u/MajesticTea8155

Hi! I live in Sydney Australia with my girlfriend. She has just gone to her first therapy appointment which is something we discussed for a while and deemed necessary not only for our relationship, but mainly for her own wellbeing as well. The issue is: Medicate here only does rebates for 10 sessions per year.

Personally I could go on a LONG ramble about how damn ridiculous that is because who the hell is benefiting from only going to therapy less than once a month? But whatever… During her first session, the therapist recommended that she come in for weekly sessions… That’s great and all except for the fact that after those 10 medicare covered sessions, every single week we’d be paying around $300 PER SESSION. EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK.

So here’s my question: do you guys think it would be more effective to do:

A) 10 weeks of weekly therapy appointments and be explicit with her therapist that she’s ready to put in the WORK and get a lot done in these 10 sessions

OR

B) split them up and do 1 session per month (and then just pay for the remaining 2 monthly sessions of the year)

If she were to do option A, what are some books or journals to look into so that she can do the foundational work at home in between sessions, and then really get the most out of the actual hour long sessions themselves? She’s new to the therapy stuff, and I don’t think she finds it ideal to have to spend the first few sessions starting right from the therapy foundations and almost “wasting” the medicare rebates. So is there a way for her to start the individual work thru guided journaling so that the sessions themselves can be more focused on applying these newfound skills/coping mechanisms to her life situation specifically?

Hey! I am BRAND NEW to editing videos in general so PLZ be nice about me not knowing the right terms and stuff… But basically: I’m a dance videographer and I’m trying to get better with actually editing videos. In the past, I’ve just sent my raw camera vids to the dance teacher I work for. But now, we’ve run into an issue. I used to just film on my iPhone, which was great so i could use cinematic mode and blur out the dancers in the background. But now, I’ve upgraded to a real camera for better video quality. Biggest issue is: my camera doesn’t have cinematic mode.

So, I found Davinci Resolve in my search of an editing platform to blur the background of my vids after actually recording them. I currently have the free version downloaded to my laptop. This way, I’m able to use the lasso(?) tool to draw a rough outline around the main focus/dancer in my vid and then apply gausean blur to the background. I used the “auto track” tool, but unfortunately it doesn’t follow the dancers moving limbs correctly. So now I have to go frame by frame and move the little dots so that the outline stays on the dancer and keeps her in focus.

The best example I can give is if you took a side profile vid of someone matching in place while also doing dumbbell curls. Aka their legs/arms are moving independently in different motions/directions. I read that the paid version has better AI tracking for this stuff. Does anyone know if the paid version would be able to detect the dancers limbs moving, but not get confused with other dancers in the background? It takes me HOURS to finish like one minute of footage, so clearly i need a better way than this. But i don’t want to spend hundreds on the paid version of Davinci if it still isn’t going to work for this specific task cause that’s the only reason i’d pay for it.

HELP ME PLEASE!!!
I’m a masculine-presenting woman and lean towards streetwear looks. I really like the look of the all black Nike Shox, but they seem to have terrible reviews in terms of actual support for feet, particularly higher arches.

Surely there’s a balance between support/comfort and also style? Plz don’t tell me that my only option is to convert to ugly shoes just to get by😔

Further Context: I am a dance videographer. This job can have me on my feet for up to 8 hours a day (with little to no breaks). Not only am I on my feet, but I’m constantly squatting down or bending in awkward positions to try to get “the perfect shot” of the dancers. Now I am suffering from awful foot pain.

After a whole lot of research, I’ve decided the most probable cause of this pain is a combination of my very high arches AND constant squatting down aka putting all my weight on just my toes/balls of my feet. I want to finally get a nice new pair of sneakers to be able to wear while in studios recording, but I still want them to fit my vibe/style at least a little bit?

Every woman’s worst nightmare: I did the math and realized that my current cycle means I’ll be getting my period on my anniversary vaca. My partner planned this WILD Indonesia vaca for us to celebrate our anniversary. We met in Indonesia, so it’s a super special spot to be especially for our anniversary. We booked a beautiful 5 start resort with a romance package including massages and spa baths and all the works. And now i’ve realized that should be the exact week my period starts. the vaca is 3 months away. do yall have any tips to speeding up or slowing down ur cycle by a week so that it doesn’t happen during my vaca?!? Like working out more or even having sex right before ur period is supposed to start to hopefully induce it early. Ik im basically asking for the impossible, but surely some of u have done some wild stuff to avoid getting ur period at a certain time?😭