Ashleigh Austen

1 week ago | womensweekly.com.au | Ashleigh Austen

We can’t always avoid the small frustrations that life throws at us, but we can stop them from piling up and wearing us down. Asides In the fast-paced world we live in, stress is an all-too-familiar companion.

1 week ago | womensweekly.com.au | Ashleigh Austen

When Deborah Mitchell received a phone call from Clarence House in 2006, she initially thought it was from Clarins, the French skincare company. “It was an easy mistake to make,” she laughs. But this wasn’t a cosmetics brand on the line – it was the royal residence itself, with an invitation that would change her life forever. “They said the Queen would like to look at having a treatment with you.

2 weeks ago | womensweekly.com.au | Ashleigh Austen

We all know the usual suspects when it comes to premature ageing – drinking too much alcohol, not getting enough sleep, smoking and vaping, and a diet heavy in junk food. But there are plenty of everyday habits and hidden culprits that can impact your appearance, mobility, health and energy levels without you even realising.

2 weeks ago | womensweekly.com.au | Ashleigh Austen

Picture this: it’s 3pm, and you’re at work, but you can’t stop thinking about the half-eaten packet of chips in your desk drawer. Even though you’ve had lunch and you don’t even feel particularly hungry, it’s impossible to focus until you’ve devoured them. While this feeling is certainly not new, it now has a name – food noise – which refers to the mental chatter that keeps your cravings front and centre, no matter how hard you try to ignore them.

2 weeks ago | womensweekly.com.au | Ashleigh Austen

If you’ve binged your way through season three of The White Lotus, chances are you’ve Googled ‘weird tropical fruit that can kill you’ at least once. This season, set in Thailand, delivers its signature satirical take on wealth, relationships and revenge – as well as multiple key details that leave us trying to piece together the puzzle as the storyline progresses. One of these is the Cerbera odollam fruit, also known as the ‘pong pong’ or ‘suicide’ tree.