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Anxiety and Depression

Alzheimers Treatment

Details on care for, management of, and diagnosis of Alzheimers dementia, including 10 tips to increase your memory.

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

Tests for panic attacks or anxiety, plus relevant information.

Anxiety/Panic Attack Resource Site

Information on many aspects of anxiety including medications, links to many resources and more

Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health.

AUSEINET - This has an important collection of significant articles and media reports on aspects of mental health, depression, getting your mind around winter, men's suicide rates, happiness ... all sorts. It is very well presented and easy to acess the information.

Bev Aisbett IT kit

Author of two book Many 'Living with IT' and 'Taming the Black Dog'. The author says: "Presented in a simple and accessible cartoon format, the books help to demystify anxiety and depression." I have found "Living with IT" very helpful. The It Kit was designed to provide those sufffering with anxiety or depression access to affordable and effective self help, regardless of situation or location.

Beyond Blue

Outstanding Australian service and site for people with depression - up-to-date, sensitive and easy to use. Aimed at stopping depression and suicide in men and women, of all ages, and in rural and city areas. Not sure if you are depressed? This site will help you find out. Wanting help and you are a man in a rural area - read this site ...

Depression Net

An extensive resource on depression with articles, poems, research, medical input and a whole heap of help, by people who have had experience of depression - Australian based.

Lifeline

Lifeline offers a free 24 hour telephone counselling service on 13 11 14 if you are feeling depressed, lonely, suicidal, or need help in any way. Visit their website to find help or to learn how you can help others.

Living with stigma

Blogs on living with mental illness such as anxiety and depression and how to gain confidence to manage the stigma.

Mental Health

Lots of resources on all facets of mental health including anxiety, depression, ADD, sleeplessness, eating problems, abuse, and more ...

Mind Frame

Excellent resource on mental health and suicide - an initiative of the Australian Government

Panic and Anxiety Hub

Brilliant resource. Information, stories, research ... everything ... on recovery from panic and anxiety; and it is Australian.

Reach Out! Youth Suicide Prevention Service.

Between 25,000 - 45,000 young people in Australia (15 - 24 yrs) try to kill themselves each year. This site is to help you stay alive. People do care about you - find them on Reach Out.

Science Direct

Provides access to the abstracts of a broad range of scientific research articles on aspects of emotions, anxiety, depression, behaviour, etc. etc.

SMHAI - Suicide and Mental Health Association International

SMHAI's main goal is to prevent suicidal behavior and to relieve its effects on all who maybe affected by it. They provide much information on various different mental health problems. I found some really useful information on the relationship between anger and depression on the site. It also includes some online tests for depression, anxiety, bipolar and stress.

Social Anxiety UK

According to research carried out in the United States, Social Anxiety Disorder (SA) is the third most common psychiatric disorder after depression and alcoholism. In it's simplest terms social anxiety or 'SA' is a fear of people: of being around, having to interact with, being watched, criticized or judged negatively by, other human beings. Here is a resource of information on it, with free articles, facts and even discussion boards with other people with SA.

StressManagement.Com

Details and advice for helping with depression, panic, compulsive obsessional disorder, stress and other similar issues.

Web of Loneliness

A whole website devoted to the subject of loneliness with descriptions of what it is, personal explanations and strategies to dissolve or manage the emotion. Good to have it acknowledged on its own.

Body Language Expert

An extensive list of articles on body language. UK based.

Communication Institute for Online Scholarship

A huge array of resources on Communication, communication research, articles, even a quiz - the lot!

Aspire Life Coaching

Susan Liddy, a life coach, empowering women in the USA. "Imagine feeling so confident and connected that you were able to accomplish your goals and live to your full potential, on your own terms ... this what she helps you do.

Better Self Esteem

Ideas on self esteem from the University of Texas. They give 3 steps to improve it: Step 1: Rebut the Inner Critic; Step 2: Practice Self-Nurturing; Step 3: Get Help from Others.

Confidence Manual

A site with free articles and tips on self esteem, self confidence and overcoming fear.

GIRLS inc

Girls Incorporated inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold. It delivers programs across the USA and Canada to empower and educate girls, many from underserved communities.

Example programs: Economic Literacy, Friendly PEERsuasion, Leadership and Community Action Media Literacy, Operation SMART. Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy, Project BOLD and Sporting Chance.

