Psychologist with too many projects
Welcome to my blog/website! In truth I've written that a few times over my life. I've started and abandoned a number of blogs in my time. I'm probably not alone in that fact. Will this time be different? I don't know. All I know is that this time I have a clearer sense of the … Continue reading Welcome to the blog/website of Dr Gareth Furber
I’ve been on leave for a couple of weeks. I go back to work next Monday. I've made a fairly concerted effort during the break not to think about work. Some days: gloriously triumphant (what is work??). Other days: abject failure (angrily reading emails). But honestly, I generally don’t get annoyed at myself for thinking … Continue reading Thinking About Curriculum While Not Thinking About Work
I recently read an article called Why Your Best Ideas Come After Your Worst, and it stuck with me. The first thing I took away from it was the legitimising of two psychological states when creating something. One state (the clown) is the messy creative. It throws out all sorts of ideas, some good, some … Continue reading Neither the outcome or the process of getting there will be perfect
I recently road-tripped to Melbourne for the Shut Up and Write (SUAW) Conference 2025, which surprised me. Anyone that knows me knows I am not a fan of travel, crowds, or the sensory overload of conferences. But I got a personal invite to attend (I think because I've experimented with SUAW before) and being honest … Continue reading I attended a Shut Up and Write conference
Today (July 19th) marks eight years since the Student Health and Wellbeing Blog at Flinders launched: https://blogs.flinders.edu.au/student-health-and-well-being/ Since 2017, it’s grown to 1,546 posts (as of today) — far more reliable and prolific than my personal blog (where you are now), which tends to disappear into the ether for long periods. When I kicked it … Continue reading My work blog turns 8 years old today!
- and why it's changing how I engage with research again I graduated from my clinical psychology program in 2006 and, after a few short bursts working as a clinician, spent most of the years between 2007 and 2016 doing project and research work. I was okay at it. I worked on some cool projects, … Continue reading How I Use AI-Powered Research Digests to Get a Grip on a Paper
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I've been very fortunate in my career over the last eight years. After rejoining Flinders University, where I originally studied, I transitioned from 10 years of working in child and adolescent mental health into a role that allows me to align my strengths with meaningful work. I've crafted a role that plays to my interests, … Continue reading Thinking 1, 5 and 10 years into the future
I tend to fall into the trap with blogging of only ever writing a blog post when I have a very specific thing I want to talk about. But blogging can also be a public thinking space, somewhere to organise one's thoughts. With that in mind, I thought I'd take a moment to do a … Continue reading What is happening in my world of mental health promotion
I did a presentation on mental health, self-care, psychosocial hazards and academia on the 23/2/24 for a cohort of PhD chemistry students across different universities. This post is primarily to provide a home for the slide deck of that presentation for participants to access. Thanks to all those in attendance. I hope I was able … Continue reading ITTC Green Chemistry in Manufacturing PD Slides
The news feed on my phone, not surprisingly, features a lot of psychology-related content. This morning my attention was piqued by a Forbes article on "the power of a quiet ego for a happy life'. Digging further into the term 'quiet ego' led me down a bit of a rabbit hole which ended up with … Continue reading Develop a ‘quiet ego’
Dr Gareth Furber 