The Future of the HSC – Interview on The Wire – a daily current affairs program on Community and Indigenous radio
The reality of working online has taken its toll on students in the form of adverse effects on mental health. With the HSC exams just two weeks away, students this year will face one their [...]
Connection in the time of Disconnection
At our very core, humans have evolved to survive and thrive on connection. Our very being is based on having an “other”, or many “others” in our lives. Despite moves to come out of lockdown [...]
Running on Empty
I was out walking my furry soulmate this weekend and listening to an interesting podcast that has sparked my blog this morning. The podcast was actually about habits, but a comment was made, and it [...]
Do you hear when you listen or do you listen when you hear?
I had a dear 82-year old lady come see me today – I had seen her last year when her husband passed away and she was grieving, but now she was depressed. Different to last [...]
Iso Blues – but you don’t have to do this alone
Sitting and writing this blog today, the weather is glorious. The sun is shining, the sky is a beautiful blue and it’s a lovely twenty degrees (well nearly there!), it is an opportunity to take [...]
Food and Emotional Regulation
So, what does it meant to emotionally self-regulate? And why do I need to know what this is? In short, emotional self-regulation is a way of managing unsettling or uncomfortable emotions or impulses. When we [...]