A thought provoking presentation by Catherine last week as she gave us a history of struggling with bipolar and how the use of puzzles and words have helped her control the epsiodes
Here's a little background on Catherine
Her Facebook page describes her as a Crossword writer | Proud Rotarian | Mental Health Advocate | Keen knitter | Doting Aunt.
Catherine’s background is in librarianship, and she has worked as a reference librarian at the Victorian Auditor’s general’s office, with her last job being a technical Services Librarian with the Victorian police.
Catherine’s background is in librarianship, and she has worked as a reference librarian at the Victorian Auditor’s general’s office, with her last job being a technical Services Librarian with the Victorian police.
She has been a Rotarian since 2006, was President of the RC of Bellarine North in 2017-2018, has been a Past District Chair for Australian Rotary Health and has been awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship, and a Royce Abbey Award from her club. In 2020 she
moved to Glen Iris and joined the RC of Glenferrie.
moved to Glen Iris and joined the RC of Glenferrie.
Catherine has been interested in codeword puzzle games for many years, as a means of escapism and also as a mental workout. Solving puzzles can help mental illness, anxiety, build resilience, and can also be very entertaining.
She has developed a puzzle portal e-resource to enable online puzzlers to stay engaged, learn and stay connected and this was most important during Covid. It is also now being introduced into libraries
