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The Neuroscience Behind why Your Brain may Need Time to Adjust to ‘Un-social Distancing’

15/09/2021 by Marie

Un-social distancing

With COVID-19 vaccines working and restrictions lifting, it’s finally time to ditch the sweatpants and reemerge from our Netflix caves, but our brain may need time to adjust to ‘un-social distancing.’

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: mental health, neuroscience, social, social distrancing

How To Make Friends As An Adult

06/05/2020 by Marie

How to make friends

Once we leave school everything changes, here’s how to make friends as an adult – with bonus fun conversation starters for dinner parties!

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: community, connection, social

The Importance of Being Social (E14)

20/04/2020 by Marie

Socialising

Human beings are social animals, which is why forced isolation is driving so many of us up the walls.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: connection, podcast, social

30-Day Happiness Challenge

08/04/2020 by Marie

30-day-happiness-challenge

Follow our 30-day happiness challenge and rewire your brain to bring more happiness into your life.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: body, challenge, connection, exercise, gratitude, happiness, happiness challenge, health, inspiration, meaning, mind, motivation, purpose, resilience, resiliency, satisfaction, social, wellbeing

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Hi. I’m Marie, an Aussie writer, speaker, and podcaster. I am a mental wellbeing advocate and am passionate about helping people to find resilience and happiness in the midst of change.

You see, a couple of years ago, I came off my motorbike in Vietnam and in a split second, everything changed. You can read my story, or take a look through this site which chronicles my research and thoughts as I explore what really makes us happy and resilient.

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Hi. I’m Marie. Welcome to my site, which is about moving on after big life transitions. You see, a couple of years ago, I came off my motorbike in Vietnam and in a split second, everything changed. You can read my story, or take a look through this site which chronicles my research and thoughts as I explore what really makes us happy and resilient.

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