Building New Habits - Habit Hacks
Making progress towards any of our goals typically involves developing new habits and routines. Given how difficult it can be to develop new habits, sometimes you […]
Mental Fitness
Self-help Library (2025) 📚
Our self-help library is there for students who wish to do some reading in the area of mental health, wellbeing and productivity and learn about different […]
How to prepare yourself psychologically for work placements
Work placements provide students with valuable hands-on experience, helping them to develop practical skills and gain real-world insights into their chosen field of study. Work placements […]
Smiling Mind to become a mental fitness app?
The Smiling Mind mindfulness app is heading into some interesting territory. Now might be a good time to join the Smiling Mind Community. One of the […]
Mental Health and Self-care - Criminology Presentation
Were you at one of my presentations to 1st Year Criminology students on Mental Health and Self-care? Did you want the slides and links? Included in […]
Mental Health and Mental Fitness Presentation for 1st Year Medicine
I gave a talk to 1st Year Medicine students. There were slides. Those slides are attached. The world is again in balance. On the 18th March, […]
What is Studyology? - an online program for overcoming procrastination and ...
Studyology is a group program to help students tackle that classic study challenge: procrastination. In this post learn about the history of the program and hear […]
Create a study space that makes you want to study ✍🏽
The environments in which we work and play exert an impact on our health and wellbeing. In this blog, which I repost most years, I explore […]
Open Arms Veterans and Families Counselling
A colleague forwarded me a flyer about Open Arms Veterans and Families Counselling. I’ve reproduced here for those in the Flinders community who have also served […]
A self-guided workbook for tackling procrastination
The Put Off Procrastinating workbook is very popular. We’ve moved over 350 of them since releasing it. You can get a digital copy below or sometimes […]
A good meditation focused blog/newsletter
If you are wondering whether a regular meditative practice might be of value to you, the Ten Percent newsletter is a no-cost option to get started. […]
Men's health activities at the Hub on the 6th June from 11am to 2pm 🏃...
Overview: Men’s health week is being celebrated on Flinders campus (the Hub) on the 6th June. Details in post. Activities, prizes, giveaways and more. Reading time […]
Second Mental Fitness Workshop for the year - bonus face-to-face 🏋️...
Overview: My next Mental Fitness Workshop is on the 6th June at the Oasis Community Centre! Come along and learn about how we train our minds. […]
Learn about the different ways that people train their minds
Overview: There is an upcoming free seminar I am giving on the topic of mental fitness on the 2nd May in the evening, via Collaborate. In […]
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 […]