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25.01.2022 Activity schedules, daily plans, and to do lists can provide structure in your day. They can be useful tools when working or studying from home where it’s more difficult to differentiate personal from professional space, and where there are many distractions to challenge our focus and level of organisation. Try setting up a whiteboard in a central part of your house and list your schedule and to do list, then experience the reward of ticking them off once complete.

22.01.2022 This is Paddington the possum. I found him whilst on a bike ride a few years ago. He was in his mother’s pouch and she’d sadly been killed by a car. He was tiny, cold and just hanging onto life. I was 40km from home, so I entrusted him to a kind passer by who could get him to a vet faster than I. I didn’t see him afterwards and didn’t take the details of the driver who took him; but in a strange coincidence several weeks later, I stumbled across the lovely possum carer the v...et had sent him to. I was then able to follow his progress until after several months, once big, majestic and strong, he took the liberty to release himself back into the wild after he did a runner from his cage one day. I imagine him leading a good life, and feel proud that I was a link in the chain of goodness that saved and supported him getting back to the life he was meant to lead. No matter how big or small, everyday we have the option and privilege to be a part of a chain of goodness.

19.01.2022 Exercise: A great way to start the day! Simple and effective. Take a friend and enjoy a chat along the way. Let the simple message of good self care become a key to the highly infectious pandemic of positivity that we have the choice to focus on. More on self care to come...

11.01.2022 I’ve created this page to share important information about my psychology practice, and to assist and inspire the art of skilful happiness with you. Feel free to like my page and join me in creating an intention of being our best, and finding a positive pathway through these challenging times.

10.01.2022 Finding joy in the simple pleasures: We don’t have to go far to experience joy. The satisfaction of riding through the bush on my mountain bike, planting my vegetable garden, and being creative with some drawing kept me busy this Sunday. What are some of the simple pleasures that bring you joy?

10.01.2022 Grief - When we experience loss, it is normal to have a grief reaction. Often this involves stages that can include the following: 1. Initial shock and emotional numbness 2. Anger 3. Bargaining - thinking if only.... ... 4. Sadness and depression 5 Acceptance. Many people are currently experiencing a loss of their freedom, job, money, access to friends, activities, hopes, goals, lifestyle, health, and sense of safety. Find a place of kindness and compassion for yourselves and others as we negotiate our own journeys of grief at this time and reach out for professional help if you need to. Know that it’s a normal part of loss, and that by experiencing our feelings authentically as opposed to engaging in excessive avoidance, that we help ourselves to move through the loss and into our individual experience of acceptance.

09.01.2022 Cooped up in close proximity with a loved one? How to keep relationships strong: 1. Find a space for yourself. Take some time for you. Putting on music, going out for some exercise or having a bath can be great time out.... 2. Communicate. Make some time to check in with one another. Practice good listening and ask questions about how the other is feeling 3. Support. Remind one another what you love, cherish and admire in each other 4. Help. Pull your weight around the house. Make sure you contribute to the running of the household.

08.01.2022 Spare a thought for those who live alone. Send them a wave, or a reminder that you’re thinking of them. And to those who live alone, don’t be afraid to reach out. Building cycles of kindness.

07.01.2022 Children and anxiety: 1. Be a good role model in managing your own anxiety (more later on this) 2. Children can be creative in their resilience - finding strength through their stories and play. Encourage creative outlets like drawing, painting, acting, building and imaginary games. Presume there is something individually meaningful and strengthening in the content of their play and ask them curious open ended questions about their story. It doesn’t have to make sense to you, but this encouragement can help them to process their own understanding and meaning, and inspire development of inner strengths which goes a long way in managing fears in the world.

05.01.2022 What’s the secret to happiness? There are many ideas, answers, rules and expectations which seem to come to mind when thinking about this one. I like to think about the small things we can do to add to our repertoire of skills in how we approach the idea of enriching happiness.... For me one of these is to recognise things I feel grateful for. Today I’m grateful for my friends. Friends who listen and care, and remind you that even in our locked down world, we are never alone. I’m not sure the hard and fast rules for finding the secret to happiness, but my small tip for a little more happiness today is to think of someone you feel grateful for in your life. Perhaps you might even let them know and then their happiness will be enhanced too!

04.01.2022 Resilience through creativity. This is my creative - Violin looping and improvisation. What’s your creative outlet? ... Creativity helps us to connect to ourselves, find an inner calm, express emotions, promote cognitive flexibility, develop our creative problem solving capacity and to feel better about ourselves. Creativity comes in many forms. Find some time for something creative for you today. Try not to judge it as good or bad, but rather to be engaged in the moment with the task. https://youtu.be/SjcR0ROSqWQ

04.01.2022 When the going gets tough, how do you keep going? With important tasks, activities, goals and responsibilities, it’s common to lose our focus at times Accountability can be a useful tool to stay on track.... So make yourself accountable by checking in with someone, ticking off a list, and surrounding yourself with a team of supporters willing to cheer you on, remind you why you’re doing this, and that you can. With the gyms closing I was finding it difficult to stay on track with a strength regime from home. This week I had a conversation with a friend struggling with the same thing and agreed to check in with one another, made a visual list on my whiteboard and organised a FaceTime session with a personal trainer. How are you going in sticking to goals and what’s been challenging for you?

03.01.2022 Reach out to someone and ask them how they are: When feeling overwhelmed with challenges it’s normal to become focused on our own personal experience. Reaching out helps to reinforce our relationships and broaden our perspective. By taking a moment to stand in another’s shoes, we begin to see the similarities that connect us together in the giant web of humanity, rather than the differences that can contribute to a sense of being alone. Pick a friend from your contacts today and give them a ring out of the blue, simply to say how are you.