How to build a beautiful (less stressed) brain: Everything a beginner meditator needs to know
We live in a world where we are bombarded with perfect photoshopped images via social media and advertising. These images can mess with our minds, resulting in stress, unrealistic expectations and a fear of trying new things (“What if I stuff up?”). But there’s a simple technique you can practise to help you rise above […]
Stress and the Teenage Brain (Part 2): 10 strategies to combat toxic stress
Feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Can’t think properly? You need to stop and recalibrate. When you find yourself in a funk, your goal is to get yourself back to a normal state. How do you do that? You need simple tools and strategies to combat the stress hormones flooding through your brain. Here are 10 stress-busting […]
Stress and the Teenage Brain (Part 1): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Here’s a fact that may surprise you: The average high school student today experiences the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient of the 1950s. Take a moment to let that sink in: teenagers who are now considered normal would have been referred for specialist treatment in the 1950s. What’s causing teenagers to […]
Your ATAR score in perspective: the good, the bad, and the ugly
If you’ve been worrying about your ATAR score, please stop. You’re wasting precious minutes and hours of your life that you’ll never get back. Let me tell you what your ATAR score is … It’s a number. A number that can gets you into university. A high ATAR score doesn’t mean you’re a genius who […]