International Day of Happiness

On International Day of Happiness, I tell you why my goal is not to make you happy! Read it to find out more!

Noticing

A post about mindful awareness of our thoughts and feelings, and how it can help us with problem solving

How (not) to store your wool…

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 »

Group work: Or ‘How to Knit a Dress’

‘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 »

Gratitude

Image: Anjali Mudra, the gesture of gratitude.
A post for the start of 2017 on gratitude.

Guest Blog: Self-compassion

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.

A productive day

I love getting a ‘free’ day off. On Tuesday it was the Melbourne Cup public holiday. I know there are controversies around horse racing and I don’t want to use this space to discuss them. So I am going to share with you how I spent my day! This probably falls outside the realms of…Read more »

It’s time to communicate, effectively.

I do a lot of work with adolescent clients on how to communicate effectively and recently I had to draw on this for myself. Believe it or not, this is another story about bookshelves, but without the crafting! In case you missed it, I have been waiting on bookshelves to be installed since January. And…Read more »