The journey behind Mental Health Challenges: Brain takes a break, but the body always keeps score. I feel it would be highly hypocritical of me, given this is a Lived Experience Service, to only share my tools and strategies of past wounds from which I have healed. I feel it would also be highly hypocritical …
Professional/Lived Experience. Who decides? Who sets the arbitrary line to determine if or when I share my lived experience with my clients? Who decides if I use my lived experience in a way that is safe, for the benefit of our community and in line with best practice? Great question. The answer? You. And you …
Thriving, not surviving, through the Chaos… Below is a list of services and resources for parents to support their young people through this time of impending self-isolation. Please be aware that some of the below services may close while others will move to providing online support. If you are outside of this local area or …
Resources To Assist with COVID-19: South East Melbourne Area Read More »
Let’s stay calm, control what we can and lead our kids with confidence. I don’t know about you, but when the COVID-19 first hit the news, I was “Oh, ok. That is sad for them.” Then, before I knew it, it had entered Australia; people began panic buying, there were laws against mass gatherings but …
This is a question that has puzzled so many over the past decade and lead to some very heated debates. A recent study has brought to light some statistics that can help us answer this question a little better. The study shows that in fact social media can have a negative effect on mental health, …
