So you are struggling with something, or life is hard, or it feels unfair, and you have decided to seek help. You make an appointment to see a therapist, and they do not give you the answer or tell you how to fix the problem. They ask a lot of questions, and they ask you […]
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If you’re looking for a psychologist, it can sometimes feel overwhelming. You might have noticed that not all psychologists describe themselves the same way. Many use the general title ‘psychologist’, others use the title ‘clinical psychologist’. You might have also come across other titles, such as counselling psychologist, forensic psychologist, or organisational psychologist. Understanding what
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End of year stress is more common than many people realise. For many people, December carries a particular emotional weight. It’s a month filled with endings, expectations, competing demands, and a cultural pressure to feel a certain way. Even when there are moments of joy, it’s common to notice fatigue, irritability, sadness, or emotional flatness
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October is Mental Health Awareness month. We need to take care of our mental health and wellbeing. For some this might mean taking appropriate measures to manage a mental illness. But for many of us this means engaging in activities that help us to maintain our mental health and wellness. This is what self-care is
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Cultivate equanimity to help with anxiety – Notice, Accept, Float Using meditation to cultivate equanimity can enable one to manage unpleasant or unwanted emotions in a way that reduces their impact. Podcast… Yesterday I recorded an episode of the podcast, Enhance Your Life with Nonie Carr, on this topic. Listen to the podcast on this
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The bushfire recovery process will take time. And the government has recently announced a number of measures to support this recovery process. Areas of Australia have been battling bushfires since November 2019. And over the period of December to January the fires ramped up and have covered significant areas of native bushland, directly impacted a
Performance Anxiety Anxiety before a performance assessment can be hard to manage. Here are some tips that might help. Performance anxiety is not uncommon… and when you have to prepare for and perform as part of a VCE assessment it’s even harder! I’m sure there are music and drama teachers who assist their students to
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Burnout? What self-care & wellbeing? Exhausted… burnout… Have to go to work, can’t leave the desk for lunch, maybe skip eating altogether, need to work late, forget to eat dinner, fall into bed exhausted, wake up exhausted feeling like you’ve been hit by a bus, first coffee at home, walk… no, run out the door,
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Best Psychology Podcasts Do you know which psychology podcasts are good to listen to? This blog post contains a list of psychology podcasts that give a some helpful or interesting information. I listen to them or they have been recommended to me. If you have any you’d like to add, please don’t hesitate to send
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‘It never gets easier, you just get better’, I’ve heard variations on this theme many times… As a cyclist the most common variation is a quote that is attributed to Greg LeMond: “It doesn’t get easier, you just get faster.” For those who don’t follow professional cycling, LeMond is considered one of the greatest American
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