Interesting Content and Research Psychological Flexibility: The Superpower of Mental Health and Wellbeing 4 Existential Ideas That Can Change How You Approach Life Dante and Spiritual Transformation with Dr Mark Vernon How Our Personality Changes As We Age Internal Family [...]
“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” – Lao Tzu Many experts argue that psychological flexibility is the ‘super skill’ of resilience and mental health. Research has found that it is associated with improved [...]
It has become customary to talk about consciousness as the great unsolved problem of our age. In this lecture, I argue that consciousness itself is not the problem; the problem is our customary mode of thinking. I will outline [...]
We recently interviewed Professor Emmy van Deurzen for our upcoming Holistic Change Summit, which will take place on 7th-11th September 2020. Professor van Deurzen is a Counselling Psychologist, Philosopher, and one of the world’s leading Existential Therapists. In this post, [...]
Have you ever come up with amazing New Year’s resolutions such as losing extra weight, starting saving up money, starting your own business, exercising regularly, changing your career, eating much healthier or quitting smoking? You pumped yourself up with great [...]
Dr Benjamin Hardy is an organisational psychologist, entrepreneur, TED speaker and bestselling author, with an interesting story to tell. He went from being broke and sleeping on his cousin’s sofa at the age of 20, to completing a PhD, building [...]
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidence-based form of psychotherapy developed in the early 1990s by Dr Richard Schwartz, PhD. IFS assumes that each individual is made up of a system of various sub-personalities or ‘parts’, and that these parts [...]
Interesting Content and Research How conceptions of the ‘future self’ affect decision making in the present Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Model, processes and outcomes Aspiring to be rich may damage your relationships Yoga for Trauma and Related Mental Health Problems [...]
Dr Carl Rogers was an American psychologist and one of the Founders of Humanistic Psychology. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential psychologists of all time, and best known for his influential method of psychotherapy known as [...]
Why should aspirin be expensive? Why are branded analgesics more effective? The psychologist Nicholas Humphrey argues that placebos work by prompting the body to invest more of its limited resources in recovery. He believes that human immune systems evolved for an [...]
