Workplace, Tips & Tricks

Leading the Way to Wellbeing: How Managers Can Counteract Workplace Stressors

Posted by Smiling Mind on September 18, 2023
Investing in workplace mental wellbeing is quickly becoming the dividing factor ...
Workplace, Tips & Tricks 5 minute read

Workplace

The Art and Science of Compliments in the Workplace: A Comprehensive Guide

Posted by Smiling Mind on August 31, 2023
Improve mental wellbeing and team cohesiveness in the workplace by opening up co...
Workplace 3 minute read

Children, Schools, Anxiety

How to build confidence in children: A glimpse into your child’s mind during primary school

Posted by Smiling Mind on August 16, 2023
As your child starts primary school they enter a whole new world of social conne...
Children, Schools, Anxiety 4 minute read

Tips & Tricks, Mental Health, Self care

Journaling for Mental Health: Where do you Start?

Posted by Smiling Mind on July 28, 2023
“I think the reason we turn to journaling is to try and find answers that are al...

Business

How to Prioritise Your Mental Wellbeing Despite Financial Stress as a Small Business Owner

Posted by Smiling Mind on July 26, 2023
As the cost of living crisis continues to sweep across Australia, impacting cons...
Business 4 minute read

Mindfulness

Informal Mindfulness: Your New Healthy Habit

Posted by Smiling Mind on July 14, 2023
Mindfulness—the golden buzz word in every conversation about mental health in to...
Mindfulness 5 minute read

Mental Fitness: The Core Skills You Can Build

Posted by Smiling Mind on July 7, 2023
It’s time to get intentional about our mental health and wellbeing.
8 minute read

Mindfulness

Is mental fitness different from mindfulness?

Posted by Smiling Mind on June 23, 2023
Mental fitness and mindfulness are intrinsically tied. However, they’re not exac...
Mindfulness 5 minute read

Mental Health

Mental Fitness: What It Is, How to Practise, and Why

Posted by Smiling Mind on June 16, 2023
What does it take to thrive? There are specific areas of human psychology that u...
Mental Health 6 minute read

The Art of Emotional Validation: Understanding and Supporting the Feelings of Others

Posted by Smiling Mind on June 9, 2023
Has anyone ever made you feel like your emotions are truly valid? What did it fe...
3 minute read

Latest

Empowering Generations: A Bold Partnership to Transform Mental Health for Australia’s Women and Girls

Creating generational change in mental health for Australia’s young girls and women is the driving force behind a new 3-...

Children, Family, Parents, Mental Fitness 3 minute read

Mental Health in the Workplace: Why it Matters, with Mental Fitness Tips for SMEs

Did you know that one in three small and medium sized business owners identify mental health as their top concern? It's ...

Workplace, Business, Meditation 14 minute read

Moving from mental health to mental fitness, smashing the stigma

Smiling Mind, Australia’s leading digital-led, child focussed, mental health not-for -profit, has pioneered a new approa...

Mental Fitness 3 minute read

How to Practise Mental Fitness in the Smiling Mind App

Let's take a deep-dive into the new Smiling Mind App, with tips and tricks for navigating the new interface, content and...

Mental Fitness 10 minute read

At home

Empowering Generations: A Bold Partnership to Transform Mental Health for Australia’s Women and Girls

Creating generational change in mental health for Australia’s young girls and women is the driving force behind a new 3-...

Children, Family, Parents, Mental Fitness 3 minute read

Don’t forget Our Kids this budget, Prime Minister

Tomorrow’s budget announcement will be an important reflection of what we care about as a nation. There’s an opportunity...

Children, Family, Mental Health, Media release 3 minute read

Why a ‘Blended’ Approach to Social and Emotional Learning in Schools Can Create Greater Impact

Schools, and the educators that work within them, are in a unique and influential position. They have the ability to cre...

Children, Schools 18 minute read

At Work

Mental Health in the Workplace: Why it Matters, with Mental Fitness Tips for SMEs

Did you know that one in three small and medium sized business owners identify mental health as their top concern? It's ...

Workplace, Business, Meditation 14 minute read

Empower Your Mind: How to Develop a Growth Mindset

Active learning, hard work and valuable feedback can change our brains—literally. Our intelligence is malleable and when...

Workplace, Tips & Tricks, Family 8 minute read

Leading the Way to Wellbeing: How Managers Can Counteract Workplace Stressors

Investing in workplace mental wellbeing is quickly becoming the dividing factor between a thriving business, and one tha...

Workplace, Tips & Tricks 11 minute read

At school

How to Encourage Friendships in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers

Forging healthy classroom connections is an integral part of a child’s emotional and social learning in school. These co...

Tips & Tricks, Teachers, Students, Schools 9 minute read

Why a ‘Blended’ Approach to Social and Emotional Learning in Schools Can Create Greater Impact

Schools, and the educators that work within them, are in a unique and influential position. They have the ability to cre...

Children, Schools 18 minute read

How to set your classroom up for success when it comes to SEL to build student (and teacher!) mental fitness

Cassandra Furst is a passionate primary school teacher who creates a positive learning environment that encourages curio...

Teachers, Students, Schools 8 minute read

News

"A social media band-aid won’t stick": Smiling Mind's take on Australia's Proposed Under 16 Social Media Ban

The recent petition to ban Australian children under 16 from social media is filled with great intentions in the face of...

Parents, Mental Health, Media release, Mental Fitness 3 minute read

Children’s mental health the losers of this year’s budget

The 2025 Federal Budget has failed our children, according to Australia’s leading children’s mental health not-for-profi...

Mental Health, Media release 3 minute read

Don’t forget Our Kids this budget, Prime Minister

Tomorrow’s budget announcement will be an important reflection of what we care about as a nation. There’s an opportunity...

Children, Family, Mental Health, Media release 3 minute read