How To Have The Home Care Conversation With Your Folks

Clinical Psychologist Jo Lamble talks about how to tackle the delicate subject of putting your loved ones in a home care arrangement. Why home care? Research shows that 87 per cent of older Australians want to stay independent and live in their own home for as long as they can. Home care services, either…

ByJo Lamble10/02/2020

Wellness & Health

Moral Maze Debate On The New Disturbing Trend – The Thigh Gap

Join TheCarousel.com's Moral Maze forum discussing thorny women's issues. Inspirational women including psychologist Jo Lamble; former Editor of Vogue magazine, and author, Kirstie Clements; social commentator Suzanne Mostyn, and TV news reader Jacinta Tynan share their insightful views on a new disturbing trend: the thigh gap (the distance between a girl's thighs while standing with feet…

ByJo Lamble22/10/2016

Parenting Wellness & Health

Managing Our Teenagers’ Online Obsessions

But we really need to understand how hard it is for them to manage their online behaviour. Adolescents don’t have strong willpower (even less than us) and they have a general fear of missing out. So imagine how hard it must be to concentrate on your homework if the temptation to go online is always…

ByJo Lamble06/07/2016

Parenting Relationships

7 Super Easy Ways To Communicate With Your Teenager

Some adolescents don’t shut down the minute they turn 13, but many do. And because adolescence is the period when kids take the most risks, it’s the time when we can’t afford to close the window of communication. We’re all aware that there are risks to our teenagers’ safety online, but did you know that…

ByJo Lamble29/06/2016

Wellness & Health

Moral Maze: Watch This If You Want To Find Love Fast

Is finding love on-line overtaking the good old-fashioned 'eyes meeting across the room' method of meeting Mr or Mrs Right? Statistics suggest Australians are adopting this approach more happily. Psychologist Jo Lamble; former Editor of Vogue magazine and Author, Kirstie Clements; Social Commentator Suzanne Mostyn, and TV News Reader Jacinta Tynan all take this opportunity to…

ByJo Lamble25/05/2016

Fitness Nutrition Relationships Wellness & Health

How To Identify Your Stress Triggers

Try this quick quiz to help identify your stress triggers: 1. Do you feel stressed more often than not? 2. Are mornings worse than evenings in terms of feeling stressed? 3. Do you tense up around certain people? 4. Do you feel better after exercise? 5. Do you have trouble saying “No”? 6. Is your home your sanctuary, or a place…

ByJo Lamble26/10/2015

Wellness & Health

Why Are We So Reluctant To Understand Our Bodies?

Today the Carousel’s Psychologist Jo Lamble opens a very frank conversation with Dr Alia Nasser about the parts of a woman’s anatomy which get spoken about often in terms of a ‘pet name’. And - if we can’t bring ourselves to say the words ‘vagina’ and ‘labia’, then how are we to fully understand their…

ByJo Lamble28/07/2015

Inspirational Women Relationships

Aussie Female Entrepreneurs Give Their Top Tips On How To Be A Good Mentor

In their most recent get-together, Jo Lamble, TheCarousel.com Psychologist and host of The Moral Maze; Ronni Kahn, CEO and Founder of Australia’s largest food rescue organisation OzHarvest; Annalise Law, Managing Director of The Kanga Group, Australia’s leading promotional products group, and Robyn Foyster, Publisher of TheCarousel.com discuss the importance of having a mentor, and being…

ByJo Lamble17/07/2015

Destinations

Wellington And Beyond: How To Practice What You Preach

Wellington And Beyond: How To Practice What You Preach Couples counsellors the world over recommend date nights, but few people actually commit to the practice of devoting time to intimacy and connection. Whenever I hear myself encouraging people to get away from their day-to-day lives and refocus on why they chose to spend their life…

ByJo Lamble12/07/2015

Wellness & Health

Managing Menstruation: Let’s Make It Easier On Ourselves… Period

So, can we make it and easier on ourselves? Well, according to this panel of experts (well, they are all women after all) – the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. Here our Moral Maze panel, host Jo Lamble, Dr Alia Nasser, Fiona Caddies and Emma Markezic, talk it up - from changing your gym routine, to…

ByJo Lamble06/07/2015