Posts made in October, 2014

When Freedom Becomes A Prison: mental health and poverty

By Dana Meads on Oct 19, 2014 in Culture, Politics, Psychology

So, this week was Anti-Poverty Week, which ran right after Mental Health Week.

And why should we care?

By Dana Meads on Oct 4, 2014 in Psychology

I hosted this talk “Depression, Fear and Anxiety: How To Be Your Own Therapist” with the wonderful Venerable Robina Courtin, at The University of Melbourne, on the 11th of September. It’s about how to use Buddhist Psychology to deal with upsetting mental states and emotions …