How do you create a growth mindset culture? Businesses, organisations, industries and schools all over the world are asking this question. Why are they asking? If we can create a growth mindset culture we can establish an environment where people can flourish and...
As a teacher for the past 15 years I have always been interested in the question ‘why do some very able students fail to achieve their full potential yet other less able students fulfil their full potential and very often excel in school?’. Is it the teachers they...
Should character development become an addition to the UK education system? As an educator for the past 14 years working in the UK I have thought long and hard over this time about how our education system could benefit from teaching our children the importance of...
“That’s life!”. This may not sound like the kind of advice someone should give anyone struggling with adversity however, consider its meaning for a moment. As a teacher for the past 14 years I have noticed a shift in children’s mental health awareness and...
Meet the Happiness Ninja The Happiness Ninja fights of sadness by slashing way unhappiness, kicking away the blues and karate chopping tears. I am The Happiness Ninja. I dress in a ninja costume and hit the streets conducting Random Acts of Kindness and advocating...
I was seeing my friend after many weeks. She’d been away in Kashmir, visiting a Hindu shrine. I knew she’d had a bad experience and I feared it had something to do with the ongoing Hindi-Muslim riots in the region. Little did I guess… A Journey to remember She said...
Simple? Changing the lens, is it really that simple? The idea came to me when I was watching Shawn Anchor’s TED talk, ‘The happy secret to better work’ when he discussed his time at Harvard and how he truly believed that all the students who attended Harvard would...
“I shall try, to tri, my first triathlon..Ironman Cozumel 2015” Words to myself Ready….. Before Taking Positive Psychology I immediately knew what I’d apply the course’s teachings to: my journey towards becoming an Ironman. Becoming an Ironman (IM) consists of...
“He who has a ‘WHY’ to live for can bear almost any ‘HOW.” —Friedrich Nietzsche We always ask ourselves how do we kick this bad habit, how do we become more happy? The answer lies within your mind and actions. Forming good habits lead to accomplishments and...
“If you think that you can do something, and have a great reason to do it, you will find a way.” Braco Pobric Before taking Positive Psychology my thoughts about the course were: Beat me with a hammer, slap me, kick me, whip me, it won’t really matter. People such as...