Mindfulness is huge at the moment. Tens of thousands of people worldwide have completed the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programme of Jon Kabat-Zinn. Counsellors and therapists train in...
A Finnish study last week reported that people who live alone have an 80% increased risk of depression compared to those who live in families....
This is a very interesting talk following up Brené Brown‘s presentation last year on vulnerability. We are vulnerable about things that risk exposing us in...
On March 11th a letter from two Archbishops was read out in 2,500 Catholic Churches in the UK arguing against proposed changes to make marriage...
March 8th marks International Women’s Day. I would like to take the opportunity here to celebrate one of my own favourite feminists, Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986). I will...
Bo Jacobsen‘s paper What is happiness? The concept of happiness in existential psychology and therapy, was published in the journal Existential Analysis in 2007. Here...
On Valentine’s day my youngest sister sends cards to seven of her friends, some of whom are single and some in relationships. She’s been doing...
I wrote this post with Steven Stanley back in 2012 Rosalind Gill has recently spoken out about the secrecies and silences which exist about the...
A post from 2012 announcing the launch of the Enduring Love? Project. I ended up publishing a self-help book based on this project in 2016:...
A 2012 post about whether it’s possible to engage with smartphones mindfully. Along with my very recent arrival in the world of social networking I...
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