Launching my regular blog column for WellBeing magazine

From February 7, I have my own regular blog on the website of the Australian and New Zealand magazine, WellBeing (wellbeing.com.au and click on ).

The bi-monthly WellBeing magazine has been in existence for over 20 years and is Australia’s leading natural health and lifestyle journal. It is also available in 18 countries. Each issue of WellBeing focuses on health and spirituality – inspiring people to live a happy, healthy, well-balanced lifestyle. WellBeing contains practical information and articles for the mind, body, and soul to improve the quality of people’s lives, the lives of those around them, and the health of the planet. Topics include sustainability, organic products, medical and natural therapies.

My regular WellBeing magazine blog is called Giving Naturally, Giving Ethically.

My WellBeing blog is based on a practitioner’s perspective of donating, volunteering, fund-raising, giving time and effort, disaster relief, and humanitarian work. I have been a practitioner in aid work and international technical assistance for about 30 years. In that time, I have gained experience in the many ways people can give their time, money, goods, skills, or services to individuals, communities, causes, relief requests, and/or projects – domestically and internationally. My WellBeing blog aims to assist people gain information in ways to be charitable, to be a volunteer, or to contribute to communities and the planet in order to make a positive difference. Topics will include: voluntourism, volunteering, humanitarian highs, funding fatigue, sustainable development, advocacy, food security, global development, and current campaigns.

http://www.wellbeing.com.au

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