Mental health advice amid COVID-19 concerns
This is a repost from the Flinders Newsdesk By Professor Mike Kyrios, Director, Órama Institute for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Neuroscience, at Flinders University. As […]
Psychological Tools
Wellbeing for Academic Success
I recently gave a couple of presentations on the topic of Wellbeing for Academic Success. The purpose of those presentations were to get new students […]
Loneliness
I’ve been reflecting on loneliness recently and realised I hadn’t read any research on the topic for quite a while. To correct that I accessed […]
Our Self-help Library
If you’ve been to the Health, Counselling and Disability Service before, you might have noticed we have various pamphlets and handouts on the walls. They […]
The study and exam preparation strategies that successful students use
Update 11/3/20. The document has got a bit of a facelift for 2020, with a few new little nuggets of wisdom in there as well. […]
A self-guided workbook for tackling procrastination
Update 2/3/20 – the Put Off Procrastinating workbook is very popular. We’ve moved over 300 of them since releasing it. You can get a digital […]
Here's Why Perfectionism Will Destroy You and Everything You Love
Couldn’t resist sharing this excellent video from a YouTuber I watch called WheezyWaiter. I could write a long post about perfectionism or you could enjoy […]
Best possible self, meaningful photos and thought defusion
So I’ve been getting trained in a Wellbeing and Resilience program by the guys at SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre. It has been really good, […]
Getting Off To A Good Start Guide 2020
Whether this is your first year at university or you are returning to continue your studies, I am going to make the assumption that you […]
I'll be talking about wellbeing and academic success during orientation
Flinders is going all out in 2020 on helping new students adjust to life at Uni. In addition to the standard O’week activities, Flinders has […]
Try adding these two things to your internal dialogue/ self-talk
You know how kids sometimes go around narrating everything they are doing? That is the early signs of their internal dialogue/ self-talk. As we get […]