Grief and loss are strange creatures. I lost my mum just over a year ago, after a two year period during which she deteriorated such that she was rarely lucid, could not get out of bed, and seemed to spend the day in her own head, unable even to listen to music or...
Do you have a teen who is struggling with constant feelings of anxiety? For them the fear, worries, and overthinking just can’t seem to stop. Everything seems to be going wrong. There are overwhelming feelings of: • What can I really do about it?• Will I always be...
Written by Katie Bailey Everyone has their picture of a “perfect family”. This picture may be different from person to person. Even if you feel envy of a family’s perfect pictures, hold your jealousy because a “perfect family” doesn’t exist. I thought I was a part of...
Many identify communication as the key to a good relationship. In all my years as a psychologist in relationship therapy I’ve noticed something else… When asked their goal of relationship therapy, most couples sitting in my room will talk to me about improving their...
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...
The world is experiencing spectator anxiety… At first, it was the images of blazing fires, charred trees and thick plumes of red smoke descending onto Australian towns, before heartbreaking stories of deaths, species extinction, and burnt homes flooded my newsfeed....
It’s time we talked about maternal deaths by suicide. Post-natal depression is often overlooked as it goes against everything we believe motherhood to be. We need to talk about why new mothers are at risk of suicide, so that we can help prevent it. Some topics...
