It is vital that employers recognize menopause and put policies in place to support their workforce and maintain a productive and inclusive

By The MotherMind Doctor   I remember my mother being fearful of me having ‘an alcohol problem’ when I was at university. On my...

Reduced oestrogen hormone can cause changes in fat distribution or, less affectionately called, middle aged spread.

By The MotherMind Doctor   Arrested Development is a great name for a sitcom. It comes from the medical term for ‘ stoppage of physical...

By The MotherMind Doctor   ‘Attachment’ is something we hear about a lot. It is defined as a ‘lasting psychological connectedness between...

Why do we feel the need to take on others’ opinions?

Australia’s first female prime minister was disparaged as a witch and a bitch as recently as 2011. The whole country allowed this to be perp

by The MotherMind Doctor Perfection is actually a paradox—an ideal we can never reach. Managing perfectionism is essential because...

For a lighter look at role reversals, Freaky Friday has mother psychiatrist and daughter Lindsay Lohan, switch bodies as a way to understand

ASD, or autism, is now considered a high prevalence condition, with a 700% increase over the last 20 years and the number of girls being dia

In New South Wales, the most expensive state to live in, the Department of Health has an award that is not commensurate with the rest of the

By Dr Emma What if the world were run by women?   I recently noticed that I have an underlying sense of frustration pretty much all the...

By EK Wills There is a lot of information, and not all of it helpful, around developmental conditions such as ADHD. Ironically, it has...

by EK Wills In our fast-paced world, where stress and burnout seem to be constants in our daily lives, the quest for holistic well-being...

For those of us who grew up before the awareness around neurodiversity, we attracted labels like ‘angry’ or ‘prickly’ and ‘sensitive’.

Do you feel like you belong to the community you live in? I personally recall moving over a dozen times before I left high school and I...

By EK Wills A week in Bali was an opportunity to reflect on what really matters but the noise of distraction – good and bad- drowned out...

I get a nervous stomach or ‘butterflies’, sweat more and my voices has been known to shake when trying to give a confident response. So I do

Anger can be a motivator for change through frustration, encouraging us to address outstanding issues but it needs to be channelled well.

Women experience mental health issues with much higher rates of depression and seasonal affective disorder (4-6 times more than men) and the