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Breaking down barriers: living with Bipolar

Welcome to a life of bipolar! It’s amazing, and it sucks (insert irony emoji here). I write this for one reason and one reason only: to broaden our awareness of the mental health conditions distributed throughout our society. Somatic conditions are...

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Sam’s mullet with a message

While some people have been baking bread, learning a new language, or sewing face masks to get through COVID-19 isolation, Bachelor of Education student Sam Groom has been growing a mullet. But Sam’s business-in-front-party-in-the-back hairstyle is...

Mental Health Month 2020

It’s National Mental Health Month – an important time where the Australian community comes together to raise awareness that mental health matters. This year we’ve experienced some devastating events across the country, beginning with...

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Coping With Extreme Changes

This blog is based on information from a book by psychologist and environment scientist, Bob Doppelt and a Deakin University article by psychologist, Dr. Carmel Sivaratnam. In times of global stress, whether it be caused by COVID-19 or climate...

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Social isolation risks and the importance of keeping in touch

Prior to the onset of COVID-19, global loneliness levels had reached an all-time high. According to the Australian Psychological Society’s 2018 Loneliness Report, one in four Australians are lonely and more than half of the population feel they...

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Getting outside for Charles Sturt’s Foundation Day

Charles Sturt University’s Foundation Day is coming up on the 19th of July, and as Australia’s first carbon-neutral University, Charles Sturt is a great example to us on how to live sustainably in union with our beautiful Australian landscape...

University Mental Health Day 2020

Charles Sturt University joins universities across Australia and New Zealand to mark the seventh University Mental Health Day, this Tuesday 5 May 2020. University Mental Health Day aims to bring together Charles Sturt University and its diverse...

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