I have recently teamed up with Olympic Sailing Coach Pete Conway to speak about Positive and Negative Stress. It is really exciting to learn how to use our stress in the right way to help our positive psychology. When we see athletes performing at their optimal...
You may never know the positive impact you may have on another person. Or you may some day you may be fortunate enough to hear how you made lasting impression on someone else. When someone tells you the impact you made on them, they may tell you in a thank you card or...
…about how story-telling can generate trust. When someone tells you about something that happened to them, do you get that feeling that you want to tell them about something similar that happened to you? Whilst waiting for a bus recently, I struck up a...
Anticipating an outcome can make you feel happy and hopeful. Yet, holding onto and worrying about an outcome can damage your psyche, can cause you to lose sleep, and can create unnecessary stress. I will admit that, sometimes when I make a decision, I think about it,...
Have you noticed you keep finding yourself in the same situation, or that you have patterns? I know I have. Life is full of ups and downs and that’s ok but I noticed there are so many things I have not fully processed and this has recently changed. I have just done a...
Optimism is a word that has such powers that it can change your mind set to “I cannot do” to “I can do this” How do we do this and what does positive psychology say about this process of change? Martin Seligman (1998) the founding father of positive psychology...
Wow, two really important topics to me and I am blessed to have laughter as a big part of my life. I would really suggest you start incorporating it into yours for a more positive and healthier outlook. World Laughter Day World Laughter Day is customarily celebrated...
I recently had the honor of interviewing Janni Goss about her book ‘Love Laughter and Longevity. The Art and Science of Wellbeing’. One thing I would love to share with you is her Laughter Prescription. What a great way to enhance your life and keep you positive. She...
Sometimes life throws us a curveball. An elderly but seemingly healthy relative suddenly dies, a loved one is absent, possibly never to return, your health isn’t what it used to be. In fact things aren’t looking very good at all. That life you had so carefully planned...
Smile. Release. Surrender: Words I heard during a yin yoga class I recently attended. The process of this type of yoga is to hold poses for a minimum of 45 seconds to about 3 minutes. Sometimes it feels like we’re holding poses for an excruciating 10 minutes. If you...