Category Work / Life Balance
What’s Holding Us Back From Work/Life Balance: A Perspective From An Adelaide Psychologist
One of the recurring themes I encounter as a psychologist in Adelaide is the constant struggle for work/life balance. More and more people are reaching out, expressing their frustrations about not having enough time for themselves. This imbalance often leads…
Shifting Our Perspective About Pursuing Career Goals: Stop Chasing What You Already Have
Our world is getting busier and it’s getting progressively harder to maintain healthy and lasting relationships. We’ve heard many of my clients describe how a negative vicious cycle develops where time spent investing in a career can take time away…
How to understand and reduce stress in an increasingly stressful world
While it’s true we’re living in an increasingly stressful world, in this article we’ll shed light on ways to understand how stress affects us and then suggest some approaches to cope with or even reduce stress. Our world is getting…
Phubbing and the Importance of Values vs Rules in our Relationships
In this article, we’ll explore what phubbing is and consider strategies when our friends or partners are spending more time on their phone than with us. “Without technology humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we…
Clinical Psychologist or Registered Psychologist…What’s the difference?
Common Questions in a Psychology Practice, Part 1. There are a few questions that seem to pop up again and again in a psychology practice, one being “what is the difference between a clinical psychologist and a registered psychologist”? Here…
How to relieve To-Do List anxiety: Differentiate between Needs and Preferences
Many of us confront To Do List anxiety in this society and if you are currently, or have been a client of mine, you’ve likely heard me say this phrase; Needs vs Preferences. I’m always honest and shared that this…
5 strategies to identify and manage rumination
What is rumination? Rumination is where you find yourself repeatedly going over the same thought or problem without any resolution or completion. Sounds familiar, right? Rumination is found in both depression and anxiety, but with different ‘themes’. Often when we…
Can you manage stress with Tetris? Understanding what leads to and how to recover from stressful events
Recently, I got some insights into how to manage stress when I came across a podcast of an interview with neuro-opthamologist Dr Mithu Storoni called “How Our Brains Control Our Happiness”. Now, Dr Storoni, who describes herself as a physician,…
Letting kindness in: The benefits of self compassion over self esteem
A few weeks ago I was walking my dog on the beach and I caught myself thinking about a previous situation. I started thinking about how poorly I was treated and how angry I still felt. I was also angry…
Life satisfaction: How can we achieve and measure a satisfying life?
The quest for life satisfaction commonly prompts the question, am I living a fulfilling life? Am I satisfied with my life or does something need to change in my life? These are some of the questions we might ask ourselves…
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