Posted by in Uncategorized {post by Karen} I’m planning to do a proper blog post soon (a follow-up to Learning to Surf, wherein I have my first truly Australian wildlife experience), but I just read this post from Ryder at The Bulletjournalist and it struck a chord, so I thought I’d share. The article is about mental clutter and…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Yesterday we made history. For the first time ever, women have been given the opportunity to play Australian Rules Football at an elite level. The inaugural AFLW match took place last night at Princes Park, and I was there to witness it. This event was momentous. Not only for women in sport in general, but…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized [post by Karen] A stranger once asked me what brought me to Melbourne (I’m American), and when I told her that I followed a boy from Edinburgh to Adelaide, and then to Melbourne because he got a job there, she responded dismissively, “Oh, so you’re just along for the ride.” As someone who has uprooted…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized As Karen alluded to in her last post (a super helpful tutorial!) this blog post is about Type A vs Type B personalities. Personality Psychology is a huge area of psychology and this is not the space to dissect, or even explain, what it is about. Wikipedia is always your friend so if you are interested…Read more »
Posted by in Crafting, Uncategorized Julia is planning to post next week about the difference between Type A and Type B personalities, but to pre-empt her a bit, I’ll go ahead and state that I’m definitely a Type A. As such, I have a lot of silly, little pet peeves. One of them is the way headphone cords always get…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ Or apparently, to knit a dress for one. For almost all of us working in a group is a part of every day life. Whether it be in sport, at work or in our leisure time. In my work I often do group sessions as well as…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Image: Anjali Mudra, the gesture of gratitude.
A post for the start of 2017 on gratitude.
Posted by in Uncategorized {post by Karen} It’s the most wonderful time of the year: time to buy a new diary! This will come as a surprise to few, but I’m a stationery addict. I have a bookshelf full of untouched or partially completed notebooks, and I keep buying more. Last night, I dreamt that I was shopping for…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Remember all that talk about life settling down? Ha! This is adulthood; it never settles down! I have now moved to Renmark! Except that I’ve only spent one day there in the past two and a half weeks, and we’ll probably be moving out in a couple more weeks! In the past three weeks, I’ve…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Our guest blog this week is from Kat, a uni student from Gippsland who we know through softball… and was rapidly converted to knitting! Kat is studying biomedicine and hoping for a career in research, and aside from sport and crafting she also enjoys science and playing music.
This week she writes about self-compassion.
mindful.melbourne 