Wellbeing Insights

When you hear the term emotional regulation, do your thoughts predominantly go to regulating negative emotions? For example, controlling your anger or managing your anxiety. It’s common for us to have this association but regulating our positive emotions is an equally important skill. The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence have a helpful acronym, PRIME, which… Read More

When it comes to wellbeing, with our cultural emphasis on the term positive, whether this be ‘positive emotions’, ‘positive education’, or ‘positive psychology’, we do have times when we worry that people are trying to chase happiness, and that this can lead to the opposite effect. Some young people (and adults) may hear and understand… Read More

Interestingly this year as I headed into my 7th decade of life, I noticed changes in my ability to surf the bustling occasions that accompany this season. What would have been a sought-after situation – many opportunities to share stories, food and drink – in my younger years, became onerous. I would like to think… Read More

Almost everyone will temporarily or permanently experience disability at some point in their life. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 1.3 billion people or about 16% of the global population currently experience significant disability. Last week, as our manifesto delivered a Workplace Culture workshop to a team of Behavioural Analysts, the CEO… Read More

The current edition of the International Journal of Wellbeing features an article titled ‘Character Strengths and Inner Peace’, and is written by Lobna Cherif, Ryan Niemiec and Valerie Wood. Earlier this year I completed an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice course led by Dr. Ryan Niemiec, who is the long-term Director of the VIA Institute on Character.… Read More

Kelly McGonigal in her book, The Upside of Stress writes of genuine empathy: “You must be willing to feel their distress and imagine yourself in their experience. You also must be able to see their strength alongside their suffering.” In recent times opportunities arose to practice genuine empathy – as opposed to pity – in… Read More

I would like to come straight out and answer this question with ‘No’. However, this is probably now too short a blog, and there are several things I would like to share about the topic of seeking and making change in one’s life. For many, if not most of us, change is scary. Our brains… Read More

‘Character Strengths’ are the positive human qualities that support us to bring good into our world, and that support us to live a ‘good’ life.  We view these strengths of character as the fuel to drive our skills and talents.\ The knowledge and use of my character strengths has positively impacted my life over the… Read More

Regretfully, I was proud to share with my family, friends and colleagues that I didn’t need 7 hours sleep a night. Sure, the national and international sleep recommendation is for healthy adults to get between 7 – 9 hours sleep per night, but not for me, I was fine with 6 hours or less if… Read More