St John Ambulance Northern Territory Launches RAW Mind Coach
St John Ambulance Northern Territory is taking a proactive role in protecting the mental health of its staff and volunteers, with today’s rollout of e-learning program RAW Mind Coach. The new evidence-based program was developed...
view full storyRAW Mind Coach featured on Channel 10 News
RAW Mind Coach was featured on Channel 10 News over the weekend. See how our evidence-based program is boosting the resilience of first responders at Fire and Rescue NSW and teaching firies how to manage...
view full storyControl Freak Delete – reset how you deal with difficult emotions
I have never flown a plane. I haven’t a clue what any of those thousands of switches in the cockpit actually do. Despite this, there is a little control freak part of me that would...
view full storyCrying Shame – doing the one thing every tough guy is terrified of
My little sister had just hit me in the head with a golf club. It hurt, but I distinctly remember feeling pretty impressed with myself, because despite having a 7-iron accidentally smacked into my noggin,...
view full storyAre you taking joy seriously enough?
Throughout evolution humans have become highly attuned to danger and threats. For millennia it was survival of the most cautious. Optimists, who weren’t so worried about that rustle in the bushes, would get eaten by...
view full storyFire and Rescue NSW launches RAW Mind Coach
Fire and Rescue NSW is taking a leading role in protecting the mental health of its workforce, with today’s rollout of the e-learning program RAW Mind Coach. The new evidence-based program was developed following a...
view full storySteal Back Your Life
Practising mindfulness sounds frightfully boring. That’s why I prefer to think of it as a fun game that I call stealing back my life. You can play it too. Start by rating your busyness on...
view full storyWhat to do when you’ve been doing all the right things
Most of us are good people who are trying to do all the right things. So, why is all that effort not being rewarded with fabulous feelings of achievement, contentment and satisfaction? Why instead, do...
view full storyIt’s all gone horribly pear-shaped
There are times when things will go pear-shaped… and then there are the times when that pear will be all squished, mouldy and have a big fat worm in it. Sadly, horrible pears happen. So,...
view full storyWorld-first study delivers practical approach to building resilience at work
There is no doubt our first responders deserve the very best protection. Now world-first research will see emergency services workers become better equipped to take on the many mental health challenges of their demanding roles....
view full storyStillness should not be scary. Boredom is not the bogeyman.
Pac-Gal was a game very similar to Pac-Man (the main differences being that Pac-Gal wore a bow on her digital yellow dome and in a sign of the pay gap, was significantly less expensive). When...
view full storyThe Future is Good
Growing up I was highly dubious about being good. I desperately wanted Sylvester to devour Tweety. I wanted to see the Coyote finally eat that stupid beeping Roadrunner for breakfast. It was the 1980’s and...
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