Book Review: Brain Changer by Professor Felice Jacka
top of page
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ce3a39_43c5617e303f443288cdebc483713e78~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_97,h_95,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/ce3a39_43c5617e303f443288cdebc483713e78~mv2.png)
BLOG
'This Doctor's Life'
As an integrative GP obstetrician, medical educator, researcher, wife and mother...
I invite you to explore my collection of ponderings on pregnancy & motherhood,
what health and wellness mean to me, the value of self-care and other insights from my daily life.
These compositions have manifested as a consequence of reflecting on what I have learnt in my career, and life, so far. I have many teachers and mentors to thank for their inspiration and instruction, for without them I would not be sharing these contemplations with you.
May you find something useful, thought-provoking or even humorous in my offerings. Enjoy!
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ce3a39_129106ce06a9476bb3332b59d801bc12~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_490,h_327,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/ce3a39_129106ce06a9476bb3332b59d801bc12~mv2.jpg)
... my monthly blog, news & events
Subscribe
Search
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_d47475a44c8b4ba6a4e6a1410dd400c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_d47475a44c8b4ba6a4e6a1410dd400c5~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: Brain Changer by Professor Felice Jacka](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_d47475a44c8b4ba6a4e6a1410dd400c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_297,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_d47475a44c8b4ba6a4e6a1410dd400c5~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_3bd9fbe129f345de860b18000ca458a9~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_3bd9fbe129f345de860b18000ca458a9~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: Care by Brooke McAlary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_3bd9fbe129f345de860b18000ca458a9~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_300,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_3bd9fbe129f345de860b18000ca458a9~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_a8a9a7096b65480ca54e1ae6866c1b8b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_a8a9a7096b65480ca54e1ae6866c1b8b~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: Slow by Brooke McAlary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_a8a9a7096b65480ca54e1ae6866c1b8b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_300,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_a8a9a7096b65480ca54e1ae6866c1b8b~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_5d37218c1ca140f4b17bd5a0350f5389~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_5d37218c1ca140f4b17bd5a0350f5389~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: Pain and Prejudice by Gabrielle Jackson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_5d37218c1ca140f4b17bd5a0350f5389~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_5d37218c1ca140f4b17bd5a0350f5389~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_04a196121ede48368cafceeba555e371~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_04a196121ede48368cafceeba555e371~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: this one wild and precious life by Sarah Wilson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_04a196121ede48368cafceeba555e371~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_230,h_307,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_04a196121ede48368cafceeba555e371~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: The Positivity Prescription by Dr Suzy Green](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_01feceb534be4415a1765a7d648a1b42~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_940,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/d7e28f_01feceb534be4415a1765a7d648a1b42~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_37376de2263e4036b97af256792248a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_37376de2263e4036b97af256792248a1~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: My Year of Living Mindfully by Shannon Harvey](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_37376de2263e4036b97af256792248a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_37376de2263e4036b97af256792248a1~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_3e9e61206a614b52a3c6ae65909d2817~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_3e9e61206a614b52a3c6ae65909d2817~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_3e9e61206a614b52a3c6ae65909d2817~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_197,h_295,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_3e9e61206a614b52a3c6ae65909d2817~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_3fa1e3cabfe943868bdbde398ec9e036~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_3fa1e3cabfe943868bdbde398ec9e036~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: Phosphorescence by Julia Baird](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_3fa1e3cabfe943868bdbde398ec9e036~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_226,h_310,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_3fa1e3cabfe943868bdbde398ec9e036~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_46ae898005234c1b91f4af739df6df2b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_46ae898005234c1b91f4af739df6df2b~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: your own kind of girl by Clare Bowditch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_46ae898005234c1b91f4af739df6df2b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_46ae898005234c1b91f4af739df6df2b~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_d63323137fba4ee190f722ed319ac5b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a27d24_d63323137fba4ee190f722ed319ac5b6~mv2.webp)
![Book Review: The Resilience Project by Hugh Van Cuylenburg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_d63323137fba4ee190f722ed319ac5b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a27d24_d63323137fba4ee190f722ed319ac5b6~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_bac8f08f3fda41acb5bc0a4095db5a0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_bac8f08f3fda41acb5bc0a4095db5a0a~mv2.webp)
![first, we make the beast beautiful by Sarah Wilson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_bac8f08f3fda41acb5bc0a4095db5a0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_371,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_bac8f08f3fda41acb5bc0a4095db5a0a~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_599da36b12154f83ae0f2ad95a763564~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_599da36b12154f83ae0f2ad95a763564~mv2.webp)
![Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_599da36b12154f83ae0f2ad95a763564~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_191,h_263,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_599da36b12154f83ae0f2ad95a763564~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_44c5282af2e5436eacadbc4cd036d623~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_44c5282af2e5436eacadbc4cd036d623~mv2.webp)
![Woman Code by Alisa Vitti](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_44c5282af2e5436eacadbc4cd036d623~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_331,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_44c5282af2e5436eacadbc4cd036d623~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_438b8431447944e587f364a94ee3b009~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_438b8431447944e587f364a94ee3b009~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.webp)
![The Postnatal Depletion Cure by Dr Oscar Serrallach](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_438b8431447944e587f364a94ee3b009~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_438b8431447944e587f364a94ee3b009~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_e40f1f4cc832431fb309e2917baf4cab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_e40f1f4cc832431fb309e2917baf4cab~mv2.webp)
!["Go Wild" by John Ratey, MD and Richard Manning](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_e40f1f4cc832431fb309e2917baf4cab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_300,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_e40f1f4cc832431fb309e2917baf4cab~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_152397a848e744b7a3ac071e705cbfca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d7e28f_152397a848e744b7a3ac071e705cbfca~mv2.webp)
![Lost Connections by Johann Hari](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_152397a848e744b7a3ac071e705cbfca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d7e28f_152397a848e744b7a3ac071e705cbfca~mv2.webp)
![The Whole Health Life
by Shannon Harvey](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7e28f_415a718b353b458fbc7d646ab6629380~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_500,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/d7e28f_415a718b353b458fbc7d646ab6629380~mv2.webp)
bottom of page