resident hit puberty, she experienced some of the worst years of her life, including a horrendous eating [...]

Annonymus but Familar

A Great excerpt from writings by Jane^.   Miss X* is a statistic. She is apart of 70 percent of adolescent girls who don’t participate in normal every day activities due to lack of self-worth. She is one of the third that think they are overweight. She makes up the half that have fasted, gone on diets, [...]

Blunt and to the point of mental health.

People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard – a very different thing. – Walter H. Judd – Peter Neame, mental health expert and author of four books, has [...]

White Wreath Association Australia

Click on Image to make it larger. Or Visit http://wwww.whitewreath.com to find out more. This Article appeared in The Weekend Australian Magazine on October 1 – 2 2005 with the Headline ‘Action Against Suicide’.

Health Matters: Pharmacy gets Personal

When Kim Cook began working in pharmacy a quarter of a century ago, little did she know that people would one-day refer to her as “doctor Kim”.