by Lesley Lyle | June, 2019 | Shame
Can we live a good life alongside shame? If we are to aspire to the positive psychology goal of a good life to flourish and thrive, we need a conversation about the role of Shame, and in particular, society’s obsession with the body and the impact that message has on...
by Lesley Lyle | June, 2019 | Awe
Awe. Recently I’ve been reading Julia Cameron’s ‘The Artist’s Way’ and went on a solo ‘artist date’, my first one ever, to the Ashmolean museum in Oxford to see a Jeff Koons exhibition. I was a little apprehensive about going as art exhibitions aren’t usually...
by Lesley Lyle | May, 2019 | kindness
Kindness wasn’t part of my dissertation that I completed recently as part of my degree in Applied Positive Psychology. The dissertation focused on people who had divorced over the age of 50 and had rebuilt their lives through social groups. The focus was on...
by Lesley Lyle | May, 2019 | Relationships
And so the story begins… Nine years ago I was blessed with a cat. My childhood home only briefly had pets: a puppy which got ill very quickly and had to be put down. Another puppy, which ran away while we were on holiday, when staying with my aunt and uncle and...
by Lesley Lyle | May, 2019 | Emotions
Do you recognise that feeling when you are in the car listening to some music and then they play something that strikes a chord and it reminds you of someone or some situation and wham, you just start crying. Well, I do. Quite annoying when you are on your way to...
