Employee Sustainability in Australian Mining
By Amanda Brown The health and wellbeing of Australia’s mining workforce is now a recognised sustainability risk for the sector. Australian coal miners show significantly higher levels of psychological distress than age-and-gender-matched community samples. Structural features of mining work – long shifts, remote FIFO/DIDO rotations, and extended time away from home compound employee mental health risk. […]
Women’s Health and ‘Doing It Anyway’
By Amanda Brown Women’s Health Week has come and gone, with this year’s them being ‘do it anyway’ – which makes me think of the poem by the same name (often attributed to Mother Teresa). The overarching theme of the poem is to do good anyway. Build anyway. Be happy anyway. Love anyway. It makes […]
Make Room for Connection: Loneliness Awareness Week
By Amanda Brown Loneliness is something that every single one of us knows, and it doesn’t always come from the places you might expect. Loneliness isn’t only felt by someone living alone or far away from family or friends. It can show up in the middle of a crowded room, in a long-term relationship, or […]
Wellbeing Starts from Within: Why Self-Compassion Is the Foundation of a Healthy Life
By Amanda Brown What does it truly mean to be ‘well’? While it’s great to see a stronger focus on wellbeing, the focus is usually on what you can do – such as keeping a fitness routine, getting enough sleep hygiene, eating a balanced diet, meditating, connecting with others…and the list goes on. Many […]
Workplace Stress, Burnout and Overwhelm: What You Can Actually Do About It
By Amanda Brown Workplace stress, burnout and overwhelm are among the most Googled terms of 2026. These highly searched terms send a clear signal: that despite our best efforts to improve psychosocial safety at work, stress and overwhelm continue to be real, felt experiences for many of us. So how can we begin to navigate the challenges we face at […]
This Men’s Health Week, Remember To Play
By Dr David Loe Last week, I went camping. Nothing overly planned – just a few mates, two tents that should’ve been retired years ago, and that classic male confidence of “she’ll be right”. Day one was exactly what you’d expect: lots of oversights and a little bit of tension. “Where’s the instructions to build […]
Sleep Quality After Injury: A Key Recovery Factor Across Clinical and Insurance Pathways
By Amanda Brown Following a workplace or motor vehicle accident, recovery is often framed around physical healing, medical treatment, and return-to-work planning. One factor that continues to receive less attention than it deserves is sleep quality – despite its substantial influence on psychological wellbeing, functional recovery, and long-term outcomes. From a psychology perspective, sleep disturbance […]
Psychological Treatment after a Workplace Injury
By Cinzia Gagliardi Going Home Working as a Psychologist within the compensable injury space is unique, and unlike much of the work that Psychologists do in general private practice. In compensable injury, the goal of psychological treatment is to work towards pre-injury duties – or as close as we can get to those duties. From […]
Embracing 2026: A Fresh Start for Balance, Connection, and Resilience
By Amanda Brown The further we get from January, the more our new year’s resolutions can fade. But don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. The year isn’t over yet. This is a good time to pause, reflect, and set some intentions and perhaps revisit how you’re going to make shifts – and perhaps […]
Therapy Continuance: Why and When?
By Amanda Brown Wondering if you should continue therapy? First of all, congratulations. You’ve taken the courageous and often challenging first step of starting psychological therapy. Recognising the need for support and getting started is no small feat. Maybe you’ve made some progress and are wondering if its worthwhile to continue with therapy. Maybe […]