Year: 2021

Working with the ‘Personality Assessment Inventory’ Personality is the unique combination of characteristics – including thoughts, feeling and behaviours – that make a person who they are. Put quite simply, a mood is a state of mind whereas the personality is enduring across time. The word ‘personality’ comes from the Latin word ‘persona’ which means…

Is “Thinking Positive” Bad Advice? It’s the well-intended advice we’ve all received… “Think positive.”  “Look on the bright side.”  “Just think more positive thoughts.” We’ve probably all given that advice, too, at one time or another. And yet… when has that advice – to think positive – really, genuinely helped you? In reality, forcing ourselves…

The Self-Care Checklist We Could All Do With This Year Most people are only gentle with themselves when they’re under the weather. The way we would like you to be thinking about self-care though, is a little different Self-care needs to be practised even when the sun is shining (not just when we’re under the…

School Holidays – Pleasure or Pain School holidays can be a fun time to spend down time with the family. It’s a time to leave the school drop off and pick up behind and just rest, relax and maybe even travel. But, it’s also normal to get on each other’s nerves when you’re not used…

Festive Season Stress The festive season is meant to be a time of celebration and joy but can easily become a period plagued by high stress and distress. The festive holiday period is often a hugely busy time and as a result people can get super-stressed, tired and argumentative with family and others. Some of…

Signs Thats It’s Time For A Digital Detox It seems that our waking hours tend to be increasingly technology orientated. For many, they are increasingly tethered to one device or another. Many of us can often be found sifting through emails, Googling to research for work, school assignments or for personal interest, playing games, or…

Academic stress As Year 12 students prepare for their final exams, many parents worry about the impact high level stress has on their child’s mental health. The final year of high school can be extremely stressful and an alarm number of students experience increased psychological distress. This year in particular, students are feeling pressure to…

COVID-19 Survival Tips For many of us, our daily routine has changed a lot since the presence of COVID-19. Some of us can continue to work (both a blessing and a stressor), while others have become unemployed. Whatever your current situation, the mandated social distancing requirements have changed our usual day to day activities. Many…