Aussie adventure - family, positive psychology, friendship & (group) psychedelics
2nd July 2025
I'm over here in Australia for about three weeks. The first few days were spent with my older brother, Robert, and his wife, Jenny. Now I'm in Brisbane at the World Congress of Positive Psychology - https://ippaworldcongress.org/ - then I have a few days with (another) James, a dear old …
Great to have lots of effective choices in our stress management toolbox!
5th June 2025
It's great to have a wide variety of effective choices in our stress management toolbox!
'Psychological safety' - what it is, why it's important & how to build it
6th March 2025
Psychological safety is a term particularly popularised by Amy Edmonson, Professor of Leadership & Management at Harvard Business School ... https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6451. She defines it as a shared belief among members of a team that it is safe to take interpersonal risks. This includes speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or …
The 5 minute 'Health' read - Psychedelics, recent research (February)
17th February 2024
I read a fair amount of research and thought some people might be interested in recent studies that I've found helpful. I plan to write an approximately 1,200 word (5 minutes to read) blog post pretty much every week, highlighting helpful material that has emerged in the previous couple of …
The 5 minute 'Health' read - Background
8th January 2024
I read a fair amount of research and thought some people might be interested in recent studies that I've found helpful. I plan to write a brief approximately 1,200 word (5 minute read) newsletter/blog post pretty much every week, highlighting helpful material that has emerged in the previous couple of …
The 5 minute 'Health' read - Ageing: recent research (January)
5th January 2024
I read a fair amount of research and thought some people might be interested in recent studies that I've found helpful. I plan to write a brief approximately 1,200 word (5 minute read) blog post pretty much every week, highlighting helpful material that has emerged in the previous couple of …
Reviewing & planning our lives
31st December 2023
And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done Rainer Maria Rilke When I get to heaven, God will not ask “Why were you not Moses?”. He will …
The value of cold water immersion
29th December 2023
The potential value of different forms of deliberate cold exposure is much in the news at the moment. For example Dr Michael Mosley has just completed a series of six short radio programmes on Cold Therapy. These include an Introduction and then they focus on Colder Room, Cold Recovery, Cold …
The 5 minute 'Health' read - Relationships: recent research (December)
20th December 2023
I read a fair amount of research and thought some people might be interested in recent studies that I've found helpful. I plan to write an approximately 1,200 word (5 minutes to read) blog post pretty much every week, highlighting helpful material that has emerged in the previous couple of …
The 5 minute 'Health Read; - Positive Psychology: recent research (December)
10th December 2023
I read a fair amount of research and thought some people might be interested in brief updates on recent studies that I've found helpful. I plan to write an approximately 1,200 word (5 minutes to read) blog post pretty (today's is a little longer!) much every week, highlighting helpful material …