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Jim Carrey on Overcoming Depression

Gerda MullerOct 18, 2024

No one is immune to depression, but with the right support it CAN be overcome Jim Carrey has made a career out of making people laugh. Yet Carrey’s humour was born out of 'desperation' while growing up with an ailing mother and an...

Supporting Children in Response to Media Truma

Samantha KingJun 16, 2024

There was a siege of a Lint Cafe in Sydney in 2014 that lasted around 16 hours and had worldwide media coverage. At the time we thanked the Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network for providing the following input...

How to Get a Child to do Tasks that you want them to do

Clare ScanlonMay 11, 2024

Lets Understand What Tasks Are We all have different roles to play. As adults, we may be a Mother, Father, Worker, Gardener, Cook and/or student. For each of these roles, we have different tasks that need to be completed in order to...

Problem Solving Skills for Children

Ine TrompetMar 25, 2024

How do I help my children make better choices? The problem solving process Does your child seem to struggle with making the right choices in the moment? Does your child experience difficulties to stop and think before he/she acts, which...

Dealing with Anxiety Without Drugs: 15 Tips for you

Gerda MullerSep 10, 2024

Dealing with Anxiety - Without the Use of Drugs See our 15 tips for dealing with anxiety without the use of drugs. Tip 1 Meditate in a quite room. Meditation is simple, free, easy and proven to reduce anxiety and enhance health. Tip 2...

How to set your goals for the New Year (and how to achieve them!)

Chelsea KnightJan 2, 2019

How to set your goals for the New Year (and how to make sure you achieve them!) It’s now the 3rd day of 2019. At this time of the year, you may be on your 3rdday forward to achieving your goals……OR if you are like thousands of...

Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: What is it?

Chelsea KnightNov 16, 2018

Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: What is it? What is perinatal anxiety and depression? Perinatal anxiety and depression is a serious and common illness. Up to one in five expecting or new mothers and one in ten expecting or...

5 Brain Friendly Habits to Increase Our Wellbeing and Change Habits

Chelsea KnightOct 22, 2018

5 Brain Friendly Habits to Increase Our Wellbeing and Change Habits There are days where we all wish we could function better, be more motivated, more productive, happier, more social. We would all love to get up for that morning run, eat...

Sleep Hygiene – What Is It and How do I Get It To Improve?

Andrew BellOct 11, 2018

Sleep Hygiene - What Is It and How do I Get It To Improve? YAWN! I’m hopeless until I have that first coffee… Maybe you just really like coffee…but then again, maybe your need for coffee is masking a sleep problem. And if you...

Behavioural Sleep Difficulties in Children

Gerda MullerOct 5, 2018

Behavioural Sleep Difficulties in Children Sleep difficulties are a common occurrence for adults and young people alike. However, when it occurs in young children, it can be quite worrying– and inconvenient – for parents. The good...

Beating Loneliness Through Meaningful Connections

Jingal GhelaniSep 21, 2018

Loneliness is an Unpleasant Feeling It’s safe to assume most of us have felt lonely at times. A lot of the time this is short-lived, we manage to come out the other end without much help. Sometimes, though, loneliness can take...

How To Train Your Brain To Run Your Best!

Jarrod HarrisSep 17, 2018

Mental Training to Run your Best! We have all heard of the benefits of fitness, especially running, for increases in mood and positive emotions. Did you know that you can train your brain to run at your best? It’s all about shutting down...

How to Set Better Goals…and How To Achieve Them

Chelsea KnightAug 31, 2018

How To Set Better Goals...and How To Achieve Them Goals are very important for us. They motivate us, push us forward and help us to feel motivated. They help us to get through the hard times and challenge us to move to the next...

Don’t fear the monster under your child’s bed: Recognising and managing anxiety so it doesn’t affect your kid

Henriette DohntAug 27, 2018

Don’t fear the monster under your child’s bed: Recognising and managing anxiety so it doesn’t affect your kid This 6-minute read will tell you about common fears in children, what anxiety is, why we have it, and when it becomes a...

Burnout and the Importance of Self-Compassion and Self-Care

Chelsea KnightAug 17, 2018

Burnout and The Importance of Self-Compassion and Self-Care Burnout - It's one of those things that sneaks up on you when your not looking. When you'll have a break once you get past that next deadline or after that next report is...

When Shyness Becomes Something Bigger – Social Phobia and How to Manage It

Danielle BarghAug 6, 2018

When Shyness Becomes Something Bigger - Social Phobia and How to Manage It Shyness or Social Phobia? Everyone can relate to the nervousness or embarrassment felt when we make a social faux pas like learning we have called someone...

What happens when you come to see a Psychologist?

Anna HardingJul 27, 2018

What happens when you come to see a Psychologist? Coming to see a psychologist can be a daunting and emotional experience for any number of reasons. It can feel strange to feel as though you are expected to sit down and tell...

Building Your Child’s Self-Esteem

Vinita SagarJul 9, 2018

Building Your Child's Self-Esteem Parents, more than anyone else can promote our child’s self-esteem. You might be doing it without even realizing that your words and actions have a significant impact on how your child feels about...

The Power of Validation

Ellen RamstadiusJun 29, 2018

The Power of Validation People love to fix things, problem solve and make sense of. We especially like to do this when a problem isn’t our own but someone else’s. It just seems so easy to see where others are going wrong and we...

I’m not depressed! I’m….just having a bad day…

Andrew BellJun 15, 2018

I'm not depressed! I'm...just having a bad day... You may well be having a bad day, but then again, it just may be more serious than that. Bad days are a perfectly natural part of life – we all have them – and they do not...

Emotional Vulnerability

Jarrod HarrisJun 11, 2018

Emotional Vulnerability Why do I have so much trouble controlling my emotions and actions? Emotional Vulnerability At the essence of many psychological and social problems is “emotional vulnerability”. It is biological, and it is...

Leaving work at work

Adam HashishMay 25, 2018

Leaving work at work . Even for those of us that love our job, work can be stressful. With deadlines, meetings, KPIs and targets, it can seem to be all consuming and at times overwhelming. And let’s face it, as much as we love them,...

Do you know why your dog is happier than you?

Jingal GhelaniMay 15, 2018

Do you know why your dog is happier than you? Dogs are our best friends because they are loyal, affectionate, and they seem to ‘get’ us the way no other animal does. During a stressful time of life or just after a long day of work...

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