Welcoming Wellness

Looking after our bodies, inside and out, is essential for a healthy, happy and long life. We’ve spoken to a few health professionals about their fields of practice and how they can help you achieve the state of wellness you want.   COMPLETE DENTISTRY Life expectancy for South Africans is higher today than it has ever been before. We live longer and better quality lives. Therefore, protecting and preserving oral health from a young age...

December 2022 / January 2023 FABSTUFF

We’ve got loads of stuff you’re going to love! Two Gingers Gin Satisfy yourself with a cool G&T. Two Gingers Gin offers you refreshingly modern and unconventional flavours that can be enjoyed simply, with a touch of tonic water or even just ice. This upstart brand, the brainchild of ‘gingers’ Simon Cranswick and Wynand de Vries, has already been awarded five gold and double golds from the Merit Wine & Spirit Challenge, and the SA Craft...

Your Body is a Temple

How do you express and heal your temple (body)? A temple is built with a strong foundation, a structure like a skeleton, walls that get painted and decorated, all subject to maintenance. Metaphorically this links to how our bodies are built. A strong foundation can be found in who we are and what holds us up. Our skeleton is our structure, our skin and muscles are our walls, and the paint and decorating can be...

Fabstuff August/September 2022

We’ve got loads of stuff you’re going to love!   REST CBD OIL Fourfive, knows the secret to a remarkable recovery is quality sleep. Terpenes and myrcene are naturally occurring compounds in all sorts of plants, fruits and vegetables. Myrcene is mostly responsible for its delicious scent. It has also been linked to relaxation and sleep. By combining this with our high-quality, third party tested CBD, this Rest CBD Oil will have you feeling refreshed...

Insight into Health & Wellbeing

We got to pick the brilliant brains of a few passionate health professionals. They gave us some valuable information from the benefits of collagen to technical advancements in dentistry.   Dr Hamlyn from The Wellness Family Practice He owns The Family Wellness Practice in Ballito. His practice has evolved through introducing integrative and functional medicine. A natural healing journey embraces health and wellness rather than primarily focusing on disease management per condition. “Striving to thrive,...

Do the JumpStart Challenge  #JustStart

Join local sporting celebrities and Ballito’s FunTribe for the JumpStart Challenge at Holla Trails, Sugar Rush Park on Sunday, March 13. Walk, run or ride to help break the cycle of poverty and inequality among South Africa’s youth in an event powered by Mr Price Foundation.   The Foundation empowers young, unemployed South Africans through the JumpStart skills development programme.  FunTribe member Jenny Viljoen said, “Stay fit and have fun, while doing it for a worthy...

WELCOMING IN A NEW ERA OF HEALTHCARE

RIBUMED Medical Care is a state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary medical precinct situated on the lower level of the brand-new Odyssey Mall, Ballito. Two years since the inaugural RIBUMED Day Hospital opened its doors in Glenwood and Durban Central, RIBUMED has extended its medical footprint to the North Coast. Offering leading-edge medical technologies, highly qualified staff and world-class treatments, RIBUMED ensure that all their patients receive the right procedure by the right specialists with the right care, all...

Find Your Breath

I got the opportunity to interview and connect with a close family friend and spiritualist, Richard Kidd (known as Richey), about stepping into a new year and a new perspective for those New Year’s Resolutions. Richey practically grew up on the beach, and from a very young age seeing his friends surfing and coming out the surf with huge smiles got him to ask for a surfboard for one of his birthdays. He dived headfirst...

KZN Markets

Kwa-Zulu Natal has so many amazing markets to visit, and they are all coming back now after the craze that COVID brought over the past two years. Oh boy, am I excited! I have researched some of the markets around that I think everyone should, at least once, go see and support. Here in my lovely hometown of Ballito, we have a new market that has kicked off this year and an oldie finally coming...

WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN

Holah ~ house of love and hope (a division of likhon ithemba) is a crisis home for babies, toddlers and children with special needs, bridging the gap between abandoned or orphaned children and successful adoption or healthy reunification. We are asking our community to support US in our WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN campaign, kicking off 9th August and running through to the 27th of September where after the grand prizes will be drawn on Friday 1st...