Human beings require many kinds of stimuli including food, water, vitamins, minerals, sunlight, shelter, warmth and even money in society to buy what we need and stay safe. What is also important is our relationships with each other because human interactions are actually a ‘food’ and add to our well-being. Are you someone who has… Read More

As a mental health professional and business coach, I often see people who constantly fail to achieve their stated goals. Frequently there is a vast disconnect between what people say they want and the effort they are prepared to make to reach that stated goal. Maybe you know someone who is having these difficulties. Are… Read More

Bute is currently being passed off in nightclubs in Australia as Liquid Ecstasy, or Liquid Fantasy on the street. It is being distributed in clubs as a clear liquid in a little soya source inside tiny fish-shaped capsules for around $15. At the time of writing, it is illegal to possess Bute for human consumption… Read More

Published in Tinnitus Talk, journal for the Australian Tinnitus Association. Vol.36 No.2, June 2017 By Dr Tracie O’Keefe DCH, BHSc, ND Clinical Naturopath, Medical Nutritionist, Hypnotherapist Everyone who experiences tinnitus has a different experience as it may have been initiated and exacerbated due to different medical events. The is no correlation between one kind of… Read More

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly known as PTSD, is a condition that occurs in people who keep spontaneously regressing to past traumas. The regression can be all-encompassing including hallucinations in all the five sensory systems. The most prominent feature of the condition is that the person feels they do not have any control when the regression… Read More

  Some people are engaged in behaviors that constantly sabotage their own lives and wellbeing. When things are going well in their life they say or do something that will bring that opportunity to a halt. It could be sabotaging a personal relationship, a job opportunity or crashing a business. Is this you or someone… Read More

  ‘Building your brain’: This is not a phrase you may hear very often. You may not even have heard of neuroscience. Your education may not have included or truly valued the concept of building your brain as part of your life. Your family or social set may not value the need to develop and… Read More

As a family therapist I see families who are often torn apart by family arguments of two or more particular relatives. It may even be a couple of members in a family who work in co-ordination to disadvantage or demean other members of the family by bullying or feeding family arguments. Well, you can indeed… Read More

Have you ever wondered, when things are not going well for you, if you could make a better life? I know I have. Things don’t go well all the time in life and we all have difficult times – that’s just life. Things have not always gone well for me at times because, like everyone… Read More

The world is full of good causes and the need for volunteers. No society can sole rely on paid workers to facilitate the needs of the vulnerable as there is never enough money to go around. So many vulnerable people in society rely on volunteers, and older people often have that time to volunteer. A… Read More