Category Adolescents
Light It Up: The Benefits of Bright Light Therapy
Do you… Have issues waking up too early? Have difficulty falling asleep? Feel down and depressed in winter? Struggle with shift work? Suffer from jet lag? Bright light therapy is a treatment for people who experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)…
Winter is Coming: 4 tips to beating the “Winter Blues”
Winter is Coming… Scratch that, it’s already here…. (without Jon Snow, The Dragon Queen or any White Walkers, for those of you that caught my Game of Thrones nod). I feel like over the last week it’s almost constantly rained…
Decoding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
As the rollout of the National Disability Scheme (NDIS) is approaching completion in South Australia, it’s timely to look at some of the core ideas of the Scheme. Our clients at Attuned Psychology include participants or have family or friends…
Loving from afar: 5 Tips for coping with long distance relationships
Times have changed for me. Gone are the days of driving an hour to see my parents, living with my closest friends and having the people I have always known and loved only a short drive away. Living away from…
The Parent-Stress Cycle
It’s no secret, we all know parents who are stressed out! Stressed out parents often say they have a harder time managing their parenting role, and question whether they are doing a good enough job of raising their children. Parent-stress…
Getting on better terms with your inner voice
We’ve all got that inner voice that like it or not, gives us feedback on much of what we do or say. It is just like having a personal coach or mentor. It can be an encouraging voice “good work”,…
What’s driving your busyness? Life as a “busy bee”
Today’s society is fast-paced and often full of expectations and pressures whether it be work, home or social pressures, and riddled with people telling each other how busy they are! So, what is driving your busyness? It has become commonplace…
Stop and Smell the Roses; discover mindful smelling
Our senses are always on the job! Sight, sound, taste, touch and smell are our most important tools for learning about the world around us. Our senses are often collecting information that we don’t even think about, unless we focus…
Let’s Get Physical: 5 Tips to Kickstart Positive Mental Health
“Increase your physical activity”. A phrase thrown at us by doctors and other health professionals, TV and media representatives and social media platforms. By now, most of us probably know the physical health benefits of exercise. The following are just…
Could perfectionism be harming your joy of dance?
In the world of dance, striving for perfection may be a cultural norm. Dancers get praised for the illusion of ‘perfection’ they create on the stage, teachers seek to cultivate it with displays of technical precision, and the focus of…