I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. It is called, “Are People Getting Better While the World is Getting Worse?” In my once you know a person’s background it is surprising how well they are doing. People seem to be getting better. And yet the world has urgent problems [...]
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Image by zappowbang Throughout the world there are groups of people who are known to live to quite advanced ages. What’s more these people tend to live to a healthy old age. There is now a project to study these different groups and what they have in common. The zones of healthy old people are [...]
Image by zappowbang At the moment I am working in a nursing home. Someone being in a nursing home usually means that they are unable to care for themselves. They are not representative of the general population of old people, but are towards the less able end of the spectrum. I have found this less [...]
I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. It is exploring how much pleasure is the ruling value of life. And if it’s not does suffering have a positive value? I think these are difficult but very important questions. It was a difficult post to write but I hope it [...]
Image by Finsec If you’ve been to see your doctor any time in the last ten or twenty years, you may have noticed one question popping up more often, no matter what ailment sent you to their office: “Are you under any stress?” What you may not realize is that this isn’t just your doctor [...]
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Image by basykes Nikolas Christakis (a professor at Harvard Medical School) and James Fowler (from the University of California, San Diego) have found that friends affect both our weight and our happiness. 1. Weight In a study published in the July 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine Christakis and Fowler report that [...]
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Image by woodleywonderworks Today I’m delighted to present a guest post by Isabella Mori. Isabella is a counsellor in Vancouver, Canada, where she has a psychotherapy practice. Isabella hasbeen working in the field of mental health, counselling, psychotherapy and movement therapy for 15 years and enjoy helping people build better lives. You can find out [...]
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[Apologies for the lack of graphics. I am on dial up and so can't access them. It looks like I'll be on dial up for another two weeks. Sigh. Evan] A few years ago John Harrison wrote a book called, “Love Your Disease: It’s Keeping You Healthy”. The author tells the story of a young [...]
