The Art of Healing

August 2024

One of the first articles we have in this magazine is on prevention being key to tackle Australia’s chronic disease epidemic, an article put out by the Royal Australian College of GPs, and a topic that is central to what The Art of Healing is all about – self-care. We have more on how digital technology is adversely affecting our children, including their emotional development, appearance-led social media content continuing to impact body image, and online sexual abuse which is now estimated to be 300 million children globally. A lot more on dementia too: olive oil helpful to lower risk, lifestyle changes also may reverse it, a new first-of-its-kind test that can predict dementia 9 years before diagnosis, and a wellbeing approach to distress in residential care homes “that honours the humanity and unique experiences of people living with dementia” by Dr Allen Power. We have a feature article on Long Covid to by Professor Steven Faux who is currently the Director of Pain Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, and some wellness travel reviews on retreats/spas in Bali. If you are unsure what neurodiversity is or why it matters, we also have a good Q&A with Gretchen Hillhouse who specialises in this area. Our book extract this issue is from The Chocolate Bar by Danielle Colley and entitled The Fairytale of Doing It All – something we think most of us can relate to these days. And one of the quotes we share: True humility is staying teachable, regardless of how much you already know.