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Thrive Magazine brings you more than your average well-being articles.
Our articles take on the latest trending issues, health, beauty, technology and many more.
Embrace your well-being and celebrate the great Australian lifestyle with our health-centric articles.

Viva Veganism!
Presenting a plant-based alternative diet. It’s not just for “hippies”!

Sweet Poison
Are you a sugar `addict’? A naturopath’s guide to reducing sugar consumption – especially the fructose variety – for improved health, vitality and assisting weight loss.

The Loneliness Pandemic
With enforced isolation as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, loneliness – and its link to a rise in depression and mental illness – has become a prime concern.

FOOD is not the ENEMY
Restrictive eating, extreme and yoyo diets are damaging to both the body and mind and rob us of one of life’s greatest pleasures. An eating disorder survivor who went on to become a chef and nutritionist tells how to end the war.

Fly Free
How an injured baby bird gave wings to a family in distress – and put them on a flight path to major destinations

The Face of Lockdown
Staring at our own faces during virtual meetings and catch-ups has given rise to what has been dubbed the Zoom Boom – a surge in demand for cosmetic medical procedures to address “Lockdown Face”


Stay in the game!
Former Olympian Michael Klim tells of the healing powers of exercise.

The Exercise Prescription
Can you exercise your way to COVID-19 immunity and cancer recovery? A new book – the collaboration of doctors, scientists, researchers and athletes as well as patients of St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney – says you can.

Take a breather!
We take it for granted – the automatic reflex and life force of breathing. But if we are more mindful about the way we breathe it will boost both physical and mental health.

Are you paying the laziness tax?
WE ALL PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR CONVENIENCE – THE PRICE OF SAYING “I JUST CANNOT BE BOTHERED TO LOOK INTO THIS RIGHT NOW”.

Seafood Santa
BY JUSTINE SCHOFIELD MORTON BAY BUG TACO SERVES 6 PREP: 15 MINUTES COOKING: 25 MINUTES Ingredients 6 La Banderita flour street tacos 6 Morton Bay

Gourmet on the Go
WITH AN EMPIRE BUILT ON RECIPES DESIGNED FOR BUSY PEOPLE WHO WANT INSPIRATION FOR MOUTH-WATERING, FAST AND EASY DISHES, TV’S POPULAR EVERYDAY GOURMET AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR JUSTINE SCHOFIELD TELLS HOW SHE JUGGLES IT ALL

Covid Times Resource Centre
WATCH FOR INSPIRATION AND RELAXATION Countless poets and writers have tried to put words to the experience of a panic attack— a sensation so

(Good) Carbs are not the Enemy
MANY PEOPLE HARBOUR FEARS AND PHOBIAS ABOUT CERTAIN FOODS – NOTABLY CARBOHYDRATES – THAT AREN’T BASED IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE, DEPRIVING THEMSELVES OF ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS FOR MIND AND BODY, AS WELL AS ENJOYMENT. IT’S ALL ABOUT KNOWING HOW TO MAKE THE BEST CHOICES, IN WHAT QUANTITIES, AND WHEN TO EAT THEM.

Mindful Drinking
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS ON THE RISE IN THE AGE OF COVID – THE PRACTICE OF BEING AWARE OF WHY AND HOW MUCH YOU DRINK AND WHETHER IT IS SUPPORTING YOU

At Home Physio Revolution
THE DIGITAL HEALTH INDUSTRY IS EXPANDING RAPIDLY, PARTICULARLY DURING COVID

A Giant Pain in the Neck
WORKING AND SCHOOLING FROM HOME HAS GIVEN RISE TO A NEW KIND OF EPIDEMIC AMID THE PANDEMIC. THE RISE OF “TECH NECK”.

Time to Hit the Road
GET YOUR GEAR ON TO MOVE MORE! PERSONAL TRAINER AND REALITY STAR BROOKE JOWETT’S TIPS TO GET AND KEEP MOVING, TO KEEP STRESS AND ANXIETY AT BAY

Don’t let your Subconscious Sabotage your Life
By using muscle testing to communicate with the subconscious mind, psych-k uses a series of specific processes and postures which create a receptive “whole-brain” state

B good to your Skin
“Slip, slop, slap” has been part of our vernacular for almost 40 years. It’s almost second nature when under the harsh Australian sun to slip

10 Ways to Reduce Food Waste and Save Money
BEING MINDFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH FOOD YOU REALLY NEED TO BUY AND IN WHAT PACKAGING/CARRY BAGS, MINIMISING THE AMOUNT YOU THROW OUT (AND DISPOSING OF IT IN A POSITIVE WAY), YOU CAN MAKE HUGE SAVINGS ON THE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET WHILE HELPING THE PLANET.

The Importance of Self Compassion
HOW DO WE START TO BUILD RESILIENCE TO BOUNCE BACK FROM TRAUMA, TRAGEDY, THE EXTREME STRESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT OF COVID? ONE WAY IS TO BE KINDER TO AND MORE UNDERSTANDING OF ONESELVES

Smoking Hot
The perennially popular Australian Fire Fighters Calendar is back for 2021 with a special focus on supporting wildlife injured and displaced by the bushfires. And

The Agony and the Ecstasy
In 2016, high flying journalist Elle Halliwell discovered within two days of each other that she had a rare blood cancer – and then that

Food as medicine
Many modern maladies and the need to take medication could be avoided – or at least alleviated – if people had a better understanding of

The Beauty of Technology
A good skincare routine and sun protection are vital to maintain a healthy, glowing complexion. But there are times when they are just not enough

At Home Physio Technology Breakthrough
Virtual reality treatment delivers a smarter and more enjoyable recovery, exercising your stiff and sore joints or restarting that injury rehab program is now easy and can be quite entertaining

Born to Run
It helps to build strong bones, strengthen muscles, improve cardiovascular fitness and burns plenty of kilojoules. But how to get running can be a daunting prospect – marathon woman Erica King tells how

Erin Molan‘s war on cyber bullies
The tv sports presenter and commentator spearheads a campaign for a change to legislation which could see trolls jailed