Wellbeing
Two studies on the power of thought. The first found that counselling is 32 times more effective than money at increasing happiness (there has been a bit of discussion about this in the blogosphere) – some of the responses are quite possibly evil I think. The second study found that thinking of a loved one [...]
At the moment I’m doing pretty well, but not on top of the world. Why is that? Mostly due to my work situation. My part-time job in the nursing home is good in some ways (I get on well with the residents) and stressful in others (workplace politics). My new website is going as well [...]
Image by nicolasnova Usually we want to change because we are in pain. This is entirely sensible and rational in my view. My rule of thumb is that: where there is pain there is something wrong. The qualification to this is that sometimes doing new and better things can be painful. Our muscles take time [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Wellbeing and Our Friends: happiness, health and long life.
Just a quick note. Below is a link to a panel on the social determinants of health. It’s about 50 minutes – audio only so it shouldn’t take too much bandwidth. The drawback is that the panel contains a couple of politicians. However, it also contains the brilliant Michael Marmot (who in my opinion has [...]
Continue reading about Health is About Choice and Relationships
