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 […]
Well-being
How much can you change your own happiness?
So I read this article on the bus home the other day. It is called “Revisiting the Sustainable Happiness Model and Pie Chart: Can Happiness […]
Students telling students how to look after themselves
Update 22/1/20: I completed the same exercise with some physiotherapy masters students… I’m a qualified health professional. That means I spend large amounts of time […]
What is the deal with gratitude?
I’m reviving an article I wrote a while back. Why? Cause I am lazy mostly. But also, this is a good time of the year […]
Supporting the mental wellbeing of mature-aged university students from reg...
Many interesting things arrive in my various email inboxes. This one concerns mature-aged undergraduate students who come from regional or remote Australia. If that is […]
The ADHD SuperPower
Forget the stereotypical images from the media of out of control children destroying furniture, today we’re talking with a real Flinders student, James, about how […]
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 […]
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 […]
Play a role in improving the wellbeing of Adelaide youth
The Wellbeing of Adelaide Youth (WAY) initiative is a collection of agencies, businesses and community members who are interested in improving the wellbeing of young […]
How to eat to reduce your likelihood of depression
The idea that you can prevent and treat mental illnesses like depression with diet is only something I’ve noticed gaining momentum over the last 5 […]
Get better sleep
Previous sleep articles on the blog have been quite popular. For example, Tim’s article on sleep regularity and academic performance has got a lot of […]
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 […]
Increase social connections to improve your wellbeing
A lot of university students are unhappy. At least that is the picture being painted by research over the past few years into tertiary student […]
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, […]
Meaning and purpose in life
In a previous post, I looked at how to derive a sense of meaning and purpose from your studies. Given that you spend a large […]
Let's make Flinders the most green university in the world
Flinders University has a sustainability plan, or more correctly it has 70% of a sustainability plan, and we need your to help finish it? “What is […]
Ask Dr G - What is student wellbeing to you?
I’m participating on a panel on the 6th August for mid-year commencing students that is focused on wellbeing. Ahead of time the organiser of the […]
Dr G's guide to self-care
Update: we now have a new Self Care Mega Guide with extra strategies and our service pamphlet attached to the back. A nice upgrade on the […]
Become A Behaviour Change Expert: Part 3 - Social Support
Welcome to Part 3 of Becoming a Behaviour Change Expert. In this series I am looking at the skills you can develop, so you can […]
A quick guide to self-care for mentors
Note 19/4/19 – an updated self-care guide can be found here. Last week a colleague of mine and I ran a mental health/self-care workshop for […]
What is the deal with mindfulness?
Back in early May, 2018, some students attended the Port Power Wellbeing and Resilience Program run here at the University. I’ve been communicating with them […]
Not coping? - there's a course for that!!
The terms ‘coping’ and ‘resilience’ are thrown around a lot nowadays in relation to university students. The reasons are relatively simple. Studying at university can […]
Financial wellbeing
I’ve just spent a couple of hours going through the recent ANZ Survey of Financial Wellbeing (2018). It provides a snapshot of the financial wellbeing […]
What do I mean by mental fitness "techniques"?
If you’ve had a look at my previous mental fitness posts (introduction, and domains of mental fitness), you are probably saying to yourself – “when […]