Kyle MacDonald: How to flourish in a pandemic world

It's understandable to feel anxious about returning to work - Covid is in the community.

Ask questions of your school and teachers and ask your kids what they want to do.

Here's how to move on after a long-term relationship ends.

Trust is fundamental in relationships.

Sure, dive back under the covers - for the day - but stay connected with reality.

Turn languishing into flourishing by having day-to-day meaning during long lockdown.

Provide thoughtful information - and perhaps keep them away from the daily 1pm briefings.

Level changes lead to anxiety spikes and it can take time to readjust to the freedoms.

Stress over not being able to see his mother is making him frustrated and volatile.

Lockdown is a worrying time - and so is changing levels back to normal life

On boredom and guiding children through lockdown.

Clarify what you enjoy and keep the positive changes as we move down alert levels.

How to survive the nightmares of lockdown and mask-wearing

Regulate your fear response through breathing, distraction, connection and external focus.

Focus on preparation, what to do when getting your vaccination and how to use rewards.

If you are struggling with drinking, reach out for help.

You have every right to feel how you feel about the person who abused you.

Your teen's thoughts are private and should be treated as such — despite the temptation.

ADVICE: It's a bit of harmless fun generally - but may escalate into something more.

Tough love is not only ineffective, it's cruel.

Try and accept our parents are just flawed imperfect human beings like the rest of us.

Advice: Long-term relationships are hard and we have to keep actively working at them.

My wife and mother can't stand each other and I'm fighting with both of them.

COMMENT: Practice is key and be gentle if you find it hard to stick to this goal.

OPINION: Mental Health Commission's recent review reveals some news - and it's not good.

ADVICE: Cutting off contact with a parent is more common than you might think.

Changes in lockdown levels spur anxiety, however, this is to be expected.

Mind Matters Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your mental health questions.

ADVICE: Leaving relationships that are abusive is hard.

Mind Matters Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your mental health questions.

Mind Matters Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your mental health questions.

ADVICE: "Toxic positivity", a friend with a problem, and coming off antidepressants.

ADVICE: Not all resolutions are created equal. Here's how to make lasting change.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your questions.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your questions.

COMMENT: It will come to define not just our lives but a whole generation.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on what's lacking from famed behavioural therapist.

Our roads are overwhelmed and existing public transport is bursting at the seams.

At this time of year, for those it struggle with their drinking, it can be hell.

COMMENT: Fear is a powerful motivator and politicians understand this.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on what's behind our intergenerational tensions.

And what it did for our collective neurosis as a nation.

Arming more police will only serve to guarantee one outcome: more people will be shot.

How did we reach a point where we need to force institutions to care via regulation?

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on the real problem with illicit drugs.

People's responses provide a pretty clear litmus test, writes Kyle MacDonald.

COMMENT: Promoting "wellbeing" does nothing for those battling overwhelming depression.

This is what generational change looks like, writes Kyle MacDonald.

Angry about the measles outbreak? Be careful where you target it, writes Kyle MacDonald.