Helping Women Build Self-esteem

Selfesteem4women.com can help women with self-esteem building, overcoming jealousy, dealing with loneliness, stress relief, assertiveness training and many more issues that can cause so many of us to doubt our self-worth. Take the Ultimate Self-esteem Test or Modern Woman's Stress Test to obtain a free personalized eReport today!

Improving Self-Esteem

A free information package of 9 modules by the Centre for Clinical Interventions.
Module 1: What Is Low Self-Esteem
Module 2: How Low Self-Esteem Develops
Module 3: How Low Self-Esteem Is Maintained
Module 4: Biased Expectations
Module 5: Negative Self-Evaluations
Module 6: Accepting Yourself
Module 7: Adjusting Rules & Assumptions
Module 8: Developing Balanced Core Beliefs
Module 9: Healthy Self-Esteem.

Life Energy Coaching

Confidence can be stopped from developing by negative mind states and negative experiences from the past. This is the website of Murray Ansell and colleagues in Southern California, and he describes how a Life Energy Management process can release negative consciousness. Murray says, "Life Energy Management can be used to transform one's health, relationships, or finances, or can give you a complete Life Energy Makeover, which reveals one's Soul energies, being all aspects of unconditional love."

Make a difference

I have some hesitation about putting an advert for soap products on the website - but this company has put together some useful self esteem items and articles especially for girls. (I am sorry to be cynical but it is a clever marketing ploy, don't you think?) USA based self esteem statistic included.

Massive Rejection

Okay, so you think badly of yourself, you worry about being rejected, you think others think badly of you and your confidence is low? Let this funny website take away the pain, experience instant rejection so you don't have to worry anymore!

Meditations for Women

This is about confidence and self esteem for women and includes a series of E-books and a forum.

ReSource Magazine: A passion for potential - yours!

This UK magazine oozes with confidence to inspire you. Its regular 64 pages are packed with a wide range of new, stimulating and inspiring stories to help you reach your personal potential. They have contributions from many different and well-known people.

Shyness Curve

Based on cognitive behaviour therapy, this UK site attempts to offer online help to people with shyness, by completing a self-test called the Curve. Shyness and confidence are related.

Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence & Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test

Find out about the work of THE pioneers in Emotional Intelligence research: Mayer, Salovey and Caruso; and about their tests of emotional intelligence, including the MSCEIT. Their work in the area is far more exact and precise than many media and popular press articles would have you suppose and they cut through a lot of the exaggerated claims being made by some others. Go and read the source! I think it is fascinating work and their precision adds to it.

BBC's Happiness Formula

A collection of some up-to-date ideas, research and surveys into happiness and how to find it. For the general public so easy to read.

C J Wolfe

Information on emotional intelligence including an annotated biblography by John Mayer, and audio samples of Chuck Wolfe talking about the 4 dimensions of EI from the Mayer Salovey model.

EFT Downunder

Here you'll find information on using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Simple Energy Techniques (SET) and Provocative Energy Techniques, (PET). The Official Web Site Of Steve Wells and Dr David Lake.

EI Manager

An EI website run by David Caruso and Peter Salovey.

Emotions in Balance

af-x therapy or affectology provides people with an alternative way of addressing the emotional drivers of their problems, other than talking about them. I personally have no experience of the therapy but wish to present the range of ways that people can learn about and manage their emotions. It began in Australia and the founder is Ian White, a former senior lecturer at Australian National Unversity and has a background in Zen therapy and mindfulness meditation teaching.

EQ Institute

A generous website on EI. Goes back to the origins of Emotional Intellience research and the work of John D Mayer and Peter Salovey, the people to first use the phrase and those responsible for much of the scientific research into it, but who have not attracted most of the media attention. The site is not without its controversies and other people in the EI field are heavily scrutinised which may or may not be to your liking.

Fast Company

Anecdotal stories from business where EI has made a difference, including work done by American Express in training its people to sell life insurance. Those given just 12 hours of EI training sold more than those who weren't. Also details work done with the US airforce.

Genos EI

Full details of the Australian Genos Emotional Intelligence model (formerly called the SUEIT), developed at Swinburne University in Melbourne. There is now a Genos self-report measure and a Genos 360 measure. Rachel is an accredited consultant for Genos.

Hay Group

A consortium using Daniel Goleman's work and EI assessments. Goleman made EI popular in the press. Some members of the scientific community have expressed concerns that some of his claims about the value of EI are exaggerated and not based on scientifically verifiable research. I leave you to decide!

Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner was one of the first people to challenge the assumption that IQ was the whole story on intelligence. Here you can download free articles of his, including his 2003, "Multiple Intelligences After Twenty Years." Also provides extensive lists of his publications and a brief biography.

Jack Mayer BLOG on Emotional Intelligence

John Mayer, world leader in emotional intelligence research, now has a blog on EI on the Psychology Today web site.

John (Jack) Mayer's Emotional Intelligence Site

John (Jack) Mayer and Peter Salovey are the researchers who originally coined the phrase "Emotional Intelligence" and who instigated and do the reseacrch in the area. Go to the source to get the facts. This is an extensive website that will answer many questions on EI from one of the original and key researchers in the area.

Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience

If you want some scientific papers on affect and emotion and their neurological correlates try this website. It provides a fairly complete list of articles by the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience, from present day back to the 1970s - and you can download most of them for free.

MHS

Information on different Emotional Intelligence assessments including the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) which is an ability-based measure assessing a person's capacity for reasoning with emotional information, and the BarOn Emotional Quotient-Inventory, (BarOn EQ-I).

Moodware

This site is not about emotional intelligence but includes three quizzes by David Caruso and John Mayer, top EI people. If you like quizzes this is for you! There are ones on empathy, sociability (which they call interviewing) and vocabulary. The refreshing thing about this site is that you can give them feedback; and your results analysis is quite extensive and not the usual rating score of average or above average or 1-10.

Paul Ekman

A world authority on emotions and especially the recognition of emotions through facial expression.

Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence

An international organisation helping all people learn the skills of emotional intelligence so businesses, schools, and people thrive.

Tap 4 Health

Site of Queensland based, energy therapist Rod Sherwin, lots of free information and blogs on EFT - the emotional freedom technique (tapping).

The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning

This isn't an Emotional Intelligence website but rather a site that encourages the education of school children in emotional intelligence, social behaviour AND academic knowledge.

The Ripple Effect

"The Ripple Effect: How you can make a difference to the world every day" is an inspirational book of quotes and short stories to help you maintain optimism and motivation. Rest assured you can make a difference in the world. 50% of all the money paid goes to charity too. Tony Ryan, the author, lives by his word. Great presents.

True North Leadership

True North Leadership, Inc. is an executive and organizational development firm providing innovative team building programs utilizing Emotional Intelligence leadership (EI) tools and practices.

True North Leadership

Executive leadership training programs focusing on emotional intelligence, USA based.

William Bridges - Coping with transitions

This is not an "Emotional Intelligence" site. What it does though is give information into coping with change. We all face change in our lives and his ideas can help people cope with it in an emotionally intelligent way. He has books for sale and some free material.

*** Feldenkrais

If you want to know what Feldenkrais is - we explain it here for you.

Australian Feldenkrais Guild

Find out about the Feldenkrais Method in Australia. Rachel is a Feldenkrais practitioner, this will help you find other practitioners near you in Australia.

Bones For Life with Ruthy Alon

A leading Feldenkrais practitioner in Israel has developed a significant programme for building up healthy bones and overcoming osteoporosis. She has now trained other Feldenkrais practitioners in her methods including many of us in Perth and Australia.

Feldenkrais in the UK

Find your nearest Feldenkrais practitioner, classes or workshops in the UK.

Feldenkrais Melbourne

The website of Feldenkrais Practitioner Tahnee Woolf. She provides classes in Victoria Australia. Her by-line is: Move easily - Breathe Freely - Live without pain!

Feldenkrais Resources

A key retailer for purchasing Feldenkrais audio awareness-through-movement lessons, video tapes and books. For beginners, experienced public and practitioners. USA based but will ship world-wide.

International Feldenkrais Federation

Includes a biography of Moshe Feldenkrais, practitioner organisations around the world, bibliography and more.

Leya Aum's website

A wide range of Feldenkrais awareness-through-movement lessons available on tape and on-line, plus some interesting reading. Leya is a USA practitioner.

Move Well - Feel Well

Feldenkrais tapes and information by leading USA Feldenkrais practitioner, Eileen Bach-y-Rita. The tapes are designed to help you move and feel well by using the Feldenkrais Method at home. Rachel uses the tapes and finds them very helpful and clear.

New Zealand Feldenkrais Guild

Find out your nearest Feldenkrais Practitioner in New Zealand.

