Poverty influences children’s early brain development
MADISON — Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income families with slower…
Happiness
Calming ingredients that help you relax
In today’s fast-paced society consumers are looking for many different ways to de-stress, relax and slow down. In the December issue of Food Technology…
EXAMPLES OF AUTOMATIC NEGATIVE THOUGHTS (ANTs) By Tim Sharp (Dr Happy)
EXAMPLES OF AUTOMATIC NEGATIVE THOUGHTS (ANTs) One of the basic assumptions of the cognitive model that underlies much of the broader positive psychology model…
Happiness and the patterns of life: a study of geolocated tweets
The patterns of life exhibited by large populations have been described and modeled both as a basic science exercise and for a range of…
Positive emotion influences a depressive-to-happy state, increases life satisfaction
By combining the experience of self-reported positive and negative emotions among 1,400 US-residents, researchers created four affective profiles which they then used to discern…
The primacy of positivity applications in a coaching context By Tim Sharp
Coaches generally assume that their clients will be happy after they’ve achieved their goals, which is not an unreasonable assumption, and which is a…
Wide Screen Perfection By Dr Helen Street
Dr Helen Street Exploring relationships between perfectionism and media influence It is said that the average Australian adult watches between two and…
The Power of Perception By Dr Helen Street
Dr Helen Street All that we are arises within our thoughts, with our thoughts we make the world (Buddha) Being someone who…
Nothing But The Best By Dr Helen Street
Dr Helen Street Laura, a friend and fellow parent, recently told me about her encounter with ‘the fear of being average’. This friend,…
In Search of Being Well By Dr Helen Street
In Search of Being Well The Importance of definition Dr Helen Street I recently participated in a day-long symposium entitled ‘Flourishing…