Posts tagged with 'wellbeing'
Social relationships, group memberships and health: what we can do
19th February 2016
I recently wrote a blog post "Social relationships, group memberships and health: background", where I described some of the mental & physical health benefits of group membership. I mentioned too the recent research study "Greater number of group identifications is associated with healthier behaviour" where the authors write:"What is already …
Recent research: articles from winter 2015/16 journals
17th February 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 nearly 23,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant icon …
Social relationships, group memberships and health: background
22nd November 2015
We know that relationships are important for wellbeing, for protection against & treatment of psychological disorders, and for improving mortality - see, for example, blog posts on this website such as "Strong relationships improve survival as much as quitting smoking", "Be the change you want to see in the world" …
Recent research: articles from late summer 2015 journals
10th November 2015
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 22,500 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Recent research: articles from summer 2015 journals
29th August 2015
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 22,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Recent research: articles from spring 2015 journals
29th June 2015
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 over 22,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant icon …
Recent research: articles from early 2015 journals
28th April 2015
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 over 21,800 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant icon …
Recent research: articles from winter journals
24th February 2015
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 over 21,600 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant icon …
Recent research: articles from autumn journals
10th December 2014
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 over 21,400 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant icon …
Practising "doing": autonomy, values and "driving the bus"
27th September 2014
"When I get to heaven, they will not ask me 'Why were you not Moses?' Instead they will ask 'Why were you not Susya? Why did you not become what only you could become?'" Susya, a Hasidic rabbi. Earlier this week I wrote a blog post on "Practising 'being'" about …