A Podcast to Stretch the Brain

The Australia Counselling Podcast available on Stitcher, interviews with Bill O'Hanlon, and it is well worth a listen. He discusses his solution focused approach to depression offers steps towards overcoming low mood and clinical depression. 

Three of our favourites are:

1. Moving your body to create more brain cells (a new study on the brain is discussed)

2. Finding ways of connecting with friends,animals or nature

3. Separating your identity from depression and actively calling to mind moments when you were not feeling depressed in the past.

Follow this link to the podcast!

Staying Connected and Making New Friends

Countless studies show the importance of social support on both physical and emotional wellbeing, but maintaining connections and forging new connections does become harder as we get older. This article in psychology today explains the phenomena of losing friends as we grow older and gives some strategies for those who want to forge new friendships.

The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain

For every parent or family member of a teenager who wants to understand or for any teen who feel misunderstood. Looking at the brain scans of teenagers reveals some of the biological reasons for misunderstandings and difficulties during this stage of development.