Embedding mental fitness concepts in your everyday life
On the Student Health and Wellbeing blog I talk about a range of mental health and mental fitness topics. In most posts, I endeavor to […]
Healthy Lifestyle
Is caffeine a cognitive enhancer?
I don’t drink coffee. I never have. Late in my PhD, I did have a rather unhealthy addiction to energy drinks, but I managed to […]
Sleep regularity and academic performance - by Tim Adler
Tim is a nurse here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services. One of the great things about having Tim on the team is he enjoys […]
I just did a Mindful Yoga class
Every Tuesday during term time, from 12.00pm to 1.00pm at the OASIS centre, counsellor Maureen runs a Mindful Yoga class. I did that class today […]
Meditation with Dave
Meditation is all the rage… There is some decent science to back it up, and if you practice it regularly for at least 20 years, […]
Ask Dr G - What is student wellbeing to you?
I’m participating on a panel on the 6th August for mid-year commencing students that is focused on wellbeing. Ahead of time the organiser of the […]
Dr G's guide to self-care
Update: we now have a new Self Care Mega Guide with extra strategies and our service pamphlet attached to the back. A nice upgrade on the […]
Crossfit
I was on the Health, Counselling and Disability stall yesterday for orientation. Around lunchtime when I was just thinking about food, a buff dude came […]
A quick guide to self-care for mentors
Note 19/4/19 – an updated self-care guide can be found here. Last week a colleague of mine and I ran a mental health/self-care workshop for […]
Free '1-week gym trial' passes available here at HCDS
There are many things that might wipe out the human race: asteroids, global warming, pandemics, obesity, mental illness, visitation by alien races. Many of these […]
Not coping? - there's a course for that!!
The terms ‘coping’ and ‘resilience’ are thrown around a lot nowadays in relation to university students. The reasons are relatively simple. Studying at university can […]
Could using your smartphone in a more focused way help you focus?
In today’s mental fitness post, we consider the relationship between daily inattention and smartphone use, thanks to a study by Marty-Dugas et al (2017). I’ll […]
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 […]
The fine art of self-experimentation
There’s no shortage of people telling you how to live your life. Let’s face it, I am one of them. As you are sifting through […]
Aim for a more private, if not healthier approach to Facebook
I’ve written previously about the relationship between social media and mental health, particularly the results of a 2017 report called “#StatusOfMind – Social media and […]
4 lifestyle changes to help improve your mental health
Mental ill health is common. Around 50% of us will experience some kind of mental health problem during our lives, the most common types of problems […]
Cycling at Flinders
When I was younger I was a pretty mad keen cyclist. I didn’t do the whole lycra and NASA designed helmet thing, but I did […]