From hard-partying TV star to mindfulness-practising family guy, Günsberg says he got really lucky in life. But he also got osteoarthritis in his 30s
Osher Günsberg keeps stopping to smell the flowers. As we walk along Sydney’s eastern coastline, he cuts himself off mid-sentence to point out warrigal greens (“cook them like kale or spinach, they’re really good”) and ginger (someone will pinch it soon, he says, given “those things are $20 a kilo”). We pause to touch the soft fronds of a woolly bush, which he uses at home in place of a Christmas tree, and admire the seed pods and bottle brushes growing wild.
The TV host is not launching a new career as a botanist but trying to impart a lesson about the value of mindfulness – and how all it takes is slowing down to notice the things around us.
Continue reading… From hard-partying TV star to mindfulness-practising family guy, Günsberg says he got really lucky in life. But he also got osteoarthritis in his 30sGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOsher Günsberg keeps stopping to smell the flowers. As we walk along Sydney’s eastern coastline, he cuts himself off mid-sentence to point out warrigal greens (“cook them like kale or spinach, they’re really good”) and ginger (someone will pinch it soon, he says, given “those things are $20 a kilo”). We pause to touch the soft fronds of a woolly bush, which he uses at home in place of a Christmas tree, and admire the seed pods and bottle brushes growing wild.The TV host is not launching a new career as a botanist but trying to impart a lesson about the value of mindfulness – and how all it takes is slowing down to notice the things around us. Continue reading… Australian lifestyle, Australian television, Health, Life and style, Psychology, Health
