End of year burnout can feel like you’re limping to the end. Like there’s a chain around your ankles, weighing down every tiny step you make to that distant finish line. At this time of year where workplace closure and Christmas chores collide, it can be a period of...
To my friends and family; Stop asking me to join your weight loss challenges. “Oh, how I wish to be thin. To look better in the clothes that I am in. To be a size six instead of a ten.” That is a portion of a poem that I wrote in high school. During that time, I was...
Most of us would probably think a $200,000-a-year salary was more than enough to live a comfortable – if not downright luxurious – life, however this isn’t the case for high income earner’s. But that’s not the case for scores of Australians on high incomes who still...
It’s February, and Valentine’s Day has rolled around again. Time for the newly in love to celebrate their excitement and joy, the long-term committed to work on the passion and the sentiment – and those either without partners or in loveless relationships to bemoan...
As workplaces across Australia encourage their employees to work from home, it’s important to take a moment to consider the impact this could have on mental health. Amid the surge in Australian coronavirus cases, health authorities have advised we practice social...
For many of us, what we face as coronavirus continues to spread is unprecedented,and the associated anxiety around coronavirus pandemic is on the rise. And it can cause fear and anxiety every which way we turn. We’re facing social isolation and possibly working from...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a pandemic, school are facing temporary closures and sporting events are being cancelled around the country. As COVID-19 spreads around the globe how do we, as parents, speak to our children about COVID-19 while...
This is a reminder for everyone to be mindful of their language around COVID-19. “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic” – Dumbledore Covid-19 News Headlines “65 million people could be killed by the novel coronavirus” “We are...
The world as we know it has changed dramatically over a short period of time and many children, even the younger ones, will be picking up that something strange is going on. Talking to our children about feelings including anxiety is crucial. Perhaps they are now...
