By Sabrina Brient. We live in a busy world, with work deadlines, personal commitments, and constant to-do lists. We can often get caught up in the “rat race” of life and not even know it. We finish a deadline or task and have many more to...
By Jake Lamberton. Sleep is an incredibly important part of our lives and something that most of us will spend a third of our lives doing! For some people struggling with sleep can feel incredibly demoralizing, but you can do a number of things to try...
By Jake Lamberton. Anger is a normal emotion that all of us feel from time to time. When utilised constructively, anger can be an incredibly motivating and powerful emotion. However, there are times when anger can be used in a harmful way leading, us to say...
By Sabrina Brient. Depression is more than feeling sad or down. It is a mental illness that can be debilitating, and coping with it can feel difficult. Although common, with one in seven Australians experiencing depression in their lifetime, the shame that can accompany depression can...
By Ishma Alvi Though gender neutrality can be helpful, it might be disingenuous to remove gender entirely from the discussion around mental health. Like other factors that make up our identity, gender has an impact on how we think, feel and act. What would be unhelpful...
By Carmen Beaumont Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterised by persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things such as health, family, money, relationships, work or school. Often expecting the worst even when there is no apparent reason for concern. Six in 100 Australians are...
By Ishma Alvi There are ways to reduce the impact of this brand of fatigue (learn more here) and some of these are outlined below. Recognize over-arching issues that have been the result of working from home- the key one being that work-life boundaries have become more...
By Ishma Alvi Called Zoom fatigue, this particular type of tiredness is a result of excess video conferencing. Though always a part of modern life, the use of this tool to connect with others has never been as ubiquitous as it currently is. Though it serves...
By Ishma Alvi Social media seems to be rife with people musing on increased sex drives, joking about maternity wards being over-run in nine months and about how the combination of increased free time and being almost constantly on-line is increasing porn consumption and masturbation. However,...
By Ishma Alvi Being forced to cohabit in a single space with a partner, without the relief of a change of environment or company, is stressful. Stressful for a number of reasons. For one thing, the average human being typically buys in to the well-established myth of...