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It’s a Kind of MAPPgic: A Glimpse Into the MAPPuniverse at Anglia Ruskin University
What do a Greek lawyer, an English psychotherapist, a Scottish coach, a Dutch writer, a Swiss entrepreneur and a French teacher have in common? With other professionals from all other Europe, they have embarked on a journey, they have enrolled in the International...
9 Essential Ways to Slow Down and Make Time for What Really Matters in Your Life
As a psychologist, a researcher, a coach, a mother and a wife I am always challenged by the word TIME. Most of us rush to get to work, rush at work, and rush to go home! We often feel that we do not have enough time to savour our families and friends, a good movie or...
Positive Psychology and Behaviour Change: 5 Ways to Change Your Habits
Most of us are too familiar with the fact that unhealthy habits are notoriously hard to change. Habits are akin to taking the beaten path: they require little effort, and with the passage of time they grow stronger and stronger. This is despite our knowledge of the...
Teaching Happiness at School: 3 Simple Activities to Cultivate Well-being in Students
Health is part of every public-school education. But what is health? It’s more than just nutrition and gym class. As early as 1947, the World Health Organization defined health as a state of mental and social—not just physical—well-being. Today, more and more schools...
Positive Education Around the World: Perspectives From Asia and Europe
When asked to explain what positive education is all about, I would usually describe its objectives as the development of skills of well-being, resilience and optimal functioning in children, teenagers and students, as well as parents, teachers and, more generally,...
Can Money Make You Happy? The Latest Findings on Money and Well-being
Does money make you happy? In this video Dr. Ilona Boniwell talks about the latest finding on well-being and money....
What is happiness? A Definition by Scientists and Citizens
In the video 'What is Happiness? Scientists vs. Citizens' Dr. Ilona Boniwell explains the scientific definition of happiness as well as the definition of happiness according to citizens....
2 Types of Happiness: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-being
Are there two different types of happiness? In this video Dr. Ilona Boniwell talks about the hedonic and eudaimonic conceptions of happiness and well-being....
The Rentree Blues
“It’s okay, we can sort this out, you’re only three days into the ‘rentree’” I said to my flustered client at the beginning of the week (rentree is the French label for the return to work after the summer holidays, when the new school year starts in September). She...