Welcome to my blog. In truth I've written that a few times over my life. I've started and abandoned a number of blogs in my time. I'm probably not alone in that fact. Will this time be different? I don't know. All I know is that this time I have a project that I suspect … Continue reading Welcome to my blog
Duality
Life seems replete with examples of duality- night/day, life/death, hunger/satiety, husband/wife. Our perceptions also seem to mirror that - right/wrong, smart/stupid, success/failure, love/hate, courage/coward, leave/stay. It can be easy to get trapped by some of these dualities. For example, it can sometimes be conceptually easier to cling to one side of a duality (i.e. think … Continue reading Duality
Do we need to sell mental health?
Next week we release our mental health focused campaign at Flinders called The Good Vibes Experiment. I’ll post on it once it is all up and running. A central feature of the campaign is encouraging people to experiment with adding mental health promoting activities to their everyday life. In the process, we had to think … Continue reading Do we need to sell mental health?
Clarification about my goals
This is a relatively brief update but an important one. Over the last few months I’ve noticed a clarity of purpose emerge in my work. It seems to have been facilitated by a very busy period of work, in which my mind has had to develop some efficiencies and connect projects together in order to … Continue reading Clarification about my goals
Mental Fitness Workouts
If you want to improve your physical health, part of what you do is engage in physical workouts. This might be weight training or running or playing sport or gardening or yoga. Basically something that tests and improves some domain of physical functioning: endurance, cardiovascular health, flexibility, strength, speed etc. Do it regularly and increase … Continue reading Mental Fitness Workouts
The benefits of thinking about mental health as a set of interrelated domains
That was a busy week! Although admittedly, the bulk of the week was taken up with preparation for a small conference presentation I gave yesterday (Friday 30/1/21). I was speaking to physiotherapy educators, the ones who support and coach students through their clinical placements prior to graduation. The essence of the presentation was how to … Continue reading The benefits of thinking about mental health as a set of interrelated domains
Stress versus Anxiety
I spoke this week to Dietetics students about to head out on their final year of work placements. The focus of the presentation was looking after themselves. It is common for someone like me (psychologist) or one of my Health, Counselling and Disability Service colleagues to speak to students heading out on placement, because of … Continue reading Stress versus Anxiety
Time blocking in my first week back at work
This week just past was my first work week for 2021. I had a very productive week. Some of that can be attributed to the energy I had for getting back into it. I was a bit bored during the holidays and was keen to get back into my projects. But a decent chunk of … Continue reading Time blocking in my first week back at work
Mental Fitness stuff is still happening!
Not a long post, but one to indicate that my work on mental fitness is still happening. In fact, I just recently ran a couple of 90 minute Mental Fitness Workshops for students at Flinders. These workshops provide an introduction to my Mental Fitness model and explain how to apply it in everyday life. At … Continue reading Mental Fitness stuff is still happening!
See me interviewed
I was very fortunate recently to be interviewed as part of a podcast series set up by a friend and her colleague. They had, relatively recently, finished their PhDs and they were interested in the different pathways people take after a PhD. Drawing on their professional network, they pulled together a diverse range of academically … Continue reading See me interviewed
Goal setting and why it is important
In my day job, I've started making videos. Instructional videos for students on different aspects of the study experience. I'm being guided by a very capable colleague who knows the ropes of creating video content. This is good, because I suck at it. One of the hidden benefits of making video content is that it … Continue reading Goal setting and why it is important