It is easy to think that a healthy lifestyle must look a certain way–think about the many aesthetically pleasing lifestyle accounts on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc. When our own lifestyle does not align with what we see on these platforms, we potentially end up perceiving ourselves as unhealthy. When I was in high […]
Sleep Foundations When was the last time you woke up in the morning feeling refreshed and not needing an alarm clock? Would you say that you got enough sleep over the past week? These are the first two questions sleep researcher, Matthew Walker, asks in his wonderful book “Why we sleep.” He then goes on […]
You may have come across self-reflection promoted as a process we can only engage in when we encounter difficult experiences or experience overwhelming feelings. While that is absolutely a way to use self-reflection, it can also be a way to really connect with your own inner world! Most importantly, it can be for any and […]
Understanding fertility is important for all women. Fertility is defined as the ability to conceive a child (1). Being able to identify the fertile window within the menstrual cycle is important in order to time sex correctly for conception (2). The ability to recognise this fertile period within the menstrual cycle is known as fertility […]
I remember my very first day at an Australian school. Right away, I felt like the odd one out being the only Brown girl in a class full of White people. My teacher assigned the smartest girl in class to help me settle in. She spoke very slowly to me, and the feeling of being […]
One of my passions in psychology is perinatal mental health, this encompasses the period from conception to three years postpartum. In psychology, we refer this period to being an attachment activating event – simply put, parents go through intense psychological processes that literally changes the structures of the brain. Everyone’s experience of perinatal mental health […]
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Probably the most popular question of my childhood. I always answered with wanting to be a singer or a dolphin trainer – maybe (if lucky) a celebrity interviewer. None of these came from a very financially sound or thoughtful place, but these were the professions […]
During my time at the University of Sydney studying a Masters of Science in Medicine (Sexual and Reproductive Health) I’ve had the pleasure of learning about different perspectives and such a huge amount of new information, including about public figures who changed the world’s mind about sexual health. One of these people, Betty Anne Dodson, […]
When was the last time you thanked a friend, classmate, colleague, or relative for something nice they did for you? This month at The Mindful Collective we’re all about gratitude and thankfulness – there’s nothing that makes us happier! Today I’d love to chat with you in more detail about writing letters of gratitude, […]
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