Strengths of character: head, heart & gut
6th August 2016
In June I went to the biennial European Conference on Positive Psychology running this year in Angers, France. I've blogged about this meeting - see, for example "European Positive Psychology conference: 1st day - a disappointing start & caution on over-selling mindfulness" and "European Positive Psychology conference: better 2nd day …
Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (9 to 11): jobs, reminders, and meditations
5th August 2016
(this blog post is downloadable as a Word doc and as a PDF file) I've recently written a couple of posts on how we might use our character strengths more deliberately - see "Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (1 to 5): learning, spotting, relationships, and writing" and …
Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (6 to 8): supports, wellbeing, and new ways
28th July 2016
(this blog post is downloadable as a Word doc and as a PDF file) I have been writing about possible ways of building on the personal character strengths report you can get after filling in the 10-15 minute survey at "The VIA Institute on Character" website. For an initial set …
Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (1 to 5): learning, spotting, relationships, and writing
20th July 2016
(this blog post is downloadable as a Word doc and as a PDF file) In his book "Tales of the Hasidism", Martin Buber writes "Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said 'In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me 'Why were …
European Positive Psychology conference: 3rd day - prioritizing positivity, befriending, compassion genetics, & transcendence
1st July 2016
I wrote yesterday about the "European Positive Psychology conference: better 2nd day - culture, use of strengths, loving-kindness, education & passion". This third day was also full to bursting with intriguing presentations. Barbara Fredrickson gave the 9.00am keynote on "Why prioritize positivity?". Barbara is a bit of a star of …
European Positive Psychology conference: better 2nd day - culture and use of strengths
30th June 2016
I wrote yesterday about the "European Positive Psychology conference: 1st day - a disappointing start & caution on over-selling mindfulness" ... but today's conference presentations rapidly kicked my doubts about being here into touch. We started with a couple of fine keynotes ... Claudia Senik on "The cultural dimension of …
European Positive Psychology conference: 1st day - a disappointing start & caution on over-selling mindfulness
29th June 2016
I'm in Angers, France at the 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology. Yesterday I went to a couple of pre-conference workshops and then attended the Opening Ceremony and the first keynote lecture. The conference venue is lovely, on the edge of Angers Botanic Gardens. It feels too that the organising …
Recent research: articles from spring journals
24th May 2016
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains well over 23,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Sleep apnea: how is it recognised & what can be done about it?
29th April 2016
I have already written a couple of posts on sleep apnea -"Sleep apnea - what is it, how common is it and how does it affect mortality & physical health?" and "Sleep apnea - how does it affect psychological health?". In this third & last post of the sequence, I'll …
Sleep apnea - how does it affect psychological health?
23rd April 2016
I have already written a first post "Sleep apnea - what is it, how common is it and how does it affect mortality & physical health?" which highlights that sleep apnea is a common, regularly unrecognised disorder, occurring in approaching 1 in 5 adults and that, particularly as it becomes …