Blue Wolf Reviews

Tag: actress

  • The Why

    The Why

    Healthy habits for an epic life

    For many year Isabelle Cornish was in homes in Australia on a nightly basis in her roles as Christy Clarke in Home and Away. She also held a role in Puberty Blues before moving to America and landing a dream role as Crystal in the Marvels comic series Inhumans.

    Her lifestyle was fast and furious, her health took a beating, her mental health suffered before she realised she needed to make some drastic changes in her life. She needed to revisit her health needs and begin to heal if she was going to be able to lead a full and happy life.

    As a young woman she faced many challenges, one being ADHD, not fitting into any norm of society, which caused much angst as a teenager; she rebelled and pushed many alternatives to the limit before discovering acting and a lifestyle that she felt was full of joy and promise.

    In The Why she shares her journey into the pit of depression and what eventually saw her carving out a fresh, new healthy lifestyle that she now embraces. COVID helped her refine the journey she was already on. Her feeling of unease during the early months was something everyone felt, but how to cope was the trigger. Thinking big and thinking small, a simple technique to perspective, helped Isabelle motivate and find her way back on track.

    Each of the chapters are filled with helpful tips and an excellent explanation as to how she arrived at this point; a perfect way of sharing personal information in a positive manner. Isabelle looks at Mindfulness, the importance of being aware of your though patterns and what to do about them, meditation and the benefits of learning to master this art, and so much more and that is only Part I.

    Part 2 looks at your body and you; how you look at yourself, and importantly how to return to listening to what your body is trying to tell you, to understanding how easily it is to become disconnected from your physical form and fall into some truly awful situations. Surviving a serious eating disorder, she shares this personal aspect of her journey, the vulnerability that comes with it and the fact that it is a severe mental health issue that needs professional help to learn to overcome.

    Part 3 looks at healthy eating and the importance that has on the body and good mental health as well as body image and by the time you have reached the final page, confronted some of the ‘truth bombs’ in each chapter and had many ‘light bulb’ moments, you will find much of what Isabelle Cornish has offered makes an excellent framework to begin a pathway to feeling good, understanding yourself and beginning to enjoy life once again.

    The Why is a well written, occasionally confrontational journey in many ways. Written with love and genuine intent to reach out, she shares her many hard learned lessons knowing well, that her journey is somewhat similar to many others; young and not so young people who are struggling offering them a fresh pathway forward.

    Her aim, ‘to inspire others to believe in their own power and find their true life purpose by listening to the wisdom of their mind, body and soul.’

  • Audrey Hepburn (Little People, Big Dreams)

    Audrey Hepburn (Little People, Big Dreams)

    Audrey Hepburn was a much loved and respected women who went on to become the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, until her retirement in 1991.

    Born in 1929, she was ten years old when War broke out in Europe. She and her mother lived in Arnhem in the Netherlands where, as a small child, she began to take ballet lessons. She always wondered what she would be when she grew up, a ballerina or perhaps an actress.

    During the war food was hard to find and she became very ill, never ever becoming strong enough to live the professional  life of a ballerina and so she decided to  follow her other love, that of acting.

    She auditioned for parts and was finally selected for the Broadway production of Gigi and from there went on to become one of Hollywood’s much loved actresses, starring on many roles, some funny and others serious, winning a number of prestigious awards.

    When she retired from acting she was asked to take on another career altogether, that of the role of UNICEF Ambassador, where she would travel all around the world raising awareness and campaigning for the rights for all children to have food to eat, clean water to drink and medicine, should they be sick.

    Although she was famous, and had become was a rich woman, she never ever forgot what it was like to be hungry, thirsty and sick. She never forgot that there were far too many children in the world, just like she had been as a child and tried to do what she could make their lives a lot better.

    She was the special ambassador for United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) from 1988 until she retired in 1991. She died in 1993 at the age of 63.

    If you would like to know more about this famous and very beautiful woman, you may have seen her in My Fair Lady,  as Eliza Doolittle or in one of her other movies, and perhaps from reading about her life, you may become inspired as to what you too can do to help others.