On reviewing a client recently, I was struck by the difficulty of changing a habit, even when they knew it meant they would be better off, in this case experiencing less pain. On reflection, a lot of long-term outcomes revolve around our ability to affect +ve changes in our clients' lives. From my clinical perspective, the question was "Why would someone knowingly choose an action that causes them pain?" We could take smoking as a litmus test for this question. Smoking is strongly associated with every nasty health condition, the action is considered socially inappropriate, millions of $ are spent on education and each durry costs a small fortune. So you would think stopping would be a piece...

Shining a light into the world of sleep.... Being onto stuff, you will have known that March included World Sleep Day! On such an important occasion, I thought it was worth throwing out a 30% discount on our Sleep Mastery Course to celebrate this important annual milestone. Looking forward to receiving feedback from the many many clinicians who took up the snap sale offer and finding out how they are integrating this new knowledge into their clinical practice. Hot on the heels of this, I was sitting in the Perth T2 airport lounge waiting to return home and my lovely wife while browsing the bookstore noticed and purchased for me Dr Michael Mosley's book Fast Asleep. Needing no introducti...