Due North Psychology by Allie Mackay Psychology Practice

26/04/2026

Due North Psychology will be closed Monday 27th April.
Note: There will be no reception on Tuesday 28th April

# mindfulmondays

31/03/2026

First of many Mindful Mondays at Yowie Bay Public School

31/03/2026

First of many mindful Mondays at Yowie Bay Public School #

30/03/2026

Our first of many Mindful Mondays at Yowie Bay Public School

29/03/2026

Take a moment for yourself this week 🌸
Join us for Mindful Mondays and learn simple ways to feel calmer, clearer, and more grounded.

23/03/2026

.Allie Mackay is offering Monthly Mindfulness sessions on Mondays at Yowie Bay Public School.

Please feel free to share this information with anyone else who might be interested in attending. Scan the QR code too book a spot.

25/02/2026

24/02/2026

Want more joy?
I believe that to really en-JOY your life you must weave together these four elements-

(If you like an acronym- HERE is a good one )

1. Have a good experience
2. Enjoy it thoroughly - in a whole body way
3. Recall the experience again and again
- vividly bringing it to life again
4. Express the experience in some way- tell someone, draw or write about it - take a picture of it.

Happiness is not so far away from us at anytime. Picture here is of an experience I enjoy - my 5 year old toy poodle Freddy whose favorite place is always right beside me. (It’s mutual!) He is having his best day ever sitting as close as he can while I attend an online training. Just seeing this picture makes me smile .
What are you en-JOYing right now?

19/12/2025

Effective, positive coping action, can mitigate a sense of helplessness and loss of self efficacy after a traumatic event.

So after the horror of the mass shooting at Bondi last Sunday, we seek to find ways to cope with the traumatic material that we have seen via media outlets, from our friends who were there, or, from our first responders who were there.

This may not seem like a time to be grateful!

But in this way I am - I am so so glad I learned EMDR all those years ago and that I can offer it to our community now.

Because EMDR provides a safe, effective therapy that actually reduces the impact after trauma.

Debriefing doesn’t help and may make it worse.
Going over the material in your mind or watching repeats endlessly doesnt help.

EMDR assists your brain to naturally process the fragments of sensory information activating the ‘here and now’ awareness that it is over now, and naturally allows your mind and body to find and use resources to calm your nervous system (so you can eat and sleep again).

As Dr Seuss wrote “ it is fun to have fun but you have to know how”
So it is with healing.
‘ we are built to heal, but we have to know how’

Do - Seek an EMDR therapist for healing after this event- we are trained in trauma and we know how healing works.
You can - look up the Trauma Recovery Network Australia www.traumarecovery.org or www.emdraa.org.au to find a qualified trained therapist.
Volunteer EMDR therapists have made themselves available for the live online session tomorrow.
The event on Saturday will likely be repeated so if you can’t make it tomorrow, don’t worry. We will keep you updated for future community group sessions as we get them organized.

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