/student/wellbeing/ en /student/wellbeing/news/list/2023/08/13/missing-family-who-lives-overseas <p><span><span><span><span>Distance can sometimes be a bittersweet reminder of the deep bonds that tie us to our loved ones. </span></span></span></span></p> August 28 2023 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2023/08/13/missing-family-who-lives-overseas /student/wellbeing/news/list/2023/03/26/cycles-of-family <p>I know that not everyone has had as much luck with their family, or of what little family they have. Even if they are not your bloodlines, for whoever you choose or accept your family to be, I hope that those relationships grow healthier and stronger as you get older.</p> April 28 2023 John Paul Oestmann /student/wellbeing/news/list/2023/03/26/cycles-of-family /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/10/07/family-time <p>As we get older, it is harder to prioritise family time, so it is important to savour it when we get it.</p> November 01 2022 Taylor Millicent Fernandez /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/10/07/family-time /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/06/17/caught-by-surprise <p>As someone that insists on doing everything according to my to-do list, a family emergency definitely wasn't what I had planned for in the middle of exam season.</p> July 08 2022 Grace Elizabeth Duiker /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/06/17/caught-by-surprise /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/11/07/the-overland-track <p><span><span><span>The Overland Track is a multi-day hike in Tasmania, and I am looking forward to tackling it over the summer. </span></span></span></p> January 22 2022 Cooper Williams /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/11/07/the-overland-track /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/11/23/goodbye-to-the-family-home <p><span><span>My parents have had their home (the house I spent the bulk of my childhood in in Loxton) on the market for almost two years, but it came as an almost complete surprise to get a message from Mum this week informing my and my brother that they had finally sold!</span></span></p> July 12 2021 Nicholas Allan Falcinella /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/11/23/goodbye-to-the-family-home /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/06/23/seeing-my-nephew-for-the-first-time <p><span><span><span>I am now an uncle as strange as that sounds. It was the first time meeting my nephew and there were a few things that surprised me…</span></span></span></p> July 03 2021 Cooper Williams /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/06/23/seeing-my-nephew-for-the-first-time /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/04/30/in-praise-of-packed-to-the-rafters <p><span><span><span>It seems that during these uncertain times we are all reaching for some form of comfort. Whether its comfortable clothing (guilty) or comfort food (definitely guilty), things that are familiar and homely are all the rage.</span></span></span></p> January 16 2021 Nicholas Allan Falcinella /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/04/30/in-praise-of-packed-to-the-rafters /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/04/28/connection-in-the-midst-of-isolation <p>It's a pretty scary time in the world right now. We can't control everything happening around us, but we can control some things, and we can learn to find connection and, importantly, hope.</p> November 19 2020 Sascha Margaret Kelly /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/04/28/connection-in-the-midst-of-isolation /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/08/23/getting-good-at-conflict <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>I think most of us could hazard a guess that healthy confrontation involves listening to the other person, but how exactly do we do this? How do we get 'good' at conflict?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> September 24 2020 Sascha Margaret Kelly /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/08/23/getting-good-at-conflict