2022 is barely three-months old and now Australia is flooding, Russia has invaded Ukraine, and we have no idea what else is coming our way. It might feel like another installment of 2020 all over again; uncertainty, ‘what ifs?’, and hours spent doom-scrolling. So, how do we break the cycle and start really living again? Accept we are grieving When … Read More
Losing Touch: How Lack of Community Primes us for Conspiracies, Conflict and the Coffin
Take Two Friends and Call Me in the Morning. There’s a little town in England that’s done a remarkable thing. In a reasonably short amount of time, the township of Frome has been able to reduce emergency hospital admissions by 15%. Meanwhile, hospital admissions in neighbouring towns rose by 30%. What is Frome’s secret life-saving technology? The local medical practice … Read More
How to Deal with Lockdown Fatigue
How Can We Deal With Lockdown Fatigue? If I never hear the words; lockdown, close contact, primary contact, secondary contact, household contact, community cases, vaccine hesitancy, contact tracing, robust data, outbreak, Delta variant, it will be too soon. All of Australia has had a taste of lockdown by now, but for Melburnians this is lockdown number five, which equates to more than … Read More
Ghosts of a Lockdown Past: Stories of Melburnians in a Post-Isolation World
After seven months of ‘lockdown’, Melburnians are now finally starting to get back to the things and people they love. Many are rejoicing, and so they should! It’s safe to say lockdown was tough for all of us. Losing loved ones, relationships, jobs, social interaction, holidays and housing; lockdown proved challenging, to say the least. The recent easing of restrictions has provided a light … Read More
Infographic – How to keep your home happy in lockdown
Now that the initial panic of the pandemic has passed and we’re adjusting to working from home, the biggest challenge for many is maintaining the mental health and wellbeing of our families. This is a practical guide we’ve put together to help parents navigate the challenges of self-isolation with our family members throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.