What do neuroplasticity, Taoism and mental health have in common?

There is a saying which say that when we cannot solve the problem we have no matter how hard we try, maybe because we don’t look for the solution or answer in the right place. Or sometimes doing something else can also helpful in releasing the pressure are under and finding the solution or answer we are after.

Margaretha (centre) and her team at the launch of ‘Study App for children with autism (MIKA)’ at the Australian Alumni Dinner in 2019. (Supplied).

As a psylogist, lecturer and researcher at the Psychology Department at Airlangga University pressure is no stranger for her who is currently also completing her PhD at the Universiy of Melbourne. To keep her sanity, he dabbles in Taoism which is completely new area of study for her. Yet to her surprise this chance attention to Taoism has opened up to her a new approach in delaing with mental health.

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