Another Christmas is over and for many people this means they have a lot more stuff they don’t need or want. But did you know that donating your unwanted Christmas stuff will make you happier and sexier?
Finding Happiness and Resiliency
Finding happiness and resiliency is about having balance across three areas in your life: community & connection; health & wellbeing; and meaning & purpose.
How to make New Years’ resolutions you might actually keep
Did you know people who are making progress toward or are achieving meaningful goals are happier? Here’s how to set meaningful and effective New Year’s resolutions that you’ll actually keep!
5 Easy Projects to Rediscover Your Christmas Spirit
5 easy projects to help you save money and rediscover your Christmas spirit. How making presents for others can bring you joy during the festive season.
Top 12 positive psychology articles of 2019
Even though the field of positive psychology is relatively new, there is so much good content out there and new research to learn from and apply. Here’s a look at the must-read articles from 2019, covering topics such as resiliency, burnout, happiness, gratitude, meaning, positivity and vulnerability. Enjoy!
5 Ways to Teach Kids Resiliency and Happiness
Change is here to stay. In fact, the rate of change is only going to get exponentially faster, leaving the unprepared feeling burnt out and frazzled. That’s why it’s so important to teach our next generation about how to cope with the ever-evolving world we live in.
How Caregivers Can Stay Resilient
With an ageing population, caregiving is something that more and more of us will have to step into at some time in our lives. It’s an often-thankless role, involving putting one’s own needs aside, neglecting oneself even, to focus solely on the care and comfort of a loved one. So who is caring for the caregivers?
Seeking Interviewees
I am currently looking for people who can spare 30-minutes for a Skype interview sometime over the coming months. In particular, I am looking for people who fit the following criteria and have struggled with the transition: Former professional athletes, who retired from their sport more than 1-year ago Former military personnel, who transitioned out […]
How to Make Cooking Fun Again
Here’s my truth. My food never looks as good as the photos in Women’s Day, and it certainly doesn’t taste as good as the food in restaurants. I lack inspiration almost every night, and often just give up and order take out.
3 Habits of Positive People
Robert Collier, one of America’s original self-help authors who believed happiness and abundance were achievable by everyone, once famously said “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” What if positivity was the same, and all you had to do was repeat the same few habits and you could be a happy person?
Keep your mind sharp to live longer, says study
A recent study has shown that early retirement can accelerate cognitive decline. Specifically, the study found that early retirement led to poor memory or recall, which is an early predictor of dementia.