The strength of our emotional bonds

The strength of our emotional bonds

We’re well over half way though this year, what a ride so far, what’s it been like for you? Right about now a lot of us will be looking forward to the end of year holiday break, and wondering what happened to the first half of the year! I noted at the beginning of the...
Connecting For Tough Times

Connecting For Tough Times

This week is a key week in the calendar, today is World Suicide Prevention Day, and on Thursday we have R U OK? Day. These signal days provide us with a reminder to check in with ourselves, and importantly, with others as well. One sure way to lessen the risk of...
Busy, Busy, Busy – Time to Stress Less!

Busy, Busy, Busy – Time to Stress Less!

It has been a crazy couple of months since the launch of the book “Stress Less”. A collaboration with Matthew Johnstone. We have been out and about talking about the book in print, on TV and on the radio. As they come up I will post the amazing reviews and...
Attach to supports to support you in 2019

Attach to supports to support you in 2019

2019, what’s it going to be like for you? Right about now a lot of us will have goals to appreciably change a small or large part of our lives; either what we eat, what we do, who we see, or the way we operate in the world. The holidays around a new year seem to give...
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER, ALL IN THE MIND?

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER, ALL IN THE MIND?

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER, ALL IN THE MIND? ‘Ugliness: it’s all in the mind’ was a news heading that caught my eye this morning in ‘The Sunday Age’. Apparently, researchers at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology have found that a significant number of people...