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 […]
Well-being
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 […]
Port Adelaide Football Club - Wellbeing and Resilience Program
If you thought that football teams simply entertained you, and made you feel bad about your own fitness and how you look in shorts, you’d be […]
Dealing with culture shock
This blog goes out to all the international students, who have left their home countries to come and study here at Flinders. First off, welcome […]
Science of Happiness Podcast
I’ve spoken previously about the Greater Good Science Center from Berkeley. They produce an excellent website called Greater Good in Action, a repository of techniques […]
The Loneliness Project
I just finished reading a good article over at The Globe and Mail. It was on loneliness. Loneliness “is a feeling of sadness or distress […]
Actual stuff you can do to build well-being
Building well-being is something you have to work at. It is why I use the ‘mental fitness’ analogy when speaking about well-being nowadays, because like […]
Thriving in the Digital Age - or how to not be Zuckerberg's puppet
The 12th to 18th of November is Psychology Week. An initiative of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), Psychology Week is in its 14th year this year. […]