This question has been on my mind for a while. Honestly, I feel as though I’ve done everything to feel ‘better’. I’m up at 5.30am. I exercise, I meditate, I write in a journal, I make fresh vegetable juices every day, I eat mountains of salad at lunch time, I spend time doing work I…
Category: health
How I gave up alcohol for a year – advice if you’re quitting for a while
In 2018 I slept badly. I was awake for 2-3 hours every night. On many of those nights, I would lie in the dark with my phone in my hand, googling, “am I an alcoholic?” and taking online quizzes to try and convince myself I was fine. I did “dry January” and “sober for October”…
We know what to do so why don’t we do it?
This week’s podcast is all about the difference between knowing what to do and doing it. I am well versed in the psychology of behaviour. I understand the theory. Yet I often find myself unable to put it into practice when I need it most. Why is that? In his book, The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan…
66 Days of Meditation – Day 1.
Every road I go down in search of peace of mind leads me to mindfulness and meditation. As someone with a whirring mind, I find the practice difficult to say the least, so despite seeing benefits from daily meditation, I dropped it as soon as life got busy again, in favour of having more time…
Your two selves: The experiencing self and the remembering self
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gd6xm-9afd26 Are our memories accurate and how do they shape our choices? Answering these questions might help us shape our lives in ways that lead to greater happiness. Resources: Daniel Kahneman’s TED Talk
What is happiness and how do we get more of it?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2fpx9-9accb5 This week’s episode looks at the Hedonic and Eudaimonic approaches to happiness. Which is most likely to lead to greater happiness and why?
