OASIS has two web presences. There is this website which we think of as our glossy online brochure. It covers who we are, what we do and how you can make OASIS a part of your life. It is the […]
When SSAF funding was announced for 2020, I was disappointed to see that Eating Well @ Flinders was not funded. Eating Well @ Flinders was led by dietitian Rebecca Greco and academic Carly Moores and was an initiative to “help promote and […]
Ok, I can hear your reaction. You are thinking ‘Gareth, why the hell would I sign myself up for more reading?! I am already doing a university degree‘. And that is a very good point. But hear me out. Reading […]
On behalf of the team at OASIS, I just want to wish all students and staff of Flinders University a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. OASIS will be closed from 5pm Friday the 20.12.19 and will reopen on the morning […]
This was sent through to me by Zoe, the Sexual Violence Project Officer Taken and adapted from – http://www.catalystfoundation.com.au/our-services/lgbti/toward-safe-place-raising-awareness-domestic-violence-lgbtiq-communities/ Towards a Safe Place – Raising Awareness of Domestic Violence in LGBTIQA+ Communities The Towards a Safe Place project has created resources for LGBTIQA+ communities […]
Howdy all, Some news that is relevant for anyone that accesses Health, Counselling or Disability Services Some location changes for the Health, Counselling and Disability Service From Monday 25 November 2019 to mid-February 2020 some of our services will […]
Tension anyone? Come down to Oasis today for a free neck and shoulder massage by a qualified masseuse 🤗 Visit Oasis (J7 on the campus map) to put your name down early to reserve a spot, or try your luck and […]
I just finished listening to a Sam Harris podcast interview with William B Irvine – a professor from Wright State University. He’s written a few books on Stoicism – a philosophy of life that I think has influenced quite heavily some of […]
Over on the Student Health and Wellbeing Blog, I have updated the Preparing for Exams series. It is now a 6-part series looking into various aspects of becoming an exam master: managing exam stress and anxiety evidence based study tips […]
The 10th October is World Mental Health Day. It is the one day of the year to focus on your mental health and the world. The day is a reminder to all of us that mental health is a critical […]
Study Preparation and Stress Management workshop for international students
Mental & Physical WellbeingThe team at ISS (International Student Services) are putting on a study skills workshop for international students on the 1th October. Details below. The ‘expert’ from HCD that they are referring to is me. I’ll be talking all things stress […]
If you head to OASIS at the moment in the Common Room, you can see the exhibition ‘In The Frame’. See the details below.The exhibition originally showed at the Studio, behind Grind and Press.It is available to view for the […]
Chaplain Dave is now holding Meditation sessions twice a week. ‘Join Dave, one of our chaplains, for a simple guided meditation for relaxation, based on the principles of mindfulness. When: Wednesdays and Fridays during term times from 1.00pm to 1.30 […]
Hey there! My name is Hannah and I’ve just come on board at Flinders to pilot the Flinders Mates Program. Have you spent some time travelling and are you keen to share stories about culture and life? Are you planning […]
Some therapeutic writing and drawing exercises for that new notebook you just bought
Mental & Physical WellbeingI like buying notebooks. The paper kind of notebook. The ones you can write or draw in (although I also enjoy a good laptop as well). Blank ones for drawing – Lined ones for writing – A fresh notebook is […]
Ben (one of the counsellors) who also starred in this cool student-created video prepared a brief case study for the Student Experience Team a while back about OASIS – the student community centre on the Bedford Park campus. I thought the case […]
Eating Well @ Flinders is a SSAF funded initiative to help promote and support healthier eating and good wellbeing for students at Flinders University. I think their goals strongly align with those of the Health, Counselling and Disability Service, hence […]
Mastering money is one of the best things you can do for your wellbeing. However it is not necessarily something that we are taught to do as we grow up. If we’re lucky, our role models are financially literate and […]
Flinders film students work with us to make a short film on anxiety in students
Mental & Physical WellbeingWe were very lucky recently to get to work with 4 very talented Flinders film students who put together this short film on anxiety. Starring our very own Ben, the video normalises the experience of anxiety in university students and […]
I think most of us divide our emotional experience roughly into two categories. The first category is feelings/emotions/moods that we want to have such as happiness, excitement, joy, curiousity, love. The second category is feelings/emotions/moods that we don’t really want to have such as […]
Ali (OASIS Events Coordinator) sent me a neat visual summary of all the activity that happened during Mental Health Week @ Flinders. I’ve included it below. This was one of the first events I’ve been involved with where we managed […]
A student who regularly tunes into the Student Health and Wellbeing Blog sent me this interesting question/comment. ‘hi Dr G, Sunday musings about urgent and/or important work and wondering if you might consider a word or two on this in […]
Back when the Student Health and Wellbeing Blog first started, I did a series on Preparing for Exams. I took some time to revisit those posts today, knowing that exams are just around the corner (starting June 22nd). It is […]
I graduated from Flinders University in 2007 with my psychology degree. I then went to work primarily as a ‘researcher for hire’ in the area of child and adolescent mental health. I worked on a lot of cool projects but […]
Each week we have a team of student volunteers who assist at the Flinders Community Market. One reliable and forward thinking volunteer decided to make the free vegetables sustainably free by planting the seeds from the watermelon and potatoes in […]
If you’ve met me and heard me talk about Mental Fitness, you will know that I am a big proponent of self-improvement. I think a focus on trying to make yourself better in some way, shape or form is central to […]
Mindfulness meditation is very popular at the moment. Maybe I am just attuned to it because of my profession, but I seem to be hearing about it everywhere. It is touted as a cure for everything: negative mood, lack of […]
As indicated in a previous post, we are celebrating Mental Health Week here at Flinders from the 29th April to the 3rd May. Preparations are well underway, involving staff from FUSA, OASIS and Health, Counselling and Disability Services. I asked […]
Myself and Ali and Ben from OASIS got to speak to the new cohort of Flinders Wellbeing Ambassadors last night. Whilst applications for the ambassador roles are now closed, you can learn a bit more about the program from this […]
I was fortunate to be able to sit in this morning on a meeting between OASIS and FUSA representatives who are putting together the program and materials for University Mental Health Week (29th April to 3rd May). I’m not much […]