Insides and Outsides
I have a confession to make. I have returned to the world of social media or what I have been known to call the ‘anxiety-breeders’. After a few years hiatus, I have redownloaded Instagram and Facebook but for professional and educational reasons only of course… I stopped using these apps when I realised I was […]
Is Grit It?
Have you worked out the formula to success yet? According to the psychologist Angela Duckworth the secret to success has been put down to a combination of perseverance and passion towards long-term goals which she has termed as grit. Duckworth’s TED Talk has over 16 million views and explains the concept of grit in more […]
Who Am I?
At last, there’s a name to describe the emotions I have been experiencing over the past few weeks since leaving my corporate job but just couldn’t quite explain. Google strikes again! Since returning to full-time study, I have often found myself (whilst at home alone at my desk) questioning my decisions and sense of self, […]
Feature Review: The Call to Courage
I have been slightly obsessed with Brené Brown for some time. Don’t be concerned if you haven’t heard of her before, she isn’t quite a household name yet but this may be about to change thanks to Netflix. Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and has spent the past two decades […]
The Elephant and the Blind Men
How often do you come across someone who makes a statement based on their limited or isolated understanding of a topic and believes it to be the only truth? I see this a lot in the media and in my own circles, and I am happy to put up my hand and say I am […]
Your Health, Your Choice?
One of Positive Psychology’s hopes is for people to understand that they have the ability to take some control of their own wellbeing and health. This is what I am hoping this blog will encourage you to do too. One of my previous posts looked at Sonja Lyubomirsky’s Happiness Pie. Lyubomirsky states 40% of our […]
Is Bad Stronger Than Good?
I’d like you to think about the following two scenarios and choose the one that would have more impact on you? (a) Losing $1000 or (b) Winning $1000 Most of us would answer a) that losing $1000 would be more painful than the pleasure associated with winning the same amount. This is because bad is […]
Wishin’ and Hopin’
Happy New Year! We are well into 2019 so now is a good time to reflect on your goals and / or resolutions for this year. Have you already achieved what you set out? For those who have, have a think about what your motivation was like when you started. Were your goals supported by […]
Forget Resolutions
Stick to goals this New Year instead! Rather than committing to a resolution that starts from the 1st January and is forgotten about by February (well in my case anyway), my suggestion is to focus your efforts on your goals for the New Year. According to Forbes, only 8% of people actually achieve their New […]
Book Review: The Power of Now
Do you ever find yourself trying to escape the present? Rather than concentrating on what you are doing at this very moment, are you listing off the hundred things you have to do in the future? Or worrying about the past instead? Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” was first published in the 1990s and […]