How to cope when things get really tough
Overview: When things are going OK, self-care usually consists of investments we make in strengthening different aspects of our lives. But when we’re in the middle […]
Fact Sheets
How do I start making improvements in my life?
Overview: Enhancing one’s life is a process of making incremental improvements across different areas of life. In this post, familiarise yourself with the different areas of […]
Our Self-help Library (April 2022) 📚
Overview: Our self-help library is there for students who wish to do some reading in the area of mental health and wellbeing and learn about different […]
Sneak peak at our new self-help and self-care guides
A while back we got a designer to re-think our various self-care and self-help guides. Rachel came up with a design that brings a lot […]
RUOK day is coming up this Thursday!
It is RUOK? Day this Thursday. The overarching theme this year is ‘Are they really OK?’ Connection and checking in on the people in our […]
A guide to Mindful Walking by counsellor Maureen
A reposting of this excellent mindful walking guide from Maureen 🙂 Mindful Walking Walking outside has become the exercise of choice for many of us […]
Self-care during difficult times
Over the last couple of years, we’ve produced a few self-care guides. Our current self-care guide is one of the most popular handouts we’ve created. […]
The Self-care Mega Guide
Update 26/7/21: Revised font and layout, some basic editing and a couple of new links. The history of the Self-care Mega Guide stretches back to […]
Building New Habits - Habit Hacks
5/1/22/ – Added a couple of new hacks to an already big list! – includes one on doing new habits at times you have most […]
New alcohol guidelines
It does appear that alcohol consumption in Australia has increased with the impacts of COVID. This can be understood in a number of ways: stress […]
Take a self-compassion break
I’ve spoken about self-compassion previously, including an exercise to help build self-compassion (self-compassionate letter). You can also find self-compassion exercises on sites like Greater Good […]