How to Stop Stressing About Your FinancesByHIF Australia10 May 2017Financial stress - according to Money and Insurance Expert, Bessie Hassan from finder.com.au, “It’s never pleasant to feel the pressures that go hand-in-hand with financial strain. Thankfully though, there is a wide range of resources available to help us address our finances accordingly and prevent us from feeling overwhelmed.” In her latest article for HIF, Bessie offers her advice on how to manage these pressures effectively and highlights her top online tools to utilise.Category:Mental Health, Stress and AnxietyRead More0 Comments
How Stress Can Impact Your PregnancyByTammy George15 March 2017Stress is a normal part of life whether you are pregnant or not. First-time mothers may experience stress at work while subsequent pregnancies have the stress of a toddler or older children. Try these techniques for dealing with stress during your pregnancy.Category:Maternity Care, Stress and Anxiety, PregnancyRead More0 Comments
10 Things You Can do to Help a Friend With Anxiety Over ChristmasByDr. Happy 19 December 2016Do you have a friend or relative who suffers from anxiety? According to Mental Health Advisor Dr. Happy, "The Festive Season is, for many, a time of joy and happiness. But the Festive Season is also, for some, a stressful period during which unpleasant emotions such as depression, loneliness, stress and anxiety can become exaggerated and troublesome." With this in mind, we caught up with Dr. Happy to get his top 10 tips for helping a friend with anxiety this Christmas. We hope you find them useful! Category:Mental Health, Stress and AnxietyRead More0 Comments
Is Your Child Stressed at School? ByDr. Happy 05 December 2016Negative emotions are normal aspects of life. In fact according to Dr. Happy, "We wouldn’t be human if we didn’t, sometimes, feel upset; including feeling anxious and stressed. In fact, stress and anxiety are human emotions; without which we probably would not have survived or evolved as a species. This is true for our children, just as it is for us as adults. So the question is - how do we determine when “normal” stress becomes “abnormal” and what can we do about it? In this article Dr. Happy offers his advice on the practical strategies we can implement if our children are excessively worrying or upset about school and/or its impact on their academic or social functioning. Category:Mental Health, Stress and Anxiety, School AgeRead More0 Comments
How to Manage a Panic AttackByDr. Happy 18 November 2016Did you know up to 40% of Australians will experience a panic attack at some time in their life? According to our resident mental health blogger, Dr Happy, “Panic attacks are discrete episodes of intense anxiety and physiological arousal, to such an extent that sufferers feel they’re going to faint, go crazy or even die. There is, however, some good news; and that’s that despite panic attacks being very distressing and potentially very disabling, they’re also very treatable in the majority of cases. In this article, Tim discusses the key components of effective treatment and the powerful and effective anxiety management strategies we can do to manage panic ourselves.Category:Mental Health, Stress and AnxietyRead More0 Comments
How to Manage Stress in the WorkplaceByDr. Happy 10 October 2016Did you know that one of the most common causes of stress stems from the workplace? According to Psychologist and our newest mental health blogger, Dr Happy, "1 in 5 Australians take time off every year because they feel stressed, anxious or depressed; and this figure is more than twice as high (46%) when workers believe their place of employment is not mentally healthy." With this in mind, we asked Tim for his top ten tips for manage stress in the workplace.Category:Mental Health, Stress and AnxietyRead More0 Comments