by Lesley Lyle | August, 2018 | compassion
Self-compassion is key to my work for a number of reasons, one of them being the acknowledgment that positive psychology seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the whole breadth of the human experience. Emotions not electricity I also rarely use positive or...
by Lesley Lyle | July, 2018 | Pride
It’s summer 2018 and as we bask in the beginnings of an already glorious season, much of the nation dreams. Could football really be coming home? The swelling of national pride across the country indicates that there is more belief than for a long time. Whatever...
by Lesley Lyle | July, 2018 | Savouring
Apart from some exceptions, we, human beings, are not so good at ‘doing nothing’. On the contrary, we are generally very busy bees, especially in today’s society. We are continuously busy with anything and everything. One more useful than the other....
by Lesley Lyle | June, 2018 | Strengths
I make no apology for writing another blog about strengths because there are so many ways and situations that they can help transform individuals, groups and communities from languishing to flourishing: The goal of Positive Psychology (PP). I wish that I had known...
by Lesley Lyle | May, 2018 | kindness, Uncategorized
We have all most likely seen newsfeeds, and clips on social media of people performing random acts of kindness. The definition of a random act of kindness or RAOK is a selfless act performed by kind people to either help or cheer up a random stranger for no other...
