1 in 4 kids overweight by age five & 1 in 3 by age eleven!!
Scary stuff! By the time children reach secondary school a third of all children (32.6%) are obese or overweight. While some have suggested the rates are slowing, these figures show Continue Reading →
The Popeye Principle – Who doubts that advertising to children isn’t a powerful factor in childhood obesity?
It was Laura Lovett who described The Popeye Principle in her detailed paper published in 2005 on the First Nutrition Crisis.* In the 1920’s, following the Great War it was Continue Reading →
Conflict Management in a Box (for my patients)
The attached pdf is not really going to make much sense alone. I post this for people to use as an aid de memoir after we have worked through this Continue Reading →
Bulk orders of Dr George’s books for practitioners
A number of practitioners from my recent workshops have asked me about buying my book in bulk to use as a clinical handbook in working with people. I offer it Continue Reading →
‘Procrasticleaning’!!
Thanks to Dr David Rimmer who broke us all up at my Brisbane workshop with this wonderful example of how creative the unconscious mind can be as it rules our Continue Reading →
The wonderful works of Irvin D Yalom
At my last workshop I promised to post details of the living psychiatrist (going strong at 79) that has inspired me more than any other. He is an authority on Continue Reading →
EMDR now recognised in Australia as 1 of only 2 effective therapies for trauma
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) has come a long way since I was first trained in it in 1993. Many who did not understand it thought it was just Continue Reading →
Who does yelling work well with? A disappointed Leigh Matthews
Not so long ago I shared a podium with the legendary AFL player, captain and coach Leigh Matthews. He told the amusing story of how they had a sports psychologist Continue Reading →
Weight Loss for Food Lovers arrives for Kindle!
The only problem was that I did not authorise it and have no agreement with them! Amazon appear to be on the case though. The silver lining, was the great Continue Reading →
Weight loss pivots on ‘flexible’ as opposed to ‘rigid’ control
The relationship between dietary restraint and failure to lose weight pivots around the issue of ‘rigid’ as opposed to ‘flexible’ control of eating. If you want to understand why around Continue Reading →