Blog #47 – Being present – part 2 In our last post, we highlighted the issue of conscious awareness in our daily lives, with an emphasis on how for many of us this awareness can slip intermittently, with our daily routines sometimes facilitating a kind of auto-pilot, which in turn is partly responsible for the…
Blog #46 – Being present One of the things that we often hear said is that the years go by faster as you get older. Objectively speaking, we know this cannot be true – time does not speed up when a child becomes an adult and, neither does it further accelerate as an adult moves…
Blog #45 – The power of the negative In our last post, we focused primarily on the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, in which Barbara Fredrickson proposes that the experience of more positive emotions in daily life can have massive benefits across a range of fronts, including basic well-being, problem solving, and general…
Blog #44 – The Broaden and Build Theory of Positive Emotions Barbara Fredrickson is one of the most well-known psychologists currently active in the field of well-being-related research. The United States-based university professor is concerned first and foremost with positive emotions, and perhaps her most notable contribution to knowledge in the area is the…
Blog #43 – The benefits of nature – Part 2 In our last post of 2017, we considered aspects of the relationship between the environment in which we live and overall well-being. We highlighted the troubling links between urban life and mental problems, but, of more interest for a series focusing on the cultivation of…