PLC news

01 Feb

• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – Carol Dweck

  After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset.

01 Feb

• Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life – Dr Martin Seligman

  Dr Martin Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it.

01 Feb

• Are You Fully Charged? – Tom Rath

  Tom Rath’s latest international bestseller reveals the three keys that matter most for our daily well-being, as well as our engagement in our work.

25 Jan

• Mindful Games

  A playful approach for cultivating mindfulness in kids, with sixty simple games to develop attention and focus, and identify and regulate emotions.

25 Jan

• Brainstorm – Dr. Dan Siegel

  In this New York Times–bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children’s lives into one of the most rewarding.

25 Jan

• Gratitude Works – Robert Emmons

  A purposeful guide for cultivating gratitude as a way of life.

25 Jan

• Kids Helpline

  Kids Helpline is Australia’s only free, private and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.

25 Jan

• Headspace

  Information and services for young people, their families and friends as well as health professionals can be accessed through this website.

24 Jan

• The Strengths Exchange

  The Strengths Exchange brings together stories of character strengths from children, teenagers and parents across different countries to encourage families to start conversations about the strengths within them.

24 Jan

• Self Compassion by Dr. Kristin Neff

  Kristin Neff, Ph.D is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on self-compassion, being the first one to operationally define and measure the construct over a decade ago.

24 Jan

• VIA Character Strengths

  Bridging the science and practice of character strengths to build a better world.

24 Jan

• Black Dog Institute

  The Black Dog Institute focuses on enabling mentally healthier lives through innovations in science, medicine, education, public policy and knowledge translation.

24 Jan

• Youth Beyond Blue

  Youth Beyond Blue helps young people who may be feeling sad, down or anxious find out what’s causing this and what they can do about it.

22 Jan

• Back to School – Overcoming Negativity Bias

  At the start of the year, school returns and everything is new for students. A new classroom, new teacher, new equipment, and for some, even a new school.

19 Jan

• UnStuck

  UnStuck is a free to download, in the moment app, that digitally coaches you when you get stuck in life.

19 Jan

• HabitBull

  HabitBull is an app that aims to help build positive habits or break bad habits.

19 Jan

• Hello Mind

  Hello Mind is an app that helps us get back to enjoying life at its fullest.

19 Jan

• What’s Up?

  What’s Up? is a free app that uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy methods to help individuals cope with depression, anxiety, anger, stress and more.

19 Jan

• ACT Companion

  The acceptance and commitment therapy Companion app is an app based off the best-selling ACT self-help book The Happiness Trap.

19 Jan

• Moment

  Moment is an iOS app that automatically tracks how much you use your phone or iPad each day.