Deny it, complain about it, wish it weren’t so, but the fact is, sometimes life is hard. Even the Buddha told us “life is suffering.” OK, so maybe he wasn’t exactly referring to the hopeless feeling you get being stuck in a dead-end job, or the nausea that rolls over you the moment you realize your partner isn’t who you thought they were, but the wise prince had a point- Life. Is. Hard.
Pets as protagonists For many years, the study of psychology has investigated psychological function and behavior as indicators for mental diseases. However, for many psychologists and researchers it seems incomprehensible to understand how when researching the...
Recovery from pain Recovering from anything painful can take time. When struck down, we often reach a point when feeling weak seems to stretch out endlessly. Then fears tend to kick in. And the dreadful question comes up if this is ever going to end. This creates...
Self-care the challenge The activation of personal positivity surely has to stem from accessing self time, to take care of your needs. For as you consider yourself correctly, this energises positivity and accesses a deeper sense of happiness and wellbeing to be...
Positive psychology and mediumship When you think about positive psychology, the subject that is probably furthest from your mind is that of the conundrum of whether consciousness survives physical death. However, recent research asking participants about their...
Not enjoying physical activity? My sister, Josee, recently started running and over the summer during a particularly hilly trail run asked, does this ever get better? Meaning, will I ever like this? I laughed at the time but thinking on it now, I realized that not...
A choice Please don’t think you are about to read how wonderfully rosy the world is and we should all just put on a happy face and dance through the streets; although street dancing does sound appealing. There are times when I would much rather pull the covers up over...
Aging Positively in Chile In the last few years there has been a growing interest in understanding older adult’s well-being, due to the increase of life-expectancy and decrease of mortality as a result of advances in medicine, biopsychosocial protection and improved...
World Mental Health Day – 10th October A challenge for all those interested in flourishing us to get involved with at least one event on World Mental Health Day. Let’s recognise the work of Corey Keyes who states that “flourishing is complete mental...
Say Yes to Stress. Your brain learns from stress. In the hours after a stressful experience, your brain builds new wiring so you can avoid similar threats in the future. This is the survival mechanism we’ve inherited from our animal ancestors. Stanford Professor Kelly...