The semester has begun. The holidays gave me loads of time to get some stuff done, but I feel pretty tired at the end of it, because I had a much more difficult time trying to take care of my family than I had anticipated. My mental load is really heavy these days. I don’t…

Hope you had a good Christmas. Mine was the best ever. Since then, I’ve been delving hard into my Chineseness. It’s a long winding tunnel, lit partially by red lanterns, consistently smelling delicious, and usually with a dark spot here and there that I just don’t understand at all. Today, I’ve begun authoring my second…

Content Warnings: Well, the nonsense of my first semester back at uni is far behind me now. I still haven’t checked my uni email since ghosting a conversation with a terribly immature and spiteful Doctor of Psychology when she was trying her darndest to engage me in a juvenile tit-for-tat conversation that had nothing to…

Well, as keen and consistently-engaged a student as I am, I still managed to finish my first semester back at uni with a resounding, “FUCK!” As expected, my academic performance was pretty underwhelming, because I had to learn lots of new things upon my return to uni… how to care for my family – whose…

Having spent most of the semester enthusiastically participating in class, I’ve observed countless students suddenly rushing into the class forum towards the end of semester just trying to fish for information, grab at quick-fix shortcuts to passing the class, and generally just trying to use students who have been present and engaged for the whole…

Gosh it’s such a busy time of the semester. With multiple assignments and exams happening within the same few weeks, the temptation to rush one’s work is definitely there. However, I am a baby psychologist who is determined to be more than just “qualified”; I want to be good. In keeping with this, always read…

Oh my gosh, life is so crazy that I haven’t even had time above and beyond my studies to sit and actually blog about my studies. Whether it was my child’s mental health challenges, my family being all-hands-on-deck just getting stuff done, our time in the city managing our work and parenting commitments, attending to…

Therapeutic Practice with Older Adults: Smith, G., & Pearson, M. (2011). Counselling clients from an older generation. Psychotherapy in Australia, Vol.17 (3), 12-18. This peer-reviewed bit by Smith and Pearson begins by pointing out a few key things: We’re living longer, and finding that differences between generations could be viewed as a cultural issue. There’s…

I’m taking a break from my readings to eat something and write something. It’s 12:29pm, it’s sunny outside, I am 42 years old, an ex-smoker, retired musician and lover of fine foods who does not particularly like men but married one anyway. Look, it sounds funny, right? I am so much more than this description.…