North American Feldenkrais Guild

Some excellent information on Feldenkrais plus some on-line sample Awareness-Through-Movement lessons plus some useful articles from the SenseAbility magazine ... and find your nearest Feldenkrais Practitioner in USA

Peter Dawson's NLP, Integrated Learning, and Feldenkrais

Bubbling with information on Neuro-Linguistic Programming, the Feldenkrais Method, Learning and Health. Rachel has personally received superior NLP sessions from Peter Dawson which changed her life. He also includes ways to fine tune your golf, fine tune your body and personal pain management. He is one of Australia's TOP NLP experts.

Ralph Strauch's Feldenkrais-Somatic Options

Information, lessons, books, and tapes on the Feldenkrais Method, includes "The Reality Illusion", "Low Stress Computing", and a movement lesson to do at your computer. USA Feldenkrais practitioner.

Semiophysics

Excellent articles by Denis Leri, a top Feldenkrais Trainer on the Feldenkrais Method plus details of his training programmes in the USA.

SENSEmethod

Feldenkrais for your horse, dog, cat, or yourself. Mary Debono originated the SENSE Method after a life-long pursuit of improving animals' comfort, well-being, and performance. It's a natural approach to enhancing the movement and joy of animals and their people.

The Feldenkrais Center of Houston

Houston Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education, classes in Awareness Through Movement, Functional Integration lessons, corporate workshops and retreats, gentle exercise, performance improvement, self-development. Not sure what Feldenkrais is? Take a look at the superb video on this site to show you. There are also some free sample lessons for you to try without needing to leave home!

Uncommon Sensing

Includes details of the Feldenkrais Method by Alan Questel. He asks you the question, "Do you like yourself?" and then discusses how you can come to like yourself more. He is a much sought after and highly respected Feldenkrais trainer based in the USA, but runs courses elsewhere from Australia to Sweden and places in between.

Vocal Dynamix

Maggy Burrowes explains Feldenkrais work simply and easily and offers Feldenkrais sessions in London, UK.

Gihan Perera First Step Communications

This is our web designer - we think he's great! His website is a bundle of valuable information to help you leverage your business.

Pro-Copy Media Group

This professional group produce all our CDs for us - we've found them so good to work with.

The Corporate Tool-box

The Corporate Tool-box is a place of bountiful resources, E-books, CDs and books by experienced and leading trainers and professional speakers of many years success ... (including products by Rachel). It is a great resource of online training resources for speakers, trainers, HR managers and businesses.

Ed Diener, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Psychology and key researcher into happiness. His website gives details of his new book, "Happiness, Unlocking the mysteries of psychological wealth", and a number of free reprints of his published articles.

Happiness research - Ruut Veenhoven

Ruut Veenhoven, The Netherlands. A large directory of happiness research and related materials.

Intentional Happiness - Robert Biswas-Diener.

A website on positive psychology coaching.

Positive Psychology (Martin E.P. Seligman)

The Martin Seligman Research Alliance on Positive Psychology. I have benefitted a lot from reading Seligman's book on optimism.

Pursuit of Happiness

At Happier.com, their mission is to make people happy. They provide you with tips from experts such as Dr. Martin Seligman, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, and Dr. Christopher Peterson, which will help you to find happiness in life. Visit them now for more information.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Website of Sonja Lyubomirsky, another researcher into positive psychology at the University of California.

"Arguably The World's Most Useful Gift Catalogue"

TEAR Australia can help you with your Christmas shopping. Buy a goat for a friend, a water well for your family and send it to people in very poor Third World communities. Your family and friends will also get their own personal gift certificate to know what happened to their goats!

Ethnic Supplies: Promoting Independence for African Women

African handicrafts enable poverty stricken women to lift themselves out of poverty. Ethnic supplies aim is to enable them to bring their products to the market, i.e. to you.

SOLAR AID

Imagine a world where everyone has access to affordable clean renewable power. This organisation is helping make it happen and so can you.

World Vision Australia

World Vision provides valuable assistance to many people in poverty - if you worry about where your money goes here you can sponsor an individual child, and you will be able to write to them and hear back from them, have their photos, get their progress reports and know that your money really does good. It costs as little as $1.00 a day and makes a huge difference. You'd have to give up very little to give up $1.00 a day. Rachel sponsors 4 children and loves it.

16 Types.Com

MBTI books to buy, articles to read and a research centre on the 16 types. USA based.

Canadian Association of Psychological Type

Canadian Association of Psychological Type.

