Intolerance of uncertainty, not the bad news itself, is the psychological mechanism behind climate worry, political stress and compulsive news checking. Research shows eco-anger predicts better outcomes than eco-anxiety, collective action buffers distress better than individual action, and older adults show greater emotional resilience following extreme weather adversity than younger adults.

If you're supporting a family member living with dementia, you may know the strange ache of sitting across from your husband, your mum, or your aunty and feeling a wave of loss, even though they're right there in front of you. Sometimes the moments of lucidity feel just as hard, in contrast. This experience is one of the least understood forms of grief there is. It's called ambiguous loss, and this article explains what it is, why it feels so hard, and what helps, for carers and for someone living with dementia.

Ask most people in later life how they are sleeping and the answer is rarely straightforward. Too light. Waking at 3am. Taking an hour to drop off. Feeling unrested despite spending eight hours in bed. Running on less than you used to. This article explains what the research tells us about sleep in older age, how it changes, why those changes matter, and what the evidence says can help.

The narrative around AI and work is mostly about threat. This article is about what midlife workers actually bring to this moment, and why the research suggests experience, judgment, and emotional intelligence are becoming more valuable, not less.

Most people in midlife and older age have considerable coping skills built up over the years. And then something arrives with enough weight, such as a diagnosis, a redundancy, or a retirement that doesn't feel like relief, where usual strategies of keeping busy, talking to a friend, or giving it time, aren’t enough. What follows isn't always depression or anxiety, it's often something more specific. Adjustment disorder is one of the most common mental health presentations in midlife and later life, and one of the most undertreated.

Grief in midlife and later life is rarely simple; it often arrives alongside other losses, identity shifts, and the slow accumulation of a life fully lived. This article explains what normal grief looks like, when it becomes something more, and what helps.

Most Australian workers are already using AI at work. Many are finding it helpful. And some — particularly those in midlife, with deep expertise in roles that are changing rapidly — are also navigating something more personal: questions about identity, purpose, and what their professional future looks like. This article explores both sides of that picture, and what psychology can offer.

Anxiety in midlife and later life often looks quite different. It might show up in the doctor’s waiting room and the 3am mind. It might show up as a persistent undercurrent beneath ordinary days; the sense that something is wrong, or will be, and that the window for doing something about it is narrowing. Anxiety in the second half of life is a significant clinical and wellbeing concern that responds well to evidence-based treatment; and one that too many people carry alone, for too long, without support.

Something shifts in midlife. Not a crisis, often just an unsettling sense that the person you've been no longer quite fits. This article explores what the research tells us about why identity changes in midlife, what makes it harder, and what helps you build a new sense of self.

AI is changing who gets to work, and how. For midlife adults, job displacement isn't just a financial shock, it's an identity crisis. Here's what psychology offers for navigating this change.