Mental Health Week Challenge #5 - Sign up to the blog
I admit, this one is totally self-serving. Challenge #5 from this week of Keep Your Cup Full challenges is to subscribe to the blog – […]
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Mental Health Week Challenge #4 - Start a Journal
Day 4 people! I promise this one is much easier to do inside. If that doesn’t make sense to you, consider visiting Day 1, Day […]
A second update on Studyology
Studyology is a drop-in support group for students who want to hone their study skills. This might include getting on top of procrastination, finding that […]
Mental Health Week Challenge #3 - Add exercise to your commute
I’m going to be upfront. I don’t think the weather is supporting our Mental Health Week ‘Keep Your Cup Full‘ challenge this year. We probably […]
Mental Health Week Challenge #2 - Spend more time outside in nature
Hello again It’s Mental Health Week here at Flinders and I’ve got a challenge for you. Although as I look out my window at the […]
Mental Health Week Challenge #1 - Take Up Meditation
Good morning everyone! Yes, it is Monday and I am in a good mood. Apologies if that sounds like a gross violation of Monday morning […]
Mental Health Week @ Flinders
Flinders is celebrating Mental Health Week next week, from the 15th-17th October. There are a bunch of activities happening, thanks to the ever-organised folks at […]
Take part in National Nutrition Week
This is a repost from Flinders In Touch Next week is National Nutrition Week and Flinders University has teamed up with the Adelaide City Council to offer free […]
Stepping Into Internship - Applications Closing Soon!
This was forwarded to me by one of the Disability Services staff members. I have mentioned this program before. APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON! STEPPING INTO INTERNSHIP […]
Flinders University's SpringFest
To me ‘spring’ means my garden looks lovely, and my eyes water constantly and I sneeze a lot. I think it wonderfully cruel of the universe […]
Yoga, Mindfulness & Qigong
I was chatting with some peeps from Careers yesterday, and it became abundantly clear that there is no shortage of cool stuff going on around […]
Keep Your Cup Full - A Mental Health Week Challenge
Update 23/10/18 – Challenges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are now all live. You can also get print versions from Health, Counselling […]
Welcome back and update on my mindfulness practice
Hellooooo students, Welcome back from break. It’s October and time to smash out some learning before exams in November. I hope you are feeling excited, maybe […]
Achieving Career Success Program for students with disability
Kirsten from Disability Services sent me this. If you missed the Pathways Beyond Uni program at Flinders on the 26th, then this might be an […]
Are you a smartphone addict?
Researchers from Monash University are conducting a study on whether “adults who overly engage with smartphones have difficulty inhibiting impulsive behaviours” Basically, is there a […]
I started a meditation program today
This morning I started a program of mindfulness meditation. I was inspired following a discussion with a student yesterday who highlighted the introduction of meditation […]
Applications now open for the Summer Program of Stepping Into
A notice relevant to students with disability….. Are you a university student with disability looking for paid work experience that counts? The Australian Network on […]
The mental health of our PhD students
Tara Brabazon is Dean of Graduate Research and Professor of Cultural Studies here at Flinders. She is a prolific social media user, writer and speaker […]
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 […]
An update on Studyology V1
Studyology V1 was a drop-in support group for students who wanted to hone their study skills. This included getting on top of procrastination, finding that […]
We're developing a Mental Fitness Course!
I’ve talked a bit about Mental Fitness on this blog, and the concept of Mental Fitness underpins a number of the guides that I have […]
The Survey of Australian Wellbeing (SAW) Study: Mapping Australians’ rela...
The Australian Psychological Society is joining with Swinburne University to invite Australians to complete the Online Survey of Australian Wellbeing The purpose of the survey […]
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, […]
Evaluating the Flinders Community Market
Every Thursday, during term time, the team at OASIS run the Flinders Community Market. With the help of Foodbank, the market provides students a place […]