Dr Addie Wootten is the CEO of Smiling Mind and a Clinical Psychologist by background. Addie brings her extensive background in clinical psychology, research and e-health to her position of CEO of Smiling Mind. Addie is a well-known leader in her field. Prior to joining Smiling Mind Addie delivered and researched innovative programs to enhance the wellbeing of people with cancer. She has developed and evaluated a range of online wellbeing tools and has published widely. Addie has been using mindfulness meditation as a part of her clinical psychology practice for many years, and also has a strong personal mindfulness practice. She is an advocate for youth mental health and passionate about changing the way everyone views mental health – as an asset, rather than a problem – we all need to be actively looking after our mental health, just like our physical health.
Uncertainty is a fact of life, and yet, many of us have become pretty good at making a lot of things in our life as certain as possible. We know the term dates for the school year, we know our working hours for the week, we know where our child’s netball game is on Saturday, and […]