A simple but effective tool open to most people to help protect against mental health challenges, especially in winter, is the assessment and optimisation of their vitamin D levels..

If you're a human in 2022, then stress, anxiety, panic and worry are likely to have featured to some extent in your life over the past two years. These are natural responses to stressors that we all experience from time to time, but when these escalate and get in the way of life, they are one of the most common reasons people seek the help of a professional therapist..

As a Clinical Psychologist working through the global pandemic the widespread trend has been anxiety, uncertainty and fear.

I’ve been trying to make psychological sense of the different ways in which we have all been reacting and responding to the pandemic; I’ve found the BIS one extremely helpful concept to zoom out and reflect on what has been happening. If you’d also like some insight into our behaviour during the time of Covid-19 then read on.

When did you last experience a moment of joy? Have you lost your previous sources of joy or forgotten how to feel it at all? This is an article about how to self-experiment with re-finding joy these holidays.

While there are many suggestions to choose from, here are 8 of my top recommendations to move your body and mind into relaxation mode. These each help to restore your health and wellbeing after an endurance stage of stress.

So here we are – we say goodbye to the arbitrary line in the sand of one year and embrace the unclear beginning of a new one. For many, they are pleased to see the back of a difficult year that is historically likely to be referred to as unprecedented.

Today, our evolving understanding of the gut-brain connection has re-connected the mind with the physical, requiring that we use integrative therapies.

My day job involves a relatively repetitive task in some respects. Going through a first appointment with a new client generally involves the same process and questions, although the answers are always distinctly unique to the individual and their life context.

Here is the “rethinking mental health” section of a collaborative mental health venture - a talk titled “Rethink/Recharge” - which was given for the 2018 Australasian Turf Grass Growers Association Conference in Wellington.

While I covered off the “rethinking mental health” portion of our presentation, this section was tackled by my friend and Ancestral Health Colleague Jamie Scott (Nutritionist with several other strings to his bow).

After connecting a while ago over our respective work in the nutrition and mental health space, I recently asked Francesca if she would share some thoughts on nutritional interventions for OCD that can give the best bang for your buck. Here are her thoughts on one powerful step.