Life Hacks Drop-in Sessions 2025
Practical tools, techniques and strategies will be discussed with your fellow students to improve both your wellbeing and academic performance! When: Weekly every Wednesday 2:00pm – […]
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Develop your own curated information diet
I feel like modern cultural pressures emphasise staying well informed through news and social media sites. But that can lead to an overconsumption of content that […]
Grace from SLSS and I have a writing challenge for you..
Discover the multifaceted role of writing in university life – from learning to self-expression. As part of “Good Vibes in the Hub” during Wellbeing Week on […]
E-tree application in Microsoft Edge
Not exactly the most ground-breaking wellbeing intervention, but it brings me a little happiness each day, and in busy lives, those micro interventions can be important. […]
How often should you break up sitting time whilst studying?
Sitting down for extended periods of time isn’t good for our health. But the research suggests we might need to be taking more regular breaks, every […]
Living life according to the principles of the Good Vibes Experiment
Overview: The Good Vibes Experiment is a mental health focused campaign, built by students for students here at Flinders. In this post, I take the basis […]
Getting Off To A Good Start Guide
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 […]
A better (enhanced) way to say 'thank you'
Could you say thank you better? Seems you might be able to. Just a quick post today looking at some research by Park et al […]
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 […]
The 'Like a Boss' series - check it out *new content
I am not good on camera. Whether it is a still camera or video camera, I come across like an insane hobo. Which would be […]
Plants and productivity
One of the recent Wellbeing and Productivity Hacks sessions I did was on the topic of ‘Plants and Productivity. The basic idea is that embedding […]
I'm developing a new self-care guide - need your feedback!
One of the most popular resources we’ve created in recent years has been our Self-care Mega Guide. It’s a comprehensive collection of self-care strategies and […]
Wellbeing and Productivity Hacks sessions kick off on the 5th May
I spend my day reading and writing about wellbeing and productivity. A lot of what I find and learn ends up here on the blog. […]
Coronavirus diary 1/4/20 - all the foodz
I’ll be blogging my way through the Coronavirus period, with a focus on the psychological impacts and how to keep yourself and the people you […]
How much can you change your own happiness?
So I read this article on the bus home the other day. It is called “Revisiting the Sustainable Happiness Model and Pie Chart: Can Happiness […]