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This week my daughter Halle dialled into Christmas in July by video call. She's in the Navy, she was where she needed to be, and she was there on a screen, present and absent at once in the way only technology can make possible. It got me thinking about the real cost of missing out, not the social media kind, but the kind that comes when you genuinely can't be somewhere you want to be.

Phone use with kids has become one of the most common worries parents bring into the therapy room. Our psychologist explores why the screen so often isn't the real issue, but a stand in for anxiety, loneliness, or a world that feels too hard to face right now, and why understanding what it's doing for your child is the first step toward real change.

Feeling low and struggling with daily tasks? When depression sets in, even small chores feel overwhelming. Behavioural activation helps break this cycle by gently re-engaging with everyday activities. This 7-day, 15-minutes-a-day cleaning schedule makes it manageable. One room, one day at a time. Small, consistent actions create real momentum and can make a meaningful difference to your mood and wellbeing.

A psychologist’s perspective on wanting your partner to change, what’s really driving the urge for them to change, and how focusing on your own support can shift the relationship.

It has been my job for 15 years and my academic focus for 4 years before that. My career trajectory looked like this... (in chronological order) motel cleaner, McDonald's fry and hash brown girl, Body Shop gift wrapper, mexican restaurant waitress (a job I lost because I didn't smile enough after my brother died), selling bread at the markets and selling Doc Martens and Birkenstock shoes I only ever dreamed of being able to afford (I now buy them for my daughter, today I wore

I've been asked by a lot of 'probiotic', 'kombucha' enthusiasts or critics, how exactly does the gut microbiome affect mental health? Is...