Anxiety and IVF: Tips for Managing the Emotional Roller Coaster
It is estimated that more than 8 million babies have been born globally through IVF over the last 40 years, which is a wonderful statistic for each…
Pregnancy After IVF – Coping with Post-IVF Anxiety
When you’re on the rollercoaster ride of IVF, the endpoint seems quite simple: conception. Unfortunately, what can come as a surprise for some women and couples who…
Early Years Parenting in a Pandemic: Tips to Maintaining Equilibrium and a Positive Perspective
Being a parent to young children can be hard at the best of times. They keep changing! The goalposts keep moving, and trying to stay ahead of…
Feeling Lost? Steps to find your way back to the path
The past 18 months or so have been hard for a lot of people. The strange months of 2020 have flowed into a 2021 that still feels…
The Signs & Symptoms of High Functioning Anxiety
The scourge of anxiety in Australia is well-known – according to Beyond Blue, one-quarter of all Australians will experience anxiety at some stage of their life. Generalised…
Dealing with toddlers and their ‘big feelings’
Toddlers are an amazing bunch. That very first ‘toddle’ is a step towards physical growth and maturity, while at the same time their brains are also undergoing…
Positive Psychology: A Quick Primer
When it comes to mental health, the defining focus of psychologists for many years was on addressing problems and ‘fixing’ dysfunction. Positive Psychology turns that on its…
Self-Identity – Where did I go?
Being a brand-new (or second-time or third-time…) parent is hard. All of a sudden we need to get to know a tiny new person and try to…
Needle Phobia – Overcoming a Fear of Jabs
In Australia we’ve hit Covid-19 ‘new normal’. We’re incredibly lucky we can mostly just live our day-to-day lives without worrying too much about contracting the virus. But…
Building Resilience – How do we?
Resilience (or resiliency) is one of the latest catchphrases in the spheres of education and children’s mental health. But what about our resilience? As adults is it…