Writing thoughts and feelings about trauma or crises for as little as 15 minutes a day for as few as four or five days has been shown to be correlated with:
There’s an interesting podcast in the Quirks & Quarks series from the Canadian Broadcasting Company on the subject of happiness.
In an excellent article on the Practical EQ site, Andy Smith summarises several of the articles about positive psychology written in various issues of The Guardian.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
I’ve just found this week’s New Scientist magazine has nine articles on longevity and how to achieve it.
The Anatomy of Hope by Dr Jerome Groopman is a well written and immensely thought provoking book.
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension.
Have you had a nice day? A few weeks ago I was reading an article by Terri Levine about self-sabotaging behaviours and what to do about them.