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Connection
![Someone sitting, looking sad with a large hand offering help](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/istock-1340029915.jpg?h=cd67749a&itok=zUunDJ1z)
One stigma I easily associate with mental health is the one associated with seeing a counsellor.
Wellbeing in culture
![A group of students sitting together on the lawn.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/beth-macdonald-mbnd4xtrlvy-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=lBkexqpf)
I’ve always found culture to be a fascinating thing.
Picnics at the park
![A picnic set-up.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/evangelina-silina-bzlumurdmwe-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=MoqES-Ny)
During my first few weeks in Adelaide, I was amazed by this thing that the locals seem to do.
Getting better at gift giving
![A pink wrapped present.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/christmas-gef2526ab1_1280.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=_yXDE4fm)
I love it when I find something that will be perfect for my friends or family. But how come when a birthday or Christmas comes around, I struggle?
Saying no
![friends walking on the beack](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/beach-ga9275ad2d_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=4yIExK5M)
I’ve only recently watched the Friends Reunion. It’s a show I literally have seen so many times over they years but I never tire of.
Letter writing for the soul
![A messy wooden tabletop with some books, an analogue clock, a brown messenger bag, a pot of pencils, as well as ink and a fountain pen.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/school-work-g5011e5430_1920.jpg?h=239ac0cb&itok=NZpXmmM6)
Why send a letter when we can send a text?
Endless small talk
![three individuals chatting and laughing](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/people-2567915_1280.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=CWBcwC_5)
Especially when it comes to meeting new people, small talk can be hard to get the hang of.
Public speaking
![photo of microphone](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/mic-1132528_1920.jpg?h=d1f6bb1a&itok=Fz9aaAtt)
Question time is always the part of presenting at conferences that gives me really bad 'stage fright'.