We’ve looked at this topic before. Since then, I’ve written an essay on the relationship between income and well-being. Although there has been a huge amount of work, the answer is not clear. There isn’t a yes/no answer to this question, unfortunately, and it depends on many different things. To explain …
Archive for March, 2010
I’ve found a GREAT youtube user – escorpio123. He puts up Spanish love songs, transcribed in Spanish and English in the videos. I’m finding the best way is to listen through to ONE song multiple times, pausing after each line, then after I’m fairly familiar, listening through without looking at the lyrics. At this [ Read More ]
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We all like to be recognised for the good things we’ve done. I know I do. But for me personally, I’d been feeling that the world has not given me fair recognition for my hard work, and all the great feats I have accomplished. Until now. Apparently, I have developed quite …
Categories: Humour
I discovered an interesting paper by Ryan and Brown (1), which got me thinking. This paper proposes a view of self-esteem that I hadn’t come across before. First, they explain their view of the self. Most researchers use the ‘self-as-object’ definition – we have a self-concept, which can be complex, simple, positive or negative …
Categories: Positive Psychology, Self-Help
How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but it takes six months and the bulb has to want to change! Humour has a potentially valuable place in therapy; a large number of papers argue for the benefits of it in a therapeutic setting. There is also a lot …
Categories: Positive Psychology
It’s a good idea to keep a phrase book by your bed, and to learn a few extra words or phrases before you sleep. The reason for this is that learning new things at this time increases the amount of slow wave activity in the brain while you sleep. What research has shown is that [ Read More ]
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There is a lot of information out there about the benefits of optimism in numerous areas of life. The research shows that optimists aren’t necessarily blind to the world, seeing it with rose-tinted glasses, which is a common criticism of books and programs aimed at developing optimism in people. In fact, optimism seems …
Categories: Positive Psychology
