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Mental Health Academy are hosting a Masterclass Day with Dr Justin Coulson, one of Australia’s most respected parenting experts. The event will be delivered entirely online on June 3. To learn more and register (limited places available), visit https://www.mentalhealthacademy.com.au/mcd/

6 Ways to Build Your Resilience

Like grit, executive functioning, and mindfulness, resilience is a buzzword these days. But what does it really mean to be resilient? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/6-ways-to-build-your-resilience

What is it like to experience mental health problems?

A round-up of research that’s explored what it’s like to live with mental health problems, from obsessive compulsive disorder to hearing voices: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/10/09/what-is-it-like-to-experience-mental-health-problems/

Book Reviews | Counselling Connection

Looking for something new and insightful to read? Our education team regularly reviews books related to counselling, mental health and psychological therapy. You can find these reviews in the "Book Reviews" category of the Counselling Connection blog - right here: http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/category/book-reviews/

3 rules to spark learning

It took a life-threatening condition to jolt chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam out of ten years of "pseudo-teaching" to understand the true role of the educator: to cultivate curiosity. In a fun and personal talk, Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works: https://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musallam_3_rules_to_spark_learning

Using your integrated behavioral health toolbox - Counseling Today

By adopting a biopsychosocial perspective and increasing their awareness of clients with sleep, chronic pain and weight issues, counselors can play a pivotal role on integrated health care teams: https://ct.counseling.org/2017/05/using-integrated-behavioral-health-toolbox/

The self ish act of forgiving - Counseling Today

“We spend a lot of negative energy ruminating on parts of our lives that have been harmful,” observes Richard Balkin, assistant chair in the Department of Counseling and Human Development at the University of Louisville. “We have nightmares over this, we have flashbacks, we have memories that disrupt our lives.” Many people hold on to these negative or hurtful memories for years, he says: https://ct.counseling.org/2017/04/self%E2%80%8Aish-act-forgiving/

Institute Inbrief - A Guide to Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome

Do you ever feel like an imposter? Learn more about the “Imposter Syndrome” - including how to overcome it - in the latest edition of our e-newsletter: http://www.aipc.net.au/ezine/

Looks like we’re going to have to re-write the textbooks on split-brain patients

Back in the 1960s, Nobel-prize winning research shook our understanding of what it means to be a conscious entity. Epilepsy patients who’d had the thick bundle of nerves connecting their two brain hemispheres either severed or removed (as a drastic treatment for their epilepsy) responded in laboratory tasks as if they had two separate minds: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/05/03/looks-like-were-going-to-have-to-re-write-the-textbooks-on-split-brain-patients/

The Social Value of Being an Active Listener | Counselling Connection

Linguists claim that the greatest human achievement is learning to speak our native language. Many of us were further trained by family and school to “speak properly”, but less emphasis is typically placed on listening properly: http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/2015/12/15/the-social-value-of-being-an-active-listener/

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Want to be a happy parent? Give up these 15 things to find joy

Want to be a happy parent? Give up these 15 things to find joy: https://www.mother.ly/life/want-to-be-a-happy-parent-give-up-these-15-things-to-find-joy