Supporting Mates Affected by Bushfire Trauma
This week we have all seen some horrific footage and photos of the Australian bushfires. In…
Psychology
All You Need to Know About New Year’s Resolution Making
Statistics show that most New Year’s resolutions that we make are likely to fail. Many of…
Why We Love Horror Movies
Horror as a genre has existed for over a century with popularity stemming from the Gothic…
Saying things we later regret
It’s a truth many of us have experienced that the Christmas period is a time where…
Psychopath vs. Sociopath
Hannibal Lecter. Norman Bates. The Joker. These are characters we know from the silver screen that…
The Filter Between Beauty and our Eyes
Last week, following Instagram’s example, Facebook has started hiding the number of likes in a post…
The Mate Market
Did you know male elephant seals defend a pack of females (harem) and the females will…
World Suicide Prevention Day 2019
Today, 10 September, is World Suicide Prevention Day, a global initiative to openly discuss and destigmatise…
Feeling Forgetful? Or Do We Just Need A Break?
Everyday responsibilities in today’s world can place high demands on our memories and attention spans, so…
Leitmotifs, Linking Music to Moment
Remember that epic orchestra explosion of music that you hear during THAT final battle scene in…
Teaching Positive Psychology in the Classroom
In Victoria an interesting collaboration has been developed in schools where students are learning about positive…
How Psychotherapy works and what it can do
With the seemingly never-still, fast pace of life, it is almost inevitable for us to be…