Category Archives: Mental Health

8 Expert Tips for Fighting FOMO

Posted on November 19, 2021 by thesamemountain

Don’t miss the recent Rent.com article I was featured in: 8 Expert Tips For Fighting FOMO In Your Apartment This Winter.  As the northern hemisphere heads into the coldest nights and darkest days of the year, increased feelings of FOMO … Continue reading →

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Co-Parenting Companion – a Resource for Separated Parents

Posted on June 23, 2021 by thesamemountain

My career has always been woven around working with complex families navigating tricky paths. For around the past seven years, this has involved supporting co-parents involved with the Family Court system trying to find their way through to smooth, low-stress, … Continue reading →

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Turns out there is a time I’d “Swipe Right” (and the book that convinced me)

Posted on April 3, 2021 by thesamemountain

True confessions: I have a stack of books and journals on my bedside table that glare at me, longing to be read. They know how awesome they are, and they just can’t believe I haven’t made time for them yet … Continue reading →

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“I was just trying to help” – Five Tips that will actually work

Posted on February 16, 2021 by thesamemountain

Let me tell you a little something about me. I bet you’ll recognise a piece of you too. When I was 18 I moved back home. I had been a Big Independent Adult for 12 months, but my parents had … Continue reading →

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Give up on Happiness

Posted on August 17, 2017 by thesamemountain

It’s early morning and Toothless is distressed. “There are THREE mornings I have to go to school early.  I don’t want to!” he tells me. I’m not a morning person either – he has a sympathetic ear with me. I … Continue reading →

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Tasting Freedom – and why this is my last Blog Post ever.

Posted on August 1, 2016 by thesamemountain

There’s this moment when I’m flying down the hill, wind in my face, blue sky above me, and I notice this thought passing by – that this is it, THIS is tasting freedom.  It’s exhilarating, and not just because I’ve … Continue reading →

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Mental Health – More than an absence of illness

Posted on October 7, 2015 by thesamemountain

It’s Mental Health Week – and the fact that it’s not called “Mental Illness Week” is not insignificant.  We will hear a lot about mental ill-health this week, and so we should – but mental health, mental wellness is more … Continue reading →

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I Want to Change the World. What about you? Can we do it together?

Posted on August 3, 2015 by thesamemountain

I’m reflecting on the amazing five weeks I’ve just had traveling abroad with my family, an opportunity which was made possible by a generous scholarship I was awarded by the Perth Convention Bureau and Giving West.  I had an incredible … Continue reading →

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An Answer to the “War on [Pretty Much Everything]” – reviewing Anthony Biglan’s “The Nurture Effect”

Posted on June 13, 2015 by thesamemountain

There’s this mother sitting before me and she tries to stem the tears. It’s been weeks since her son has been to school. We’ve been tracking this for a while, her and I – and today her exhaustion is palpable. … Continue reading →

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Why TV could be making you – and your children – unhappy

Posted on November 6, 2014 by thesamemountain

At the recent Australia/New Zealand Association of Contextual Behaviour Science conference, I was enthralled by guest speaker  Dr Tim Kasser (Professor of Psychology at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois), who spoke on the contradiction of what society tells us will improve well-being, … Continue reading →

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