Early usage of mental health services improves higher education students’...
This is a quick but important one. The boss forwarded me an interesting factsheet from the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (that is probably […]
Mental Health
Awareness, connection, insight and purpose: critical components of wellbein...
Welcome to 2021 everyone! This year on the Student Health and Wellbeing Blog, I really want to focus on digging into the published research on […]
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 […]
Service available for carers of people with mental ill health
Found this in my email inbox today. Might be of interest to any students who are in the role of a carer for someone with […]
Smartphone use and mental health
I just finished reading an interesting article over on The Conversation on smartphone use and mental health. I recommend giving it a read, but I’ll […]
The Festival of Now - South Australia's annual mental health and wellbeing ...
Just got another interesting thing in my email (must be the day for it). If you don’t have anything much happening Friday, consider tuning in. […]
The lived experience of men with BPD
My apologies to Dayna who sent me information about this event a while back and I didn’t post it sooner. It deals with the lived […]
Balancing the Brain Budget
I try to set aside time during the week to watch or listen to something new in my field (psychology), so I don’t get stale […]
Stress management - let's dig into this topic a little more
We regularly hear from students that they want to learn more about stress management. To be honest, most of us do. Our lives can be […]
Burpee Bounce Back Challenge
Yes, that title is correct. I haven’t lost my mind. Orygen Youth Health is one of the world’s leading mental health organisations with a focus […]
Tiny Habits for positivity and wellness
Those who have heard me talk on habit formation and wellbeing might be aware that I am a fan of the Tiny Habits model, developed […]