Psychological needs, stress, sleep and exams
I’ve talked about psychological needs previously on this blog. Psychological needs are experiences we need in order to grow and have wellbeing. If our psychological […]
I’ve talked about psychological needs previously on this blog. Psychological needs are experiences we need in order to grow and have wellbeing. If our psychological […]
Back in September of 2018, I started a regular practice of mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness meditation was so regularly being talked about in the scientific literature […]
I think most of us divide our emotional experience roughly into two categories. The first category is feelings/emotions/moods that we want to have such as […]
Myself and a colleague Maureen were fortunate this morning to get to speak to a cohort of 1st year med students on the topic of […]
This event has passed but the principles of choice apply nonetheless. Although focused on men, this post has content that relates to everyone. When I […]
Self-discipline or self-control is being able to exert control over one’s behaviour and do this consistently and reliably over time. It is central to being […]
Many years ago I discovered the expressive writing work of James W Pennebaker, a social psychologist from the University of Texas. I am pretty sure […]
This post is part of a small series of posts that went ‘behind the scenes’ of Mental Health Week 2019 (MHW2019). The others included early […]
I enjoyed the Easter Break. It was time away from the many jobs, projects and activities that I am involved in. Returning to work today […]
What is it? Mindfulness for Academic Success is an innovative five-session program in which students are taught to use mindfulness to: reduce stress and anxiety […]
Every year we review our statistics on the students we’ve seen and the problems/challenges they are dealing with. Year in, year out, the most common […]