Lighthouse Health and Education

30/05/2026

This is why we love sports for kids, the long term benefits are undeniable. Get them in, let them play, the more fun they have, the longer they'll stay!

Your daughter will probably never play in the Olympics. The odds are 0.03%. That is not the point.

Here is what the data actually measures. 94% of women in C suite positions played sports. Girls who compete in high school earn 7% more as adults. And the single strongest predictor of leadership success for women is not test scores or family background. It is team athletics.

The locker room builds what the library cannot. Sports teach girls to lose publicly and recover quickly. To advocate for themselves. To handle a coach who is unfair. To push past fatigue. To trust a teammate. To speak up in a huddle. To fail forward.

Those skills do not show up on a transcript. But they show up in boardrooms, courtrooms, and operating rooms.

Your daughter does not need to be the star. She just needs to stay in the game. One season teaches resilience. Four seasons teach a career skill set. A decade of sports teaches a way of moving through the world that cannot be faked.

Keep her on the field. Not for the scholarship. For the CEO seat she does not even know she wants yet.

17/05/2026

Updates and timelines for participants that are worth following.
https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/ndis-legislation-changes/amendments/ndis-amendment-securing-the-ndis-for-future-generations-bill-2026/about-the-changes-to-the-ndis?language=en&fbclid=IwdGRjcAR2OyNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEenGzmNCuhPOby-03CnpBuBPNo9754BbMTR_hb26xM-vleSXmbAt5OOKcFPuQ_aem_Uv622vvzgJ5Y3ibKV4Gg4g

Information for NDIS participants and providers to help you understand the changes we are making and what they mean for you.

09/05/2026

Thank you Bidgee OT Collective for explaining the proposed changes clearly for families.
The changes announced so far will dramatically reduce choice AND take away personalised 1:1 care for the children that need it most! 😥
Further, how is it going to impact regional and rural locations like Grafton and Coffs Harbour that already struggle with extensive waitlists and limited access to services!

24/04/2026

29/03/2026

We need one of these in Australian airports! How awesome.

28/03/2026

Where's our coloring artists? This one closes really soon, winners announced next weekend!

26/03/2026

The Diagnostic Capacity of Registered Psychologists in Australia remains one of our most accessed resources for a reason.

It covers:
✅Key facts
✅The role of the Psychology Board of Australia
✅Core Diagnostic Competencies Required for General Registration
✅Legal and Professional Recognition
✅Misconceptions
✅Professional Responsibility

AAPi strongly advocates for recognition of the full scope of practice of all registered psychologists,
regardless of endorsement status.

Restricting diagnostic rights based on endorsement is inconsistent with the regulatory framework,
training pathways, and legal precedent in Australia.

Find it in the AAPi Library: https://ow.ly/e2BQ50Yv298

25/03/2026

Bullying is prolific across the human lifespan. Helping our kids notice the signs is an important part of change. Noticing the signs ourselves and doing something about it is even more powerful!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17j48uE5zK/

If you want to figure out who the real bully is and who the actual victim is, look at who stands alone. And that single observation will shatter every assumption the world makes about popularity, likability, and who deserves sympathy. The bully is never the one standing alone. The bully is the one surrounded by people, protected by numbers, shielded by a group that laughs at the right moments, agrees at the right moments, and looks the other way at the right moments. The bully is charismatic, loud, socially connected, and positioned so perfectly that anyone looking from the outside would assume they are the good one. Meanwhile the victim is standing in the corner, silent, isolated, hated by people who do not even know the full story but chose a side based on who had the bigger audience.

And that is the most heartbreaking part of bullying that nobody addresses. The victim does not just suffer from the bully, she suffers from the entire ecosystem the bully created. The enablers who laugh because silence feels too risky. The bystanders who see everything but say nothing because getting involved means becoming the next target. The mutual friends who slowly distance themselves because being associated with the victim threatens their own social safety. One by one, every person she thought she could trust either joins the other side or disappears entirely. And she is left standing alone, not because she did something wrong, but because she was the only one brave enough to not pretend it was okay. The bully collects people like trophies. The victim collects scars in silence. And the world keeps confusing popularity with innocence and isolation with guilt. So the next time you see someone standing alone while the other person is surrounded by a crowd, do not assume the loner is the problem. Ask yourself why an entire group needs to stand together against one person, because strength does not need an army, but cruelty always does.

12/02/2026

How rare it is to see an acknowledgement of the role psychologists have in people’s lives. And to think, that psychologist will most likely be quietly going about their work today with other clients like nothing ever happened.