CAPT

Centre for Applications of Pyschological Type. Based in Florida USA it provides resources, books and trainings on the MBTI world-wide. Access them through this informative website.

CPP Asia Pacific (Consulting Psychologists Press).

A key resource of MBTI trainings, books and materials - Australian based. Sells the books that are relevant to our "team building" and "MBTI personality" courses.

Institute of Type Development

A key resource of MBTI trainings, books and materials - Australian based. Sells the books that are relevant to our "team building" and "MBTI personality" courses.

International Association of Psychological Type

Contacts on the Associations of Psychological Type around the world and information on type research.

Keirsey Four Temperaments

Keirsey's 4 personality types relate to the Myers Briggs 16 personality types. I think his descriptions of the Myers Briggs Types in his book "Please Understand Me" are some of the best around.

Know Your Type

Assessment of your MBTI type available on line - for a fee. And some audio clips describing the types. Caution - I think your best chance of getting your right type is when you have someone with you who knows type really well and can help you validate your type. In my experience using the results of the assessment alone does not always give you the correct type. Just one preference out can make a big difference.

Otto Kroeger Associates

MBTI Specialists and trainers in USA, author of several books including "16 Ways to Love Your Lover". I think this is one of the best introductory books on type and personal relationships.

Peter Geyer

A fountain of knowledge on the MBTI - Peter is an INTP who provides MBTI accreditation programmes, trainings and consultations throughout Australia. He is based in Victoria, Australia.

Team technology - Myers Briggs

Has some useful articles on MBTi including items on MBTI and marriage, MBTI and midlife. UK based.

The MBTI® Club

They describe themselves as "the place where the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Community meets". Rich in resources.

The Personality Page

Gives descriptions of each type, plus explanations of the MBTI, and you can complete a questionnaire for a small amount.

Type Exchange

Type materials.

Type Logic

Lots of details on each of the 16 personality types and you can even subscribe to a mailing list specifically for your own type!

Type Times - APT newsletter - Canada

An online free newsletter on the MBTI. Type Times is published quarterly by Association for Psychological Type, Canada.

ABC 720

This ABC radio website has a whole heap of radio interviews on it covering a vast array of topics with many fascinating people.

Australian Newspapers online

National Library of Australia's comprehensive listing of, plus links to, all Australian newspapers with a website.

Perth Suburban Newspapers - Independent ones

A list of the 5 independent local newspapers in Perth WA

Radio Here

Details of all the radio stations in Western Australia including those without website addresses.

Regional WA media contacts

Media contacts for regional Western Australia including television, newspapers and radio which have websites.

Regional Western Australian Newspapers

Details of the regional newspapers throughout Western Australia, which includes the South West Newspapers.

WA Community Newspaper Group

Contacts to all the community newspapers in Perth metro area.

Abhayagiri

Useful article on insight meditation and a programme of meditation retreats and teachings in the USA.

Amaravati

Meditation retreats and classes in South of England with links to other centres.

Bibiography on Mediation Resaerch Peter Malinowski - MediRes

A thematic bibliography of current meditation research with links to many of the papers online - an excellent resource in my experience in that it takes away a lot of the pain of searching for research.

Bodhinyanarama

Meditation teachings in New Zealand.

Buddhist Society of WA

Provides FREE meditation classes for beginners and experienced meditators in Western Australia (Nollamara, Armadale); runs meditation retreats and CDs you can download for free on meditation and free articles on meditation from senior Buddhist masters.

Dharma Seed

Meditation instruction on audio and/or video tapes to learn and guide your practice of meditation. Plus books on meditation. By world leaders in meditation including Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg.

International Meditation Centre

Weekend and 10 day meditation retreats held in the beautiful surrounds of Mahogany Creek on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia.

Kevin Hume Meditation

Here is the site of a meditation teacher in Sydney with excellent credentials and experience ...

Meditation and brain functioning

Some superb scientific research articles on the value of meditation as a way to improve various aspects of mental and brain functioning. It features the work from the "Lab of Affective Neuroscience" and that of the very well respected Professor Richard Davidson.

Meditation Research UK

Information and Resources about Scientific Research into Meditation - the aim of these webpages is to provide a one-stop resource about the science of meditation. Developed and maintained by Dr Peter Malinowski, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, with contributions of several members of his research team.

