With unemployment at its highest rate in three decades,almost a million Australiansare experiencing the anxiety of being out of work. Even more are underemployed, and more still holding on to jobs for now, not knowing if that will last. If you feel secure in your job, you are lucky. Beca...
The field has accumulated an impressive corpus of knowledge. At the same time, however, it is an undeniable reality that many young people across the world continue to suffer from and with depression, and there is an urgent and critical need to address this suffering for as many people as p...
Did you know that Australians love coffee? They are one of the top consumers of coffee, and many households have fancy espresso machines. Rocket Espresso is a trendy brand in Australia because its machines are top quality and make great coffee. There are many Rocket Espresso machines to choose...
These experiences are significant as they resonate with the non-temporal dimension of kairos that Sampson (2020) describes as “due-measure”. This is not a quantitative measurement but rather is “the qualitative measure of something that is ‘just right’” (Sampson2020, p. 775). Feelings of...
Pressure alone doesn’t do the trick — it probably has to be combined with inflammation, which is in turn affected by many other aspects of our health.3 Scary causes of sciatica are rare, but not unheard of. The main ones to be aware of are relentlessly progressive symptoms4 and/or ...
Nootropics can enhance the cognition of many people using it. These smart drugs are supplements that cater to possible benefits to improve mental clarity, memory, and focus. Some nootropics, however, may also have health advantages—including helping people living with cancer. This post will discuss...
… Doesn't matter how many people are in your household’ (NGO), and ‘our families are multi-generational families, … and they needed far more food because we can have upwards of six people living in a household’ (NGO). Hampers were structured for nuclear families of two ...
This contrast might be explained by the combinations of values that hedonism is a part of: when combined with high scores in universalism and openness to change values, as in the case of Modern Universalists, the anxiety-free, personal focus aspect of hedonism could be helping people follow a...
Time spent on health related activity by older Australians with diabetes. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2013;12:1. Article Google Scholar Purnell TS, Lynch TJ, Bone L, et al. Perceived barriers and potential strategies to improve self-management among adults with Type 2 diabetes: a community-...
In general, we breathe without awareness about 15 cycles per minute and usually rather shallowly via chest and throat actions. If you go to see a psychologist like me to help you overcome an anxiety issue, such as public speaking, one of the many things we will do (or should do!) is ...