Looking back? There’s been some interesting research conducted on time perspective by Professor Phillip Zimbardo (some of you might remember him from a fabulous TV series years ago on psychology). Zimbardo’s research has found that people have different approaches to [...]
What is Flourishing? In positive psychology, to flourish is “to live within an optimal range of human functioning, one that connotes goodness, generativity, growth, and resilience”. Flourishing is the opposite of both pathology and languishing, which are described as living a life that feels both hollow [...]
What is Mental Toughness? Whilst the term is being increasingly used in sporting contexts, it’s also being increasingly used in schools and workplaces to describe a mindset (that leads to a set of behaviours) of individuals that are able to [...]
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it [...]
Hi again everyone, “The quality of our conversations, determines the quality of our relationships” Associate Professor Michael Cavanagh, Deputy Director, Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Sydney Last week I was invited and excited to attend an event hosted by the [...]