Metta Foundation

Their site says: "It is the mission of the Metta Foundation to foster the convergence of wisdom born of traditional meditative stillness and compassion born of human encounter. In a non-sectarian manner, and with Buddhist thought and practice as our principal background, we offer teachings, conduct research, and develop service programs that enhance clarity, loving presence and mutuality between people and the world around them."

Reverend Stan's Meditation CDs

A host of meditation CDs by Rev Stan, a minister of the Unity Spiritual Center in Westlake, Ohio. They cover many different situations: relaxation, spirituality, weight loss and more.

the Meditation Research site

This site aims to share with you some of the scientifically studied phenomena associated with the state of consciousness called thoughtless awareness, an experiential phenomenon particularly associated with the practice of Sahaja Yoga meditation.

Wildmind Buddhist Meditation

Wildmind is a resource of information on meditation for a contemporary western society. It has online courses in meditation and explains the key principles in an easy to understand way. Interesting!

Bernard Carney

Want a superb professional singer who can really entertain you, write songs especially for your event, or to get you all singing along. Try this singer-songwriter, Bernard Carney ... I admit I am a big fan of his!

FRED SARKARI Motivational Speaker on Leadership for Life

Fred is a Canadian motivational speaker and author, who also provides "Leadership for Life" workshops and seminars internationally. Here is one of his quotes that inspires me: "The Top 5% are successful because they follow through, whereas the remaining 95% just get excited."

Goldbass Records

Want a DJ for an event in Western Australia: corporate functions, weddings, expos, or other special events? Then check out this website of Adrian Makarov. He's got some great testimonials and lots of experience.

Jon Doust

This brilliant comedian does stand up comedy, yarn spinning and much more. Find out more about him here.

Julian Campbell - Leadership for growth

Julian is a well known Australian corporate speaker with a super big penguin .... and is a "Business Wizard" and author, catalyst for change and regular radio show host.

Motivational Humorist - Mack Dryden

Mack Dryden is relied on for providing inspiring and humorous keynote presentations for any kind of audience, from corporate meetings to casual after dinner speeches. He can address serious subjects in a fun and enjoyable manner.

National Speakers Association of Australia

The professional association for professional speakers in Australia. You can find many superb speakers here. Also, if you want to become a professional speaker or get known as a great speaker in Australia this is a great group to join. There are chapters in each state.

Timothy Hyde

Australian corporate creativity expert, speaker, writer, magician & professional MC. Changing the way people think about business creativity and innovation: creating fresh ideas faster.

Great public speaking

A comprehensive site of Tom Antion. This is his blog which contains lots of public speaking tips

Presentation Helper

This UK based website helps with presentations and speeches and includes some free clip art and power-points for you to use. It includes help with wedding speeches, corporate speeches and speeches for other events too. They even include some speeches you can copy - such as for the Groom and Father of the Bride.

Presentation Training (Skill Studio)

Public Speaking & Presentation Training from Skillstudio in London and across the UK.

The Public Speakers Page

This website of the University of Hawai'i Maui Community College Speech Department includes masses of practical steps on public speaking. I was particularly pleased to see their suggestions on researching the audience - an aspect many speakers forget to do.

The public speaking blog

Dynamic ideas, young, interesting, energetic on public speaking - overcoming "death by power-point" and more ...

Blogs about marriage

A comprehensive site with blogs about lots of topics on marriage.

Marriage and Relationship Educators Australia

Information on marriage/relationship enrichment, pre-marriage couple's education - education to boost relationships. Lists practitioners throughout Australia plus an article on "How Not To Take Things Personally" in relationships by Rachel Green.

Marriage Counseling Blog

Blog about family, marriage and relationship counseling.

News for Two

News for Two is a review of hand-picked news and articles related to marriage-relationship troubles & problems providing self-help tips and advices.

Sleep Better without Drugs

An Australian self-help programme of 3 tapes and a book which claims an 83% success rate in overcoming people's sleep disorders. We haven't tried it - let us know the results you get if you do.

Sleep Disorders Guide

A comprehensive information guide about sleep disorders. Descriptions, symptoms, causes, treatments of various sleep disorders like sleep apnea, insomnia, snoring, restless legs and narcolepsy. Please note, I am not necessarily supporting the products they advertise on this site - it is included as it has some useful information.

Sleep Net

Take tests to find out how well you are sleeping, read information on sleep and sleep problems, and explore the many links to other sleep sites.

Soothing Spaces

This website of Amanda Kenton has lots of ideas to help you sleep - just the title "Soothing Spaces" makes me relax! And, it also has advice on how to use Feng Shui to turn your stress into success; and how to have balance and health in your life.

