Category Archives: Psychology

12 Feb 2024

Sleep

What looks like a good nights sleep for one person may be quite different from another’s. Some feel refreshed after 6 hours sleep, some like 8 or more hours. Sleep can be affected by night work, children, illness, pain, depression, anxiety, trauma, life events and many other factors. Not enough, or too much sleep may…

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04 Dec 2023

How to manage Christmas stress

For some of us Christmas is a happy and special time of year, for others it is pure stress. The big build up of expectations to enjoying the holiday with family, family dysfunction, the financial strain, pressure to entertain the kids while on school holidays, managing your own stress, anxiety or other psychological, physical and…

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01 Nov 2021

Exercise Your Mental Fitness

There seems to be increasingly more awareness and understanding around the importance of prioritizing mental health, which is awesome. Despite this, we often find ourselves not giving our ‘mental fitness’ the same time of day as our physical fitness. What if I could convince you that your physical exercise CAN help your mental fitness!?  What does…

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12 Aug 2021

PAIN, PAIN, GO AWAY: How can psychology help with chronic pain?

Pain is a Safety Mechanism Pain is a natural human experience. It changes the way we move, think and behave, so that we are aware of dangers to our physical wellbeing. Then we can take care of our bodies and do what is necessary to heal. What is Chronic Pain? Chronic pain is pain that…

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22 Apr 2020

“CARPE DIEM” – SIEZE THE DAY – Part 2

MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT My insightful, older friend gave me some wise advice, “Don’t get stuck on the old stuff”, stuff from the past, old regrets, old arguments, old disappointments. Many of us take our time on this beautiful planet for granted. In reality, the clock is ticking. Don’t worry excessively about the future, tomorrow…

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22 Apr 2020

“CARPE DIEM” – SIEZE THE DAY – Part 1

From its ancient philosophical interpretation to the modern Mindfulness interpretation, what does “seize the day” mean to you? I was truly blessed to have had a conversation with an elderly friend about how he copes with his illness. He has a terminal illness and expects significant cognitive decline over the next few months and years…

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