“Laugh out loud follow your heart and enjoy the little things” My thoughts before taknig Positive Psychology were: Here is another class that is going to go and on about what it is to be positive and in short blow smoke about positivity. My Ah-Ha moment: realizing...
“Dear you, make peace with the mirror and watch the reflection change.” unkonwn Venturing into the unknown Before Taking Positive Psychology my thoughts about the course were: Positive psychology is going to teach me about meditation and how to keep a positive mindset...
Relaxing takes practice Relaxing is not an easy thing to do. As absurd as it sounds, however, it takes practicing. It has a lot to do with letting go of the urge to struggle or control. Instead it’s about getting into the state of flow. The element of water helps me...
Understanding the power of positivity and resilience I had the pleasure of delivering my Resilience for Performance workshop at the weekend to an audience of people with considerable experience in self-development. One of the most important things to come out of the...
Helping others on their journey As a mental health nursing tutor, I have considered what we do and how we help individual’s on their journey. many times I have discovered it is the smile, the kind action such as making a cup of tea that gives us the entrance to...
I have always had an interest in living a good life – perhaps a natural attraction towards positive psychology. An experience early on in life eventually taught me the value of seeing the self as far deeper than the finely curated fragments of body and mind that we spend a lifetime trying to conquer. It showed me, albeit exclusively, the faint and subtle yearnings of the soul that often went unheard in the noise and clamour of daily life.
“I am lost in this moment. I am feeling pure joy. I am at peace”
This sounds like a mantra or meditation. But, I am actually talking about my experience of participating in a laughter competition. What? There is a competition for laughter? Yes, there is.
During the first ever American Laughing Championship in 2013, I embraced the experience
Nature is important I was thinking about what I could write as a blog that was different, for me the idea of nature is important. If I want to de-clutter my head, I just need to drive to the seaside and watch the waves go in and out, the sounds invoke good memories...
“Instead of just do it, just like it” said Barbara, with the cool and calm acuteness only experienced researchers can pull off. The evidence is becoming increasingly convincing: positive emotion has a measurable impact on our physiological parameters and physical...
The 5 ‘R’s of Positive Emotions. Without a doubt, positive emotions lie at the heart of positive psychology and any other psychology and therapeutic intervention for that matter. There are numerous research papers and articles that show positive emotions...