The Crystal Project is facilitating a six week block of information and support sessions for families of people with dementia. Each week we explore a range of topics including an overview of dementia, communication, occupation, legal issues and changing relationships. There are lots of opportunities for sharing experiences and discussion with others in similar situations.…
DetailsTwo weeks ago, we focused on how the experience of gratitude can impact positively on individual well-being. More specifically, we looked at the ‘counting blessings’ approach, which has been demonstrated to be particularly effective by an ever-increasing body of research findings. However, it would be misleading to leave this topic at that, as psychology researchers…
DetailsIn an earlier post in this series, we focused on the factors that tend to influence individual levels of happiness and well-being. This involved highlighting three lists of variables compiled from a number of pre-existing studies, ranking items as contributing to happiness to small, medium, and high degrees. While all of the items mentioned in…
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