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Vanessa Henderson’s work-life balance was off. She was overweight and, because she was burnt out from long hours on the job, unable to enjoy all the great things that had lured her to the Big Apple. Two years ago she made a conscious decision to swi...

Recently I was asked to speak at my old high school’s career day on the fitness industry. To overcome my fear of teenagers, I accepted. In between snickering teenaged boys and wide-eyed stares when I told them I work out for fun, I was asked somethin...

Genelle John’s first attempts at soap making were disasters. The soap kept getting stuck in the Pyrex bowl. She went through a couple of bowls before she realised she had to use something more flexible like silicon. “That was a few years ago when I ...

Doctors urged Sonya Smith to pull the plug after her son, Tony Grant, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident; Arissa Wilson didn’t speak in full sentences before she was five. Both benefited from the range of therapeutic programmes in place a...

If you love Four Star’s pizza, you might recognise Hannah Jones. The restaurant’s owners put her face on the menu after she created a range of pies for health-conscious customers. It’s the type of inroad that the 33-year-old registered dietitian cele...

We’ve all heard that Bermuda has the highest rate of lower-limb amputations in the developed world. We have high rates of kidney disease and half of patients on dialysis here in Bermuda have diabetes. Why do we have such poor outcomes? In the United ...

Giovanna Watson refused to let colon cancer get the best of her when doctors told her she had the disease last year. She was 37, and had never heard of anyone her age having the condition. Adamant that she was a fighter, not a victim, she underwent 1...

For many people, making a sandwich is a chore, but for Craig Dickens it’s an adventure. Mental challenges made it necessary for the 51-year-old to live with his mother for most of his life. A year ago he had the opportunity to move into a group home...

Some people thought Melissa Looby was crazy when she quit her job two weeks ago. The mother of two had long dreamed of opening a holistic wellness coaching business; the undated resignation letter sat in her house for weeks. She finally got the nerv...

COPD is a common lung disease caused by a number of pollutants, cigarettes being the most avoidable. As countries everywhere observe World COPD Day today, Lifestyle spoke with two people now suffering from the disease. Jackie Parkinson smoked for 4...