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Your food can affect your mood

samsstays@outlook.com (Sam Evans) — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:11:17 GMT

The quality of food you eat can impact on your physical and mental health. Eating a healthy diet means you're less likely to get depression.

It is only relatively recently that we have started to develop a clear understanding that lifestyle behaviors, including what we eat, have an influence not just on our physical health, but also our mental health. With the knowledge that half of all mental illness begins at age 14 it is important to be feeding ourselves and our families healthy food (see our healthy recipes here).

Zucchini Soup recipe from our staff favourites recipe book

samsstays@outlook.com (Sam Evans) — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:52:52 GMT

This zucchini soup recipe comes from Inspiro Sexual health clinic nurse and administrator of our Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies.Vicki Reddick and has been featured in our staff favourites recipe book. To make this zucchini soup you will need 5 zucchinis, 3 potatoes, 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (optional), 1 onion, mustard, one liter of vegetable stock and 1 cup of no-fat yoghurt.

What is the difference between an exercise physiologist and a physiotherapist?

samsstays@outlook.com (Sam Evans) — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 23:44:00 GMT

What is the difference between an exercise physiologist and a physiotherapist? A commonly asked question at Inspiro is what the differences are between a physiotherapist and an exercise physiologist.

Happy 10th Anniversary to our Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Program!

samsstays@outlook.com (Sam Evans) — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 02:24:41 GMT

This week marks the 10th Anniversary of Inspiro's Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies (HMHB) program and we celebrated with a special morning tea at Belgrave Community Hub. People from affiliate programs and partnerships attended including Yarra Valley HMHB, Dandenong HMHB, Yarra Ranges Maternity and Child Health Services, Angliss Hospital and Anchor Inc Housing.

Answers to the most commonly asked dental questions

SampleHubSpotUser@hubspot.com (Sample HubSpot User) — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 06:46:00 GMT

This week is dental health week. Being one of the largest dental clinics in Victoria we see thousands of clients every year. Here are some of the questions we get asked about the dental services we provide at Inspiro. Going to the dentist can be a little scary for many people, but it doesn't need to be if you understand why dentists do what they do. Some questions we get include can I go to the dentist when I am breast feeding, some ask about cost and others are more general in nature.

Healthy mothers healthy babies 10 year anniversary event

samsstays@outlook.com (Sam Evans) — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 03:10:00 GMT

We are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of our Healthy mothers, healthy babies program. If you have been involved with the program in any way we invite you to attend a special morning tea.

The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB) program is run by a team of dedicated health professionals to support women who need help during pregnancy and up to 6 weeks after birth. The Healthy mothers healthy babies team has helped to connect mothers to before and after birth services, including services such as Maternal and Child Health Services, housing, food and clothing, emotional support and advice.

The program has helped connect mothers to playgroups, provide parenting support and breastfeeding advice. provide health education; which could include smoking, nutrition, drug and alcohol use and general healthy living for mothers and their babies.

The program has supported pregnant women living in the Shire of Yarra Ranges for 10 years. For more information go here.

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FREE school holiday program for youth aged 13–16 who have a family member with a mental illness

samsstays@outlook.com (Sam Evans) — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:36:40 GMT

Space 4 Us is a FREE school holiday program for young people age 13–16 years who have a family member with a mental illness.

Participants meet with other young people in similar situations to share experiences and learn new ways of looking after themselves:

7 fun methods for kids to learn fine motor skills

Monica Logan — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 06:02:00 GMT

It’s winter. It’s cold, wet and miserable outside. The kids are getting grumpy and restless inside. They are starting to nag you to let them go on the iPad or turn on the telly. They are starting to get on each other’s nerves. They are starting to get on your nerves. You want to do something productive and fun together that develops their minds and fine motor skills, but you’re at your wits end.

Our achievements over the last 12 months

samsstays@outlook.com (Sam Evans) — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 05:26:00 GMT

We officially began our regular health e-newsletter in March 2018 with a small subscriber list of under 500 people. In just over one year that number has increased to over 7,000 regular readers. Thank you for being a part of our journey!

Outer East Opening Doors Community Leadership Program

samsstays@outlook.com (Sam Evans) — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 05:59:00 GMT

We are thrilled to announce that the Opening Doors Community Leadership Program has expanded to the Outer East and applications are now open!

Inspiro are supporting Opening Doors, a social inclusion project launching in the Outer East of Melbourne (it was previously a successful Inner East initiative).