WHAT I'M DOING NOW
This update was written in MARCH 2025.
UNIVERSITY LECTURING
I am currently teaching modules for Master's and undergraduate degree courses on mental health, physical activity, behaviour change, and motivational interviewing at Northumbria University.
WRITING AND AUDIO
Although I will continue to write blog articles at Substack and record the Ask Me Anything podcast, I have paused both for the last few months as I have been doing extra university lecturing to cover for staff leave. These will continue again towards the end of March 2025.
I completed updated editions of both of my books:
oNLINE AND IN-PERSON COURSES
In February and September 2025, I am presenting a number of one-off wellbeing courses for new students at various universities throughout the UK.
I am teaching new Manage the Mind workshops throughout the UK starting in January 2025.
I am also trialling a new Confidence in Communication workshop starting in February 2025. The workshops are mainly about helping people develop skills and confidence in public speaking, presenting, and communication. I am offering different versions for students and members of the general public. Please contact me if you would like to attend one of the trial workshops.
My online course, ‘Overcome Anxiety and Panic Attacks’ is still available at Udemy.
READING
The psychology / science books that I have recently read or am currently reading are:
The Age of Diagnosis: Sickness, Health and Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far by Suzanne O’Sullivan
Addicted to Anxiety by Owen O'Kane
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
What Mental Illness Really Is… (And What It Isn’t) by Lucy Foulkes
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
Reasons Not to Worry: How to be Stoic in Chaotic Times by Brigid Delaney
The Art of Explanation: How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence by Ros Atkins
The Human Mind: A Brief Tour of Everything We Know by Paul Bloom
Peak Mind by Amishi Jha
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness by Robert J. Waldinger