Paragon PsychConnect

Paragon PsychConnect The Team at Paragon PsychConnect are dedicated to helping you develop and maintain your well-being.

Our interventions are as creative as our team – we colour outside the lines. We will help you develop the skills of Purpose, Practice and Persistence.

⚖️ Weight Loss: Medications Can Start the Journey – Lifestyle Keeps It GoingNew weight-loss medications like Mounjaro, O...
29/10/2025

⚖️ Weight Loss: Medications Can Start the Journey – Lifestyle Keeps It Going

New weight-loss medications like Mounjaro, Ozempic, and Wegovy are transforming the way we approach obesity, offering powerful results without surgery. But lasting change isn’t just about what’s in the prescription pad.

In our latest blog, we explore how psychology and lifestyle play a vital role in keeping the weight off for good. 🧠💪

You’ll learn:
✨ Why medications are just one piece of the puzzle
✨ How habits, mindset, and environment shape long-term success
✨ The role of emotional triggers and self-belief in sustainable change

At Paragon PsychConnect, we’re pro-medication and pro-lifestyle because true transformation happens when biology and behaviour work together.

🔗 Read the full blog here: https://paragonpsychconnect.com.au/weight-loss-medications-can-start-the-journey-lifestyle-keeps-it-going/

🌿 Mental Health Month 2025 | Connecting When It CountsIn a world that celebrates busyness, stillness can feel like rebel...
27/10/2025

🌿 Mental Health Month 2025 | Connecting When It Counts

In a world that celebrates busyness, stillness can feel like rebellion.

But here’s the truth… our brains and bodies aren’t built to run at full speed all the time.

In our latest blog, The Power of Stillness, we explore how pausing, even for five quiet minutes, can lower stress, calm the nervous system, and help you reconnect with yourself.

One of our psychologists shares their personal story of learning to find peace with an ADHD mind that never stops talking, and how they discovered that stillness doesn’t have to mean silence — it just means presence.

✨ Practical tips to try:
⌛ Set a 5-minute stillness timer
🫁 Anchor with breath
☕ Pair your pause with sunlight or your morning coffee

Stillness isn’t wasted time, it’s the reset your mind and body are craving.

🔗 Read the full blog here: https://paragonpsychconnect.com.au/the-power-of-stillness-why-doing-nothing-might-be-the-most-productive-thing-you-do/

🌊 When the Ocean Became a Trigger💚 Mental Health Month 2025 | Connecting When It CountsSometimes, the places we once lov...
21/10/2025

🌊 When the Ocean Became a Trigger
💚 Mental Health Month 2025 | Connecting When It Counts

Sometimes, the places we once loved can become the very things that scare us most.

For one of our psychologists, that place was the ocean, a space that once brought joy and calm, until a diving incident turned it into a powerful PTSD trigger.

In this deeply personal story, she shares her journey through panic, trauma, and recovery, and how she learned to retrain her brain, reclaim her connection with the water, and find peace again.

This Mental Health Month, we’re reminded that healing doesn’t mean forgetting, it means finding new ways to live with old scars and still step forward with courage. 💙

🔗 Read the full story here: https://paragonpsychconnect.com.au/when-the-ocean-became-a-trigger-my-journey-with-panic-and-ptsd/

☕ Mental Health Month 2025 | Connecting When It Counts 💚This October, as part of Mental Health Month, we’re inviting you...
19/10/2025

☕ Mental Health Month 2025 | Connecting When It Counts 💚

This October, as part of Mental Health Month, we’re inviting you to take a mindful pause, coffee in hand, phones down, and join us for a conversation that matters.

In our latest blog, Coffee with a Psychologist, we share five things we wish everyone knew about mental health, the honest stuff that doesn’t always make it onto the posters.

From knowing you don’t have to be “bad enough” to get help, to realising motivation often shows up after you start, this read is about small actions, gentle truths, and connecting when it counts, with yourself and others.

💬 Take five minutes, pour yourself a cuppa, and read the blog here: https://paragonpsychconnect.com.au/mental-health-month-2025-coffee-with-a-psychologist/

Because the best conversations about mental health don’t always happen in therapy. Sometimes, they start over coffee. ☕💚

🧠 October is Mental Health Month 🧠This year’s theme ‘Connecting When It Counts’ reminds us that real wellbeing isn’t jus...
16/10/2025

🧠 October is Mental Health Month 🧠

This year’s theme ‘Connecting When It Counts’ reminds us that real wellbeing isn’t just about coping when things are tough, but also about building meaningful connections and having timely conversations that help us feel seen, supported, and understood. 💚

In that spirit, our latest blog explores how to connect with one very important person - yourself.

💭 Don’t Believe Everything You Think

Our minds can act like a faulty GPS, confidently sending us down the wrong road with thoughts like “I’m hopeless at this” or “Everyone’s judging me.”

In this blog, we unpack how to spot when your mind’s navigation system has gone off course, and how to challenge those automatic, unhelpful thoughts before they take over.

You’ll learn:
✨ Why not every thought deserves your trust
✨ Two simple techniques to fact-check your thinking
✨ How to separate stories from truth and find calm, clarity, and self-compassion

Because connecting when it counts also means knowing when to question your own thoughts and reconnect with reality.

🔗 Read the full blog here: https://paragonpsychconnect.com.au/dont-believe-everything-you-think-when-your-minds-gps-gets-it-wrong/

30/09/2025

😴 Sleep Facts 3 – What disturbs your sleep the most?

For our final Sleep Facts video, we’re tackling the question: What really disrupts sleep?

Stress, noisy environments, or a restless mind can all play a role, but one of the biggest culprits is 👉 snoring (yours or your partner’s).

Snoring can break up deep, restorative sleep cycles and leave you feeling drained, even if you’ve spent 8 hours in bed.

✨ In this video, we unpack the most common sleep disturbances and how they impact your rest.

🎥 Watch now.

28/09/2025

😴 Sleep Facts 2 – Is it normal to wake up during the night?

Our Sleep Facts series continues with one of the most common questions we hear: “If I wake up at night, am I a bad sleeper?”

Good news 👉 Waking up is completely normal! It’s part of your natural sleep cycle.

What matters isn’t the wake-up itself, but how easily you drift back to sleep, and how refreshed you feel in the morning.

✨ In this video, we explore what “normal sleep” really looks like and why those 2am wake-ups aren’t something to panic about.

🎥 Watch now.

25/09/2025

😴 Sleep Facts 1 – How much sleep do you really need?

Welcome to our Sleep Facts series! We’re busting common myths about rest and sharing what science (and experience) really says about sleep.

We’ve all heard it: “You need 8 hours every night.”
But here’s the truth 👉 there’s no one-size-fits-all.

Some people thrive on 4 hours. Others need 12. What matters most is finding the right balance for your body, and remembering that sleep needs naturally change throughout your life.

✨ In this video, we break down the myths about the “perfect” sleep amount and explain why it’s different for everyone.

🎥 Watch now.

21/09/2025

📹 Pain Facts 2 – We Don’t Have “Pain Receptors”

September is Pain Awareness Month, an annual global campaign to spread awareness of pain and pain management. Here’s another myth-buster from our Pain Facts series.

❓ Do special pain receptors send pain messages to your brain?
👉 False.

We don’t have pain receptors – we have nociceptors, or danger receptors.
Your brain evaluates those signals and decides if pain is necessary. Pain isn’t a direct message, it’s an experience created by your brain.

🎥 Watch the video to understand how pain really works.

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