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, and what actually does. I’m cut from the same cloth as Dr Kasser when it …
Mental Health
Learning to be Human – my journey through Perinatal OCD
It’s Mental Health week. As a psychologist, I am honoured to hear the most sacred of stories – but the only one I have permission to share here is mine. So to raise awareness, here it is. I remember the moment I learned I had a Mental Illness. Sitting midway back in an auditorium full …
Playful Thinking Part 2 – Just like riding a bike
Happy New Year! I hope the festive season has brought you some time for rest and relaxation, along with some space to consider what you would like 2014 to be about. Having encouraged you last month to start playing with developing more of an awareness of what your thoughts were busy doing, I thought I’d …
The Brain that Lies
I was deeply touched by the warm response many of you gave my first blog post. Clearly it was enough positive reinforcement for me to attempt again 😉 Not without those scary voices showing up, of course. A past client asked me if I could watch the pilot episode of Offspring (Channel 10): “It’s me!”, …