Med students, mental fitness and the concept of prevention
Myself and a colleague Maureen were fortunate this morning to get to speak to a cohort of 1st year med students on the topic of […]
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Choices - the OASIS theme for Men's Health Day 5th June
This event has passed but the principles of choice apply nonetheless. Although focused on men, this post has content that relates to everyone. When I […]
The challenges of self-discipline
Self-discipline or self-control is being able to exert control over one’s behaviour and do this consistently and reliably over time. It is central to being […]
Mental Health Week @ Flinders 2019 - core messaging
This post is part of a small series of posts that went ‘behind the scenes’ of Mental Health Week 2019 (MHW2019). The others included early […]
Managing excessive psychological demands
I enjoyed the Easter Break. It was time away from the many jobs, projects and activities that I am involved in. Returning to work today […]
Mindfulness for Academic Success program getting excellent reviews from stu...
What is it? Mindfulness for Academic Success is an innovative five-session program in which students are taught to use mindfulness to: reduce stress and anxiety […]
A lot of students are anxious, or is it stress?
Every year we review our statistics on the students we’ve seen and the problems/challenges they are dealing with. Year in, year out, the most common […]
Update on my mindfulness practice
I started regular mindfulness meditation back in September 2018. I wrote about it in a blog post. I then provided an update to that in […]
Become a master at self-improvement
Update 9/11/20 – I am revising this guide significantly at the moment, so stay tuned! I reckon all of us are trying to get better […]
Update on Mental Fitness
Update: the course is now available here: Anyone who has been reading this blog, or getting the HCDS newsletters will know that I have been crapping […]
Mindful Yoga report for 2018
Work is already underway, by members of the Health, Counselling and Disability Services team, to organise our wellbeing programs for 2019. In collaboration with OASIS, […]
Do you know your psychological needs?
If I told you that you have fundamental physical needs like food, water, shelter and clean air, this would not be a surprise to you. […]
Self-defeating beliefs - 'I must feel a certain way to write'
A self-defeating belief is an internal rule we hold that gets in the way of our wellbeing or productivity. They typically take one of two […]
Become a Behaviour Change Expert: Part 4 - Shaping Knowledge and Confidence
Welcome to Part 4 of ‘Becoming a Behaviour Change Expert’. In this series I am looking at the different skills and techniques that you can […]
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 – […]
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 […]
Student Post - Ikigai: A Reason for Being
Ok, so this is exciting! The post below is the first student-authored post to appear on this blog [insert small golf clap here] It is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]