Our brains are wired for survival, and comparison is one way we gather information to feel safe.

Anxiety can be unpleasant. Picture this: just like those moles in the game, anxiety symptoms tend to pop up, demanding our attention.

Our society encourages us to get rid of unpleasant thoughts and feelings through messaging in social media and our cultural norms.

Recently I let someone down. What to do? I could make an excuse. But the only purpose would be to ease my guilt - that it's not my fault

Someone with low self-worth - deep seated beliefs of not being good enough, look for validation from others to avoid anxiety

No doubt you've seen this yin and yang symbol. I've been using it to show the complex interactions that we have in a push-pull relationships

Over the past 2 months, with more restrictions and less options, I noticed a change in my suburb. More people walking. Families on bike ride

With the recent challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, now more than ever is a good time to start a gratitude journal.

resilience is not the absence of feelings of sadness, anxiety, worry, stress, or anger. It's the ability to cope with these strong feelings

It's probably the biggest obstacle to achievement. That little voice in your head. "You're not good enough". "You'll just fail anyway".

Working on validating ourselves can improve our self-esteem and contribute to a more positive sense of wellbeing.

That's the hard choice. Choosing to use strategies like meditation, which takes longer, but is more fulfilling than avoidance through drugs

It would be nice if everyone behaved the way you expected them to. In an ideal world, people would be courteous of others, act...

With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I would write a quick blog on what is important at Christmas. I've previously written...

Having been working as a psychologist now for some 15 years, I have a tendency to become complacent about the idea of what it must be...

Recently, I had an accident while rollerskating with my family that resulted in surgery on my ankle. I'm 1 week into a 6 week period of...

It's coming up to that time of the year again, where we reflect on the past 12 months, what we've achieve, what we wished we'd achieved,...