Getting Off To A Good Start Guide 2022
Overview: Starting university is a big step. There is a lot that I want to tell you about how to make your university experience better, so […]
Life Skills
5th and final Studyology recorded session now available
Overview – Studyology is a program for Flinders University students that teaches them psychological tools for tackling procrastination. Whilst live sessions run during the year, many […]
Social work student Kellen talks about the Community Connections program at...
As you know, I really enjoy featuring blog content from students. Today, I have a post from Lo Kellen Leonata, a Masters of Social Work […]
A reminder that it is Mental Health Month and what this means
Helloooo! October is mental health month. Apologies. I have mentioned it before, but it warrants another mention. Why? Because the timing of it is quite […]
How to be supportive
Despite training as a psychologist, I kinda suck at a number of aspects of human-human interaction (to be clear, I am totally fine with human-plant […]
Interruptions, prospective memory and mental fatigue
Simple tips for better study outcomes, drawn from techniques to improve performance in high stakes workplaces. As part of my membership of APS, I get […]
When adding wellbeing activities to our life feels like just another chore
At last night’s Be Well Plan session, a dominant theme was the challenge of building wellbeing activities into one’s life when one’s life is already […]
Reducing the cognitive load of study
I’m building something (to be honest, I am always building something). It is a program intended to help students get back on track with their […]
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. […]
10 pieces of advice for PhD students (which are probably ok for other stude...
I was fortunate the other day to spend 90 minutes with some relatively new PhD students talking about mental health. I must have enjoyed it […]
Self-care guide for PhD Students
Update 22/4/21 – Just gave the guide a bit of a clean-up and added a few new items in preparation for a presentation I am […]