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10 -steps to Coping with Stress

As we move from pre-Christmas/New Year, into post, it’s not uncommon to start to feel a combination of anxiety, stress, and even buyer’s remorse. The build up to the Christmas/New Year/Summer holiday period is often a mass of anticipation, planning, scheduling, and hope for some relation, and family time. However, it can also be emotionally [...]

New Year’s Resolutions

Any time you have a moment that feels like a division of time, your mind does a special thing where it creates a sense that you have a fresh start – Katy Milkman As we move closer to 2023, it’s very common for many of us to assess the year that has past, and to [...]

The “Silly” Season

It’s not uncommon for people in Australia to refer to the Christmas/Summer period as the silly season – but did you know this is not the case in many parts of the world? In fact, in North America, and Europe, the Christmas/New Year period is sometimes referred to as the slow season, because the days [...]

Simple Steps to help Minimise Holiday Season Burnout

Yes, Christmas/Holiday burnout is real. The Christmas break is supposed to be a chance to recharge our batteries, spend time with family/friends, take a short trip or holiday. Yet for many of us, perhaps most of us, the “festive Season” feels like a battle between time management, personal expectation and dealing with unresolved family issues. [...]

The 12 Tips of Christmas

Following on with our Festive Season themed blogs for Dec 2022, today we’re offering you our 12-tips-of-Christmas – which should help you navigate the summer-parry season, with a few less regrets 😊 Tip #1 Party Rules Thank the host, when you arrive, for the invite and leave tip for the wait staff (if you’re at [...]

International Day for Person’s with a Disability

First launched by the United Nations in 1992, endorsed by the United Nations (UN) by the World Health Organization (WHO), December 3rd 2022, is the International Day for People with a Disability. It’s important to recognise people with disabilities, currently standing at approximately 1:7, their contributions to our society, as well as raising awareness, and [...]

Not Just Renovations!

Melbourne Building Works (MBW) has been helping Melbournian’s build and renovate their homes and commercial premises for more than a decade, and, due to our registration as a NDIS Supporter, we’ve also helped make the homes, and offices/commercial premises safer, for people with mobility issues. Something we are especially proud of. MBW has also made [...]

Controlling Negative Reinforcement.

November 19, 2022
in NDIS Builders, Personal Health and Selfcare
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Community,Family,NDIS

We have all heard, and used, positive reinforcement. It’s a very important aspect of learning, self-acceptance, and personal image. However, for every positive message, there are 100s of negative messages. We are bombarded with negativity in school/work (low exam scores, employers who think it’s motivating to share everyone’s sales results, etc.), and on every single [...]

5 Steps to MBW Building

November 10, 2022
in Commercial construction, Home Modifications, NDIS Builders, Renovation works
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Finding the Strength to leave an Abusive Relationship

From the outside, it would seem simple, your partner is abusive, you pack your bags, get in the car, and go. But life is rarely that black and white and numerous factors play into finding the courage to leave an abusive relationship. For the purposes of this blog post, we will be primarily focusing on [...]