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Are you safe to work? – reframing physical and emotional factors in fitness to work
Have you ever been on your way to work and asked yourself “I don’t really feel well . . . should I really be working clinically today” – and yet still turned up and completed a full day’s work?
READ ON![Netflix and chill](/media/w4ndnvix/netflixandchill.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a515f3c790)
If a good friend suggested to you that, instead of going to the movies together, you just go home to “Netflix and chill” how would you respond?
![Anxiety and the end of lockdown](/media/hl1l4yvh/reentry-anxiety-1.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a4eff1dc30)
There are many in the community who aren't in any rush to get out and interact with others. Some feel anxious about Covid lockdown restrictions easing.
![Future Proofing](/media/3akdktx4/stockimg-1-_xr5rkprhqu.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a4e93f3ae0)
Recently, the Australian Financial Review announced their shortlist for Australia’s ‘Most Innovative Companies’… and the Black Dog Institute’s ‘Future Proofing Study’ made it onto this prestigious list.
![Helping new mums during COVID](/media/ugnovcfn/mother-and-her-young-baby-enjoy-a-cuddle.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a4e3dee320)
How one small not-for-profit in Sydney is helping new mums during Covid-19.
![What trans kids need from health care professionals](/media/mjvbkzox/liv3.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a4e8c9bcc0)
Our bad experiences of mental health care with health professionals
![Coping with Covid: my report card says “Could do better”](/media/e3dn4qcc/knitting-and-reading2.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a4e8501ff0)
What have we learned from the last lockdown? Does having a job and being an introvert make it any easier?
![School Teachers: The Forgotten Frontline Workers of COVID-19](/media/qfkjgkzb/teacher-covid.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a4dcaf2290)
School teachers have been hit hard by COVID-19. Since the start of 2020, teaching roles and demands have changed significantly. One key change was the rapid addition of new online methods of teaching. This was crucial to cater for students still in the classroom and those who had to learn at home during lockdowns or quarantine.
![Music as therapy – and not just for us!](/media/3jcohfcr/nsw-drs-orchestra.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a4dc25ce50)
“What a night...we needed it!” This was one of many responses to a musical soiree I held at our home on a Sunday evening in late May. The flood in expressions of gratitude reflected how much we all valued playing and reconnecting. This was an inaugural event, an idea to get some of our Musicus Medicus members together again.
![Writing Our Stress Away](/media/db2ns40y/writing-for-wellbeing.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a4db94d8f0)
As you may know, I’m a big fan of writing as a stress management tool. There’s even evidence to support the idea!