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By Dr E K Wills time to sort it out! Ever had a great idea and needed to flesh it out? Or been given a 10 page report and needed to distill it down to succinct points? Well now AI makes this possible and in fact is so pervasive that 40% of people report receiving AI generated, convoluted or overly wordy information that lacks clarity. This is such a problem now that it has been given a name: workslop. I run a private practice, an online startup and have a family of five

Key Insights from Our Webinar: Your Gut Matters By The MotherMind Doctor Following the response to our first collaboration webinar, I joined forces again with Lindsay Black, fitness and health trainer. Our latest conversation delved into a topic that is a cornerstone of wellbeing, yet often overlooked during the menopausal transition: gut health. Gut Health and Menopause Connection In this webinar, we explored the profound connection between the gut, our hormones, and t

Key Insights from Our Webinar on Perimenopause, Burnout, and Mindset By The MotherMind Doctor Here are some of the key takeaways from our discussion for those who couldn't join us live and prefer to read about it. Or, you can view the recording here. It's an Evolution, Not an Ending Perimenopause is a time of profound change, but it’s crucial to reframe it as a natural adaptation rather than a failure or a loss. We discuss the importance of approaching these changes with

By the MotherMind Doctor Will ours be a digital world like in Tron? In the week that recognises World Mental Health Day it seems pertinent to look at the workplace which dominates much of our lives. Recently Australia’s banking sector hinted at what the future for employees will be like when ANZ slashed 3500 jobs along with 1000 contractors and NAB cut 410 roles with its restructuring move. The shift to more offshore work signals how digitisation and AI are already rapidl

By The MotherMind Doctor My whole life I’ve been told I’m too sensitive and too angry . I preferred to think that I’m overly curious and have difficulty, being able to relax. This is what led me to explore our family history. In The lead up to Father’s Day I recalled my mother‘s suggestion of asking my father to fill the gaps in our family history. This lead me to look up the information that had been collected by my uncle and documented meticulously. What jumped out of the

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 dopamine hit of addiction I remember my mother being fearful of me having ‘an alcohol problem’ when I was at university. On my graduation day, she witnessed me start with champagne at brunch and continue drinking through the day and then being able to go out at night to drink more. This certainly fits a criteria for tolerance, which is one of the 11 required for a diagnosis. But we need to consider the whole picture before we jump to conclusions.

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 or mental (emotional, psychological, intellectual) development’ and many jokes can be based on this premise. It is no longer used in mental health due to it not being very politically correct and is now referred to mental status instead. In other areas of research, it can mean a plateau of development. Developmental Psychology looks at the

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 perfection, with its flawless and complete accuracy, is unattainable. So why do we strive to attain it? Is it really the positive character trait we all need to achieve great things? As with everything, a balance is required to strive for the best possible result and the ability to know when to let go of an anticipated outcome. Without this bala

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 time. I knowledge we’ve just come through a pandemic and that we have a cost of living crisis but there’s an underlying sense of resignation and lack of hope. This was probably fuelled by the recent release of the gender pay gap statistics which have been justified as an inevitable product of biology and social roles as well as occupational

By EK Wills There is a lot of information, and not all of it helpful, around developmental conditions such as ADHD. Ironically, it has become the focus of attention for a while now, particularly on socials, but there is still lack of clarity about where to go to get help. The committee for the private practice in psychiatry has had people with lived experience report that they and others in support groups have significant challenges in navigating the complex health system t

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 has taken a new turn. Enter "Kur," a traditional German approach to health incorporated into retreats and tourism that has gained international attention for its unique blend of nature, culture, and medical expertise. Germans are embracing this time-honoured tradition to recover from burnout, perhaps we can learn something from this? Like th

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 wonder whether that has had an impact on my need to put down roots and feel connected to a community. Australia is a mobile society. Many people do not live in the same place they grew up in, be that the same house or same town. A third of our population are born overseas and only a third of people stayed living at the same address in the las