An article about the benefits of cold-water swimming, a particularly invigorating way to start the day.
Category: Geelong Advertiser Articles
Chris Mackey’s articles appear regularly in the Geelong Advertiser newspaper in Geelong, Australia.
Our Emotional Intelligence is Key
An article about the nature and importance of emotional intelligence for our relationships, work and wellbeing.
Time to Focus on Youth Mental Health
This article is about the benefits of prioritizing youth mental health services, particularly in light of the sacrifices made by young people over the past couple of years.
Technology is Taking Our Focus
This article describes how social media and screen time can disrupt our attention and focus, along with some tips on reducing distraction.
Calling On Our Creativity
An article about creativity, something which Geelong’s Design Week seeks to encourage and celebrate. Listen to a podcast episode on this topic wherever you get your podcasts or on the player below
Finding Our Sense of Flow
An article about optimising our wellbeing by identifying the activities that most engage us.
Responding to the Covid Challenges
An article about dealing with current Covid challenges including uncertainty in what lies ahead with Omicron.
Attitudes Shaped by Evolution
An article about the potential reasons for the range of very different attitudes that many people have to Covid vaccines and how this might relate to various evolutionary systems for dealing with threat.
Look Past the Impact and Into the Future
The second article in a series on the mental health of teenagers featuring Bianca Tassone. The series looks at a number of factors impacting the mental health of teenagers following the extended lockdowns, as well as what parents can do to best support their kids.
Be a Shoulder, Listen to Your Teenager in their Time of Need
The first article in a series on the mental health of teenagers featuring Bianca Tassone. The series looks at a number of factors impacting the mental health of teenagers following the extended lockdowns, as well as what parents can do to best support their kids.