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How I Lost Hope During the Pandemic
Whilst studying for my Positive Psychology degree I came across hope theory by C.R.Snyder. Hope theory basically consists of 3 components, a goal, a pathway, and agency. It is something I instantly recognised as I realised, I’d live by this theory for most of my life....
The Light Life Went Dark
The Light Life went dark for a while. I had to pull back from writing in order to remember why I was writing in the first place. If I use the terms "purpose" or "meaning" or even, "grit and resilience" anymore, it'll feel so very insincere. People today are calling...
How to Support the Wellbeing of Your Team
Change. It’s been quite a year. A pandemic, economic uncertainty and technology changing at the speed of light. Change can be exhilarating but continual change can create anxiety and eventually health issues like burnout and depression. How can you as a manager...
Five Benefits of Silence in a Noisy Digital Age
The ever more connected, fast-developing digital world brings us so many opportunities. We can connect with, speak to and work with people thousands of miles away. Having information at our fingertips allows us to learn new things, often for free, on almost any topic...
Relationship Ripples
In this video, I talk about how one small ripple can have a huge positive or negative impact on a relationship. If we can recognise when our relationship has changed and what the ripple was, then we can either replicate the positive or deal with the reason for the...
The Joy of Melodies
We humans, have developed over time a taste for sweet things, an eye for sweet things and a smell of sweet things, but we also developed an ear to sweet-sounding things. Now, what is sweet and to whom is a subjective question, and I don’t want to discuss that here,...
Gardening – A Flow Activity or a Mindful Activity?
Is gardening a flow activity or a mindful activity? This was a debate that I had with fellow Positive Psychologist Kim Furnish recently, and we did not agree. Gardening is an activity enjoyed by many, myself included and I often find myself in flow when gardening. I...
Aren’t we all just so damn complex!
As a researcher and practitioner, I have noticed a gradual yet significant shift in the way we view the world. Gone is the reductionist research and interventions which aim to resolve issues by only looking at the issue from one narrow perspective. In comes the...
Grateful, Grounded and Resilient, No Matter What.
I have taken part in and read many conversations recently about improving our own wellbeing, particularly as many of us have seen some light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel and are considering the best ways to live our lives with our returning freedoms....
