Here's what Robyn had to say on two major issues impacting women's health today. 

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere," Agnes Repplier.

This week we are going to unravel two of the factors that create health issues in women's lives, work-life balance and what to eat.

Work-Life Balance; we hear it so often and yet as women and mothers, grandmothers and partners, it seems impossible to attain, but is it?

Part of the answer to this question is looking at what you are hoping to achieve? What do you actually want this work-life balance to look like? Is it a super organised, highly efficient, sort-after, competent, creative, always available employee / employer, who thwarts every problem before it has a chance to think about arising, never complains, never judges and always completes everything to its highest level. Then add to this a loving, caring, competent physically beautiful partner and mother, who has time to exercise, meditate, grow her own food, cook creatively, recycle, guide her highly evolved and extremely accomplished children with love and patience, not to mention keep a beautiful home, wash, iron . all with gentle ease. Sometimes women have been known to set the bar a little high.

Successful work-life balance is measured in terms of happiness; happiness of you, your family and your work environment.

How do I get that happiness?

First, change the way you think - Einstein said that the world we have created is a product of our thinking - we can't change it without changing our thinking. Ask yourself what you really want, in your life, physically, emotionally, in relationships and in your career and family life. Toss out the things that aren't necessary or don't bring you joy, then put your energy into the things you really want.

Then monitor where your attention goes, energy flows; whatever you give your attention to will grow, whatever you take your attention away from will become depleted. Notice how much energy you put into your work, your family, yourself and find the balance that gives you a healthy return.

Remember to set realistic goals; stop reading magazines that tell you that everything should be perfect. Perfect body, perfect food, perfect children, perfect house and so on - it already is perfect, if everyone is happy and healthy most of the time, you are already there, even if your house isn't featured in Home Beautiful.

What to eat; last year an Ayurvedic doctor relayed this story about eating. He asked one of his clients about her diet, what she was eating and when. She was very excited to inform him that she had it all sorted because of this great app that told her how much exercise she had done, how much energy she had burned and the amount of energy she could consume for the rest of the day. She found it very helpful in knowing how much she should eat. His comment was, "When did we unlearn the knowledge of feeding ourselves, how far removed are we from our bodies if we have to rely on an app to tell us if we are hungry or not?"

In the Ayurvedic medical texts it says, eat when you are hungry and drink when you are thirsty. Followed by - Do not drink when you are hungry or eat when you are thirsty. Very sage advice. Boy, we have really lost the plot with diet.

Firstly keep it simple; eat fresh, whole, in season and as far as possible local food. Eat warm foods in winter and cool foods in summer. Avoid highly processed, packaged and ice-cold foods. Avoid carbonated drinks and artificial sweeteners.

Make sure you step away; Step away from the telly, the computer, the mobile phone and sit down to eat. Chew your food well, this is step one of digestion, essential if you want any chance of digestion when it moves past your mouth. Eat in a pleasant environment, avoid eating when you are upset, stressed or angry.

Give your digestion a rest; At least one day a week, enjoy a meat-free diet. Meat is heavy to digest and our digestive system, including our bowel, benefit from resting one day a week. You might also add a day off from alcohol and coffee.

These are all great tips and I invite you to the Women's Health talk on Saturday afternoon to learn more. I want to share this last powerful guide for living well.

Love Yourself, be kind and gentle with yourself.

Women are nurturers, remember to nurture you.

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