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My end of year message to students and staff

  Howdy all 👋 This is my final week of work for 2020, so I’ll be bringing the Student Health and Wellbeing blog to a close […]

December 14, 2020 Read more

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

  I just finished reading Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. 📚 Admittedly this is not the kind of book I would usually pick up and read […]

July 30, 2020 Read more

I gave up meditation (for now)

  I’ve been meditating most days for the last year or so. Here are my stats to prove it. I have been using an app called […]

June 13, 2020 Read more

Sense of competence: a curious creature

  A sense of competence (developing the knowledge, skills and abilities to act effectively on our environment) is considered by many psychologists as a core psychological […]

June 3, 2020 Read more

Coping with the constant stream of information about how to be a better per...

  I sit in the mental health/ wellbeing/ self-care/ mental fitness / self-improvement space. As a result I spend a lot of time giving people advice […]

May 25, 2020 Read more

Uni is a training ground to learn how to exist in a psychologically demandi...

  There was once a time in human history, where the main challenges of life were physical ones: securing shelter, accessing and preparing food and water, […]

May 13, 2020 Read more

Forget all that wellbeing advice I've given you, this is the ultimate!

  It is a rug, but it is heated. It is a plug n’ rug. It may be the single most important wellbeing intervention ever. #doyourbestwinter […]

May 11, 2020 Read more

Coronavirus diary 17/4/20 - writing for health

  I’ll be blogging my way through the Coronavirus period, with a focus on the psychological impacts and how to keep yourself and the people you […]

April 17, 2020 Read more

Coronavirus diary 8/4/20 - a colleague asks me some very probing questions

  I’ll be blogging my way through the Coronavirus period, with a focus on the psychological impacts and how to keep yourself and the people you […]

April 8, 2020 Read more

Update on meditation practice - finding the real me?

  I’ve spoken previously on here about my meditation practice. I took it up for a number of reasons, including responding to a sense of hypocrisy […]

March 5, 2020 Read more

Ahhhh.........the joy of having the full day to write

  There are basically two things I do in my job – write and teach. Contrary to my expectations coming into my role, I really enjoy […]

February 28, 2020 Read more
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