Sound Sleeping

An Australian website full of information on all kinds of sleeping disorders. It contains many articles covering a wide range of sleep related topics such as, "What is Rapid Eye Movement(REM)?", "What is Circadian Rhythm?", "How Serious is Persistent Insomnia?", "Sleep and the Immune System", "What Is Lucid Dreaming?" "Teen sleep disorders" ... and plenty more.

Talk About Sleep

Lots of tips, information and research on sleep and sleep disorders.

American Institute of Stress

Dedicated to Advancing the Understanding of: The Role of Stress in Health and Illness The Nature and Importance of Mind-Body Relationships Our Inherent and Immense Potential for Self-Healing

Enhanced Healing Relaxation Music

Relaxation music downloads, relaxation music CDs, relaxation DVDs, health and wellness articles, positive affirmations CDs and more. I haven't tried them yet but they look good! Site of Dr Harry Henshaw.

Kill Stress

Find out about stress. This site defines what stress is, how to test for it, how to control it, and how to get rid of it! Lots of articles including ones on confidence and stress treatments and hypnosis.

Mind Tools

A UK site which has lots of articles on it around the issues of stress management, time management, job stress, keeping a stress diary, performance planning, memory improvement, creative thinking and so on. They also sell products - I have no experience of these but the articles are free!

Stress management for peak performance

Easy to read ideas for stress management, by psychologist, Kell Tremayne.

Stress symptoms

Information about coping with stress and mental health. Overview of stress and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.

AUST Wedding

A new Australian wedding site - full of lots of information. I am writing new tips on being a master of ceremonies at a wedding for it.

Hitched

A comprehensive UK wedding site with a difference - it has a more casual concept of what is possible as well as covering traditional weddings. On their speeches page they have lots of advice plus actual speeches that readers have sent in from their own weddings. Some of them are very funny.

Perfect Wedding Dresses

Custom made sexy wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, flower girl dresses, formal gowns, veils, tiaras, accessories, gloves and more. Including an increasing list of tips on others aspects of weddings such as masters of ceremonies.

Personal Wedding Page

A personal wedding webpage with an online invitation sending function which gives guests the information they need before and after the big day.

Perth Wedding Directory

This directory helps Brides and Grooms in Perth and throughout Western Australia find quality suppliers and wedding planning information. I hope to write an article or two for it on "How to be a master of ceremonies at a wedding".

Presentation Helper

A UK site that gives help with wedding speeches - including speeches you can copy.

True Bride

True Bride, the 'Good Wedding Guide' & home to the Bride of the Year Competition, provides Australian couples with many wedding planning tools. It has comprehensive wedding directories including thousands of 'rated' wedding suppliers; plus a bridal registry, information on honeymoons, plus wedding stories, features, tips and advice ... and some beautiful photographs

Wedding Central

A very comprehensive wedding directory of Australian services divided into different states. Their wedding speeches pages include sample speeches for the father of the bride, the groom, the bride and the best man.

Wedding Watch

Wedding Watch covers all aspects of weddings for the needs of the bride, including wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses and tips on all sorts of useful information.

Weddings Only

A very large and full Australian Directory of wedding related articles, products and services.

Cheryl Edwardes - INSPIRING WOMEN

Cheryl Edwardes has successfully been in public life for many years. She has been a highly regarded member of the Western Australian State Parliament and State Cabinet, and a lawyer, while also being a wife and mother. She is now offering leadership and career workshops, coaching and mentoring for women who want to succeed.

Global Peace Initiative of Women

The Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPIW) works in fostering unity, peacebuilding and the development of all the peoples of the world. They tap our collective spiritual wisdom to stimulate reconciliation and healing in areas of conflict and post-conflict, and to deepen understanding of oneness, compassion and the principles of ahimsa (non-harm) as central tenets of life. They believe that a shift in consciousness is needed, if we are to meet the challenges of climate change, environmental degradation, poverty and hunger, violence and conflict. Central to their work is the belief that the feminine qualities of wholeness, inclusion, and integration have a vital role to play in facilitating this shift and bringing greater balance to our world.

Rural, Remote and Regional Women’s Network

Excellent articles for women everywhere. Inspirational stories including "Debbie's Day"; creative jobs, living in the country ... Resourceful and free. West Australian.

Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites

An incredibly comprehensive collection of resources on women with over 500 women's websites listed.