by mgadmin | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog
Following on from my post last week, I thought I’d continue by sharing some of my favourite picture books. I have quite a few to choose from, given that I have a collection with nearly 300 picture books… it was hard to choose ten to highlight, so there is...
by mgadmin | Oct 21, 2025 | Blog
This past weekend, ABC Radio National had a countdown of their Top 100 Books. There weren’t many that I have read, or wanted to read, and those I had, I didn’t love. I thought I would share some of the books that stood out to me since I started tracking...
by mgadmin | Oct 6, 2025 | Blog
Creative writing is something I have done to support my mental health since I was a kid, it’s something I did naturally. I have also seen benefits in the participants of my writing groups, that I’ve been doing for the last 12 years. One of the biggest...
by mgadmin | Oct 3, 2025 | Blog
Reading is something I have always done for my mental health and for regulation. When I was at high school, I always carried a book with me and would read when I had some spare time… including in class when I had finished my work! I had thought I was simply a...
by mgadmin | Oct 2, 2025 | Blog
It doesn’t matter whether I talk to kids, teens or adults, when I mention that creative writing can be great for mental health, they look at me as if I’ve lost my mind. For many people, creative writing is linked to English class. For most people I speak...
by mgadmin | Oct 1, 2025 | Blog
October is mental health month. During October, I’m going to share about how reading and creative writing can help with mental health. Most of what I share is how I use for my own mental health, as well as results from 12 years of working with young writers. If...
