What do I mean by mental fitness "techniques"?
If you’ve had a look at my previous mental fitness posts (introduction, and domains of mental fitness), you are probably saying to yourself – “when […]
eMental Health Resources
The relationship between trauma and mental health
Orygen (the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health) have just released an excellent fact-sheet for young people explaining the links between trauma and […]
Resources for those bereaved by suicide
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2016, suicide was the leading cause of death among all people 15-44 years of age, and the […]
Online Self-Help for Social Anxiety
Do you struggle with social anxiety? Lots of people do. It is one of the most common anxiety disorders in the world. Essentially, social anxiety is […]
Why might you use an eMental Health service?
I am the eMental Health Project Officer. Naturally that means I am quite partial to recommending eMental Health Services. If I wasn’t I’d be kinda […]
Online services for post-traumatic stress
It is an unfortunate fact of life that most of us, at some point, will be exposed to a traumatic event. Examples of traumatic events […]
The causes of depression
Because I tend to read a lot of wellbeing related articles, I tend to get sent a lot of wellbeing related articles (now that Google […]
Online services for anxiety
Anxiety goes by a number of names: nervousness, stress, worry, fear, panic. Some degree of anxiety is perfectly normal. It is normal to be nervous […]
Office of the eSafety Commissioner
February the 6th was Safer Internet Day. It is an international day, designed to raise awareness and encourage safer and more friendly online behaviour. Whilst you […]
Put up a 'Feeling Stressed' poster in your study area
A little while back I set up the “Feeling Stressed” page on our website. It is a series of simple suggestions and links you can utilise […]
Wisemind - expert advice from specialist psychologists
This post was updated 6/4/18 One of the clinicians here just directed me to an interesting online mental health resource. It is called Wisemind. Wisemind […]
The Loneliness Project
I just finished reading a good article over at The Globe and Mail. It was on loneliness. Loneliness “is a feeling of sadness or distress […]
Self-help and the case of 'Unstuck'
As part of my job, and personally, I tend to read a lot of internet articles on health and well-being. Yeah yeah, I know that […]
Free self-help, from the library!
When I think ‘University Library’, I remember the hours I spent in the library photocopying journal articles for psychology papers. But things have got a lot […]
safeTALK - become a suicide alert helper
I was fortunate yesterday to have a colleague of mine run me through the half-day safeTALK workshop. safeTALK, developed by LivingWorks Australia, is a “half-day alertness […]
Actual stuff you can do to build well-being
Building well-being is something you have to work at. It is why I use the ‘mental fitness’ analogy when speaking about well-being nowadays, because like […]
School of Life App
I’ve mentioned the School of Life a couple of times on this blog.I am a particular fan of their YouTube channel which contains bite-sized chunks […]
School of Life - add it to your YouTube subscriptions
You watch YouTube right? Me too. My subscription list is made up of mostly of tech and guitar channels. Despite my job and background (psychology), […]
7 days of psychology
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, in a cold sweat, wondering “what the hell do psychologists do?” According to research […]
Head to Health - a new portal to online mental health resources
Good morning/afternoon/evening/night You know that feeling when you are standing in the cereal aisle and there are so many cereals that you simply don’t know […]
Mental Health and Academic Performance Tip Sheets
Hi! Did you wake up this morning thinking “I need more tip sheets in my life”? If you did, this is your lucky day. A psychologist […]
Feeling stressed?
Start with some simple lifestyle changes Talk with a friend or family member and harness their immense wisdom Do some serious breathing (not that casual breathing […]