Dunbar’s Number is Still Going Strong
Thirty years ago, John Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, proposed the social brain hypothesis which posited a relationship between brain…
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Hikikomori: How Do we Understand this Behaviour?
With the Olympic Games and coronavirus numbers escalating Japan has been in our attention. A lesser-known Japanese phenomenon is that…
Read moreThat ‘Not Again’ Feeling
It was with relief that those of us who had been locked down in Adelaide returned to some form of…
Read moreMe or Us and How to Decide
Standing outside the local coffee shop at the prescribed 1.5meters apart, the man next to me engaged in conversation with…
Read moreTurning on a Sixpence
One of the features of a successful system, be it an individual, family, organization or society is its capacity to…
Read moreNon-Violent Resistance (NVR) and Parental Mattering
When you matter to someone, and they matter to you there is a mutual influence such that each person’s actions…
Read moreVaccination and the Practitioner: Should we take a Position?
If a parent were to tell us that they were depriving their child of food as a way of teaching…
Read moreExpress Yourself
Scream and Yell and You’ll Feel Better… or Will You? Catharsis theory, derived from the Greek word katharsis, meaning to…
Read moreDo we Sacrifice a Child to Stop a Boat?
Four-year-old Tharnicaa, an Australian born child of Tamil Sri Lankan parents, spent her fourth birthday in hospital being treated for…
Read moreEmotional Dysregulation and Family Violence: a Different Perspective
The psychological literature on the impact of living with domestic violence presents a singular view which asserts that these conditions…
Read moreSleep – The Shortest Step Between Hope and Despair
“Innocent sleep. Sleep that soothes away all our worries. Sleep that puts each day to rest. Sleep that relieves the…
Read moreMore than Bodies are Injured in War
A gift this ANZAC day was the announcement by the federal government that, after five years of campaigning, the parliament…
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