I find it very interesting that often when a particular long-term love interest finds its way back into my life I start reaching for my toy rabbit to cuddle. It is such an intuitive response [...]
There is something so healing about the smell of the salt water and the warmth of the sunshine on my skin. The wonderful sea breeze blows away all my pain. And this combination of all [...]
The other thing that I have been thinking of in terms of psychology lately, is the idea of memento mori. I have heard a few great thinkers say that it is important to ponder on [...]
Have you ever considered the way that social media (or any form of social interaction) on the interweb impacts your real-world social life? I Googled 'social media is making us antisocial' (or a near variant) [...]
One thing that I am noticing about the way I operate in the world when I am suffering from psychosis is that I become extremely RISK AVERSE. If the average person's desire to avoid losses [...]
Something about my NDIS support shift this afternoon made me think about how I can engage in professional development in my mental health support work. I want to have a real impact on my client's [...]
Are you feeling sad today? I can empathise. I have been feeling sad lately too. Someone who had made me feel like they cared for me, left me suddenly and I have had feeling sad [...]
One of the things that make ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) so useful is the fact that I think it can be a kind of 'validation' for your thoughts and feelings. If you are feeling [...]
Sometimes it feels like I am stuck in a bit of a cognitive cage. The idea of putting thoughts into words for a blog article feels like some kind of Herculean effort. Nonetheless, I want [...]
It is an interesting question. And one, which I suppose you are likely to be asked in an interview for disability support work - 'Why do you want to work as a disability support worker?' [...]
