After years of owning and running cafes in Cronulla, Greer Calabro started looking for a healthier path and researched nutrition. Before she knew it, Greer had sold her cafes and enrolled at Endeavour.

Traditionally when you graduated in natural health, you would become an apprentice to a more experienced practitioner. Today, this is no longer the case, which is why many health practitioners recommend that students seek a mentor.

A mentor is someone who advises you in your professional or personal life. Mentoring relationships can take many forms, but they are generally focused on growth and development and have many benefits.

Gua sha may be having a bit of a moment, but did you know that it's a traditional healing technique that has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years? Gua sha involves using a smooth-edged tool to scrape the skin in a specific pattern, which is said to stimulate the flow of qi (energy) in the body and promote healing.

Let’s set the record straight. Stress is a biological response which impacts your mental and physical energy.

When you feel stressed, you go into a fight-or-flight-or-freeze response. The main stress hormone, adrenaline, makes you feel energetic and motivated. However, as the adrenaline wears off, you may experience tiredness or even exhaustion, pains, aches, and headaches.

Heeding the call for a sea change, Amy Gardner relocated to the Gold Coast. But that change sparked the start of several more that brought her closer to her passion – food as medicine – and a discovery that would mold her future career.

We all know that feeling ­– the tickle in your throat, the heaviness in your head, the sense that a cold or flu is about to take hold. It's not a pleasant feeling, and we'll do almost anything to ward off the impending illness.

With winter fast approaching, Tracy Gaibisso – a herbalist and naturopathy lecturer at Endeavour – shares some wisdom to keep your mind, body, and spirit in tip-top shape.

Hair analysis is a quantitative test that measures the mineral composition of hair. Think of it as a blueprint to your body over the last couple of months. Each test provides you with a reading of important nutritional elements (e.g., iron, magnesium, calcium, copper, zinc, sulphur and so on).

Following her passion for health and helping others, Kristy Emmett chose a nursing career after high school. But a few years into her career, Kristy’s health began to decline, setting off alarm bells. It took several more years before she decided to trade nursing for a healthier profession.