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A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

Author: Editorial 15th July 2022 0 Comments

This book has be written by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein. The publisher says: “A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes – and what we can do about it We are living through…
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books, Bret Weinstein, diet, Education, evolutionary biology, Heather Heying, parenting styles, sleep patterns, wellbeing

Fishing cures PTSD and anxiety, first ever clinical study aims to prove

Author: Editorial 11th July 2022 0 Comments

This report by Danielle Sheridan has been published in The Telegraph. It begins: “ Fishing has long been lauded as a relaxing pastime which can put one’s mind at ease. While it has been claimed anecdotally that fishing can help with post-traumatic…
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anxiety, Danielle Sheridan, depression, fishing, nature-based social prescribing, Nick Cooper, PTSD, Research, social prescribing, The Telegraph, wellbeing

The Matter With Things, Iain McGilchrist

Author: Editorial 8th July 2022 0 Comments

The themes of this video are relevant to how mainstream psychiatry – which dominates the current approach to mental ill-health and its treatment – has come to be shaped the way that it is. The video producers say: “In ‘The…
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consciousness, Culture & Society, Iain McGilchrist, neuroscience, philosophy, psychiatry, videos, wellbeing

The Divided Brain: Our brains are far more complex than a left/right split

Author: Editorial 23rd June 2022 0 Comments

This 11 minute video has been produced by Aeon Video. It concerns different ways in which we can look at and experience the world … ways that have profoundly shaped the kind of society and culture we live in, and…
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Culture & Society, Iain McGilchrist, neuroscience, philosophy, Royal Society of Arts, videos, wellbeing

Conceptual Framework for Public Mental Health

Author: Editorial 6th May 2022 0 Comments

The developers of this framework say: “This Conceptual Framework for Public Mental Health is an interactive web-based tool that brings together evidence from academic research, reports, and practitioner and public consultations to map out the factors affecting mental health across all…
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life stages, National Institute for Health Research, NIHR School for Public Health Research Public Mental Health, public health, wellbeing

The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science

Author: Editorial 4th May 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. The publishers say: “Every culture rests on a bedrock of folk wisdom handed down through generations.The pronouncements of philosophers are homespun by our grandmothers, and find their way into our common sense: what…
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books, happiness, Jonathan Haidt, positive psychology, psychology, wellbeing

Scientific Pollyannaism: From Inquisition to Positive Psychology

Author: Editorial 25th April 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Oksana Yakushko. The publishers say: “This book argues that the story of the orphan girl Pollyanna (namely, her strategy of playing the ‘glad games’ to manage loss, abuse, and social prejudice) serves as a framework…
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books, emotional distress, emotions, happiness, Oksana Yakushko, Pollyannaism, positive psychology, scientism, wellbeing

Living a net zero life has huge benefits for personal wellbeing, new study shows

Author: Editorial 4th April 2022 0 Comments

Tom Bawden reports for MSN: “The dramatic changes people are required to make to cut their carbon footprints are often presented as sacrifices – but in fact a green lifestyle is very good for us indeed, a new study shows. Researchers analysed 18 carbon-cutting measures…
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Felix Creutzig, green lifestyle, Nature Communications, net zero, net zero lifestyle, Technische Universität Berlin, Tom Bawden, wellbeing

A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being

Author: Editorial 23rd March 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Anna Alexandrova. The publisher’s abstract says: “Well-being, happiness, and quality of life are now established objects of social and medical research. Does this science produce knowledge that is properly about well-being? What sort of well-being?…
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Anna Alexandrova, books, contextualisation, happiness, philosophy, science of wellbeing, wellbeing

In ‘Wintering,’ Katherine May Encourages ‘The Active Acceptance Of Sadness’

Author: Editorial 10th March 2022 0 Comments

This book review comes from Heller McAlpin: “… British writer Katherine May offers some warming advice: Embrace your winter! By winter, she means not just the cold season, but ‘a fallow period in life when you’re cut off from the world,…
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Asperger's, autism, books, Heller McAlpin, Katherine May, sadness, wellbeing, winter