Month: June 2021

My favourite resources: April – June 2021

My favourite resources: April – June 2021

Here’s another reminder about the purpose of this blog: I really want this blog to be a useful space where people can find all sorts of therapeutically relevant information, mixed up with a good dollop of personal reflections and ramblings with a sprinkling of humour for good measure.  I also want it to be a place where you can find links to all the resources that I share with clients, things that I think have strong therapeutic merit or that are innovative and really want people to see.

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Well, hello triceps (or my updated thoughts about habits)

Well, hello triceps (or my updated thoughts about habits)

Today I did a thing. 

A thing I haven’t done since last October, when I later went on to smash my wrist to pieces and ended up in surgery getting new bits of metal to hold another joint together.  I WENT FOR A SWIM (which explains why my triceps are a bit sore this evening)!!  Between that painful recovery and a couple more lockdowns in Melbourne, as well as a serious motivation issue, it’s taken a while to get back in the pool.

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Lessons in Acceptance: A Reflection on Lockdown 4.0

Lessons in Acceptance: A Reflection on Lockdown 4.0

Two weeks ago, everyone in Melbourne had the same tired and all-too familiar realisation of “here we go again.” While we knew it was a possibility, after months of seemingly normal life, nobody quite expected to go back into a snap lockdown.

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Things could be better – Lockdown 4.0

Things could be better – Lockdown 4.0

As children, my brother and I were big Calvin and Hobbes fans. The comic series, both written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, features the adventures of a little kid, Calvin, and his stuffed toy tiger, Hobbes. It’s debatable (according to Google) whether Hobbes is actually ‘real’, or whether the escapades of the two are predominately a result of Calvin’s active imagination. Regardless, they’re hilarious, timeless, and relevant.

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