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Homebirth Rally – Passionately Supporting Midwives & Families

THE MOTHER OF ALL RALLIES by Angela Stewart Homebirth Rally 7 September 2009, Canberra ACT Recently, on a very cold, wet and dull Canberra day, my close friend, her four year old daughter and myself joined more than 2000 others to protest against federal government plans that would see homebirthing effectively made illegal. Our participation [...]

Domestic Goddess, Health, Things n Stuff! October 5, 2009 5 Comments

32 Natural Beauty Tips & Tricks – Exclusive Free Ebook

— – Want to know how to get luscious locks without all the chemical nasties? – Maybe you have sensitive skin that reacts to conventional beauty products? – Or, perhaps you want to know how to bring your abundant inner beauty to the outside? — Here’s 32 Tips & Tricks to do all of that [...]

Beauty, Chemical Nasties, Domestic Goddess, Great Books, Green & Gorgeous, Happiness, Health, Nourishing Food, Things n Stuff!, Yoga & Meditation September 28, 2009 0 Comments

Waaaaay outside my comfort zone…

In the name of possibly life-changing research and leading the way forward for all you gorgeous women who’ve ever thought – ‘Tantra…isn’t that just about multiple orgasms and something Sting and his wife always go on about in Women’s Weekly’? I’m putting myself on the line, stepping way outside of the suburban sensibilities of my lower middle class up-bringing [...]

Domestic Goddess, Happiness, Latest News, Love & Sex September 26, 2009 10 Comments

Why Outsourcing your Problem Solving can be the best way Forward

I’m sharing this very personal little story with you because I was surprised at how many of my girlfriends have experienced something similar and never shared their experience – with me or anyone else. We all have our secrets but there are some secrets that when shared, become a source of joy and acceptance rather than [...]

Happiness, Health, Things n Stuff! September 12, 2009 2 Comments

Sustainable House Day – September 13th

With summer approaching and ‘brown outs’ being tipped as a regular occurance in the more densely populated areas of our glorious sunburnt country – it’s encouraging to see so many people wanting to know how to make their homes more energy efficient. We’ve made giant leaps with conserving water and switching to compact flourescent light [...]

Domestic Goddess, Green & Gorgeous September 4, 2009 0 Comments

Could Meditation be better than Sleep?

When all else fails…Meditate by Megan Faulkner I’m sure we have all had those nights before an important event, lying awake sleepless, thinking of things to do, to then check off in the morning. During one such evening recently, where reading provided no respite, I came back to the basic principles of meditation I had [...]

Domestic Goddess, Health, Things n Stuff!, Yoga & Meditation August 30, 2009 2 Comments

Need some Calm in your Life?

Hi Gorgeous Things Fans, My name is Megan, and I am really excited about joining Lesley-Ann and the Gorgeous Things Team. I am a proud little Aussie, Occupational Therapist, student, wife, yoga devotee, healthy living junkie (with the odd glass of Sauv Blanc for good measure), and hopefully in the not too distant future, mother. I [...]

Green & Gorgeous, Health, Things n Stuff!, Yoga & Meditation August 15, 2009 9 Comments

Are you a budding Social Entrepreneur or Ecopreneur?

Applications for the first ever Australian School for Social Entrepreneurs close on Monday August 3rd – if you’ve got a fabulous idea to help make the world a better place then what are you waiting for! The school has been running in the UK since 1997 and for the first time – the course is [...]

Green & Gorgeous, Things n Stuff! July 28, 2009 0 Comments

3 Salon Treatments for less than $10

There was that cute line in Legally Blonde where Luke Wilson says something to Reece Witherspoon about the Day Spa being her character’s ‘Mothership’. I loved that film and had a good giggle at that particular exchange between the seemingly frivolous Elle Woods and her endearingly besotted supervisor. Anyway, we all know there was nothing frivolous about [...]

Chemical Nasties, Domestic Goddess, Health July 26, 2009 0 Comments

The Natural Way to Better Sex

I really do feel for our gorgeous men – they have to listen to those undignified ‘impotence’ and ‘nasal delivery’ radio ads; and of course none of us are safe from the demoralising billboards that bellow at us in big bold letters as we drive our cars along any major thoroughfare – that the answer to any of our self-esteem problems, is to make sex [...]

Domestic Goddess, Health, Love & Sex, Things n Stuff! July 11, 2009 1 Comment