Educating minds to enhance wellbeing
Yesterday Dr. Emma Richardson represented Well Minds Work in the launch of the “Lift the Tone” Campaign initiated by the Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT).
This campaign aims to encourage a respectful approach to raising concerns and complaints with Councillors and Local Government representatives.
Join us: Sign the pledge and help create a strong and united community!
https://lnkd.in/gzWqKRth
At the end of 2024, Dr. Emma Richardson partnered with Tackle Your Feelings and the Dyl & Friends Podcast to create several mini podcast episodes on thinking traps! Thinking traps are common unhelpful patterns of thinking which can increase feelings of anxiety and depression. The thinking traps covered in these Teach Me, Pls episodes include Catastrophising, Jumping to Conclusions, Shoulding and Musting, Overgeneralising, and Mental Filtering. Take a listen or watch the episodes by clicking on one of the below links:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5HtvZriEVvQoqmmoxmGEyc?si=2e7161128617409a
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUO8WMfkuRoSoqyMqfC-k2cjOCzKd0dSO
Over the past few weeks we have been learning about Thinking Traps through videos with Dr. Emma Richardson. Thinking traps are common unhelpful patterns of thinking which can increase feelings of anxiety and depression. Some of the thinking traps covered include Catastrophising, Shoulding and Musting, Overgeneralising, and Mental Filtering. Check out how to use “Thought Challenging” questions to address these and other common thinking traps in the image below.
Bringing a new baby into the world is an exciting time for expectant parents. Nevertheless, perinatal mental health issues around the time of a newborn are more common than you think. This is more than feeling a little down or worrying from time to time and can have a significant impact on parents and infants.
If you want to learn more about identifying, preventing and managing symptoms of perinatal mental health issues get in contact with Emma or Jess at [email protected] or 0421 798 891
Image sourced: PANDA
It’s Dry July!
Many Australians are forgoing alcohol this month to support fundraising for cancer support services. This is a great cause and we encourage everyone to get involved. In addition to events like Dry July, we also recommend more consistenly cutting back alcohol intake by having AFDs (alcohol free days). These can be benefical for both your physical and mental health.
Check out the infographic below to find out more about these benefits!
Recently there has been much conversation regarding violence against women, both in the media and in the community. This topic can be uncomfortable, but it is important that we all work together towards reducing the occurrance and impact of this violence.
If you want to learn more, or access support for yourself or someone else, here are some good places to start:
– 1800RESPECT: https://www.1800respect.org.au/
– White Ribbon Australia: https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/
– ReachOut: https://au.reachout.com/challenges-and-coping/abuse-and-violence
– Engender Equality: https://engenderequality.org.au/
Over the past month Well Minds Work has been completing a series of workshops across Tasmania for Lady Gowrie. These were focused on managing anxiety in children from birth to 12 years old. We were delighted with the knowledge, participation, and enthusiasm by childhood educators and inclusion professionals attending the sessions. Some of the key takeaways for participants were learning what anxiety looks like and how to manage it, as well as where and when to get more support. The UTAS University Psychology Clinic provides low cost therapy and assessment services for children and their families. You can learn more about these services here: https://www.utas.edu.au/health/community-programs/university-psychology-clinic ?????
The below image is a snapshot of an article to be included in Lady Gowrie’s upcoming newsletter! ?
Well Minds Work has already had a busy start to 2024, conducting mental health and wellbeing workshops with prominent organisations in Tasmania!
Today Well Minds Work collaborated with the PhD students at IMAS, completing a training session on anticipating and preventing burnout, as well as how to enhance self-care.
We thoroughly enjoyed the enthusiasm from the team at IMAS, which resulted in many productive conversations.
Please get in touch if you or your team are interested in engaging in some similar training! ?
Jess and Emma at Well Minds Work would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy festive season! Please take some time to read the tips below in order to assist you to achieve this goal. ?????
A big shoutout and thank you to everyone who came along to Hobart Brewing Co. yesterday for the last Psych in the Pub for 2023 – Stop the Drama! How to Escape Unhealthy Relationship Dynamics.
Unfortunately one of our amazing presenters – Dr. Emma – was unwell, so Jess needed to go solo for this one. Although Emma was sorely missed, we had a great afternoon of fun and learning!
Can’t wait to see you all next year for more Psych in the Pub sessions and please get in touch with any topics of interest!