Episode 108 – Strengthening Our Resilience to Stress and Strain Chris and Rowan discuss some insights that can be gained from exploring the different meanings of engineering terms such as… Read more »
Psychology has drawn a number of insights from the engineering field. So it strongly aroused my curiosity when a psychology student with an engineering background raised the question of whether… Read more »
Chairwork is a therapy approach that can help address internal conflicts and strengthen healthy parts of our personality. This approach is commonly associated with gestalt therapy and evolved out of… Read more »
Episode 85 – Reflecting on Failure as Feedback Chris and Rowan discuss the topic of failure and how we can look at our failures in the best possible light. When… Read more »
Episode 47 – Gaining from the Gunas Chris and Rowan discuss a topic from Hindu philosophy, the three Gunas. We discuss the three Gunas of Tamas, Rajas and Sattva in… Read more »
Episode 41 – Lightening the Load As Melbourne has recently been in a fourth lockdown of the pandemic, we thought we’d cover some ways of coping through times of prolonged… Read more »
Episode 36 – Discerning Our Stress Signature Understanding our own individual response to stressful situations is one of the best things we can do for our mental health. In this… Read more »
This article refers to some of the key tips for mental health and wellbeing including the identification of your individual stress signature. This article contains material from a recent talk… Read more »
This article describes how we can balance out three core systems of human behaviour to support self-compassion and reduce burnout.
Episode 21 – Drive, Soothing and Threat – Seeking a Synergy of Systems Chris and Rowan look at the topic of self-compassion in the context of still aiming to achieve… Read more »