Reconnecting with your Body
Looking after your mental well-being is often considered as something you have to do in your head – trying to think your way to a happier place. However, one of the most under-rated ways to increase your well-being is […]
An expert in happiness with a history of depression
Notes from the author of Positive Psychology for Overcoming Depression
On Blue Monday in January, I took a phone call from one of my colleagues. Her nephew had taken his life. 48 hours later I got a text from one […]
How to be a Positive Psychology Practitioner
By Miriam Akhtar and Dr Chris Johnstone
During planning for the next cohort of our Positive Psychology Foundations online course (January 12 – March 12 2019) we were exploring the theme of what it means to be a positive psychology […]
Anti-depressants or natural anti-depressants?
A new meta-analysis has shown that anti-depressants are effective. There have been doubts expressed over the years with some studies suggesting they only work in the most severe cases. I was suffering from major depression disorder when I tried […]
Reasons to be Cheerful
The days are dank and grey, the debts are piling up and the body is suffering from end-of-year excess so it’s not surprising that your spirits might be low. It’s the January Blues. The party season is over but […]
What is Post-traumatic Growth?
The Journey from Adversity to Growth
Traumatic experiences such as the loss of a loved one or a diagnosis of serious illness can test us to our very limits. While it can destroy life as we know it, it may […]
Love 2.0. What is Love Anyway?
Valentine’s Day is the day we celebrate romantic love. There are other types of love eg. storge is love based on friendship, agape is the selfless love concerned with others’ wellbeing, ludus, the pleasant, shallow love based on mutual enjoyment rather […]
Happy Twixtmas: Pottering with Purpose
Twixtmas is the time between (betwixt) Christmas and New Year. This precious pot of me-time occurs when the days are short, energy levels are low and the out-of-office assistant is on. You can let yourself go with the rhythm […]
Blue Monday or More?
Got the January blues? If you have a tendency to feeling low then the short days of a long winter can send your mood spiralling down. But what if it’s more than a case of feeling blue? Often people […]
Bingo! Singing delivers all 5 Ways to Well-being
Gareth Malone knows all about it, the Military Wives felt it and the residents of Bristol, the city of choirs, are on to it too. Singing makes you feel good.
Some years ago I joined a gospel choir at the […]
