Ceara Rickard, Psychologist

Category: Self-care

  • When a friend or loved one has embraced conspiracy

    Linda has kept in contact with several friends from her rural childhood in the 1970s, through all the usual things that change in groups of friends as they grow up. She’s remained friends through partners coming and going, international moves and career changes. Lately though, some of her warm old friendships have changed. She says…

  • Nature exposure

    A couple of years ago, I presented at the International Mental Health Conference about self-care in the midst of uncertainty. We were all stuck indoors at the time, with rolling lock downs all over the country. Like many people, I found myself desperately missing all of the ways I would usually engage in self-care, especially…