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Creating the conditions for optimum performance requires regular breaks from your desk.

Seven steps to achieving hyperefficiency – without burning out

In an age of ever-changing technology, keeping your brain working at an optimum level for long periods is the holy grail of the workplace. You can nudge it into top gear with some surprisingly simple techniques.

  • Gaby Huddart

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A boy kayaks in flood water in Tingalpa on Brisbane’s Eastside after ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred. While the floodwaters will subside, the mental toll of natural disasters remain.

Why we shouldn’t expect people to ‘bounce back’ from natural disasters

As residents assess damage to property from Alfred, mental health professionals say the long-term impact on communities is harder to measure.

  • Claire Heaney

Can’t decide what to have for dinner? It’s not your fault

In an age of so much choice, making small, inconsequential decisions can be harder than it looks.

  • Abby Seaman
One in five young Australians have been cyber bullied.

Young people, their stress and the one-way news overload

Millennials and Gen Z-ers may seem to some critics to be backbone-free “snowflakes”, but even psychologists are now talking about “the anxious generation”.

  • Miranda Levy
Former journalist Monique Ross worked in the media for nearly 14 years before stress, leading to burnout, triggered a major overhaul of her life and career.

Stress driving you towards burnout? Time to go green

Stress is an unavoidable part of life that can be compounded by high-pressure jobs and urban environments. But in a city like Brisbane, the antidote is within reach.

  • Courtney Kruk

According to Oprah, it’s life-altering. So what is the ‘let them’ theory?

Friends making plans without you? Let them. Dating someone who’s sending you mixed signals? Let them.

  • Emily McGrorey
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Worry, anxiety and stress are all different. Here’s how to tell them apart

It’s important to know the difference because each requires different coping strategies, experts advise.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Christmas can be one of the most stressful times of the year.

The holidays can test even the best relationships, so follow these tips

The pressure of creating a perfect holiday period can leave anyone exhausted. Here’s how to manage that stress and enjoy the season.

  • Brook Choulet
Waking up with the morning sun… instead of the light from a phone.

The ‘1 per cent challenge’ that’s getting me through December

Sure, it’s the most wonderful time of the year and all that, but it’s also the most stressful. Doing this small activity can reclaim some mental space and counter the chaos.

  • Sarah Berry
Can you breathe your way to a calm mind? Sometimes, yes.

Can you breathe your way to better wellbeing?

Once on the fringes, breathwork is so mainstream even MPs are learning it. But how can (or can’t) it help your mental health?

  • Sarah Berry

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