Category: Psychology
June 8th, 2023 Posted in Creativity, Freelancer tips, Life Hacks, Psychology
Book summary: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Essentialism encourages us to prioritise tasks and activities that align with our values, goals, and purpose, and eliminate distractions.
January 6th, 2021 Posted in Mental Health, Psychology
YearCompass – taking stock of 2020 and planning 2021
As 2020 drew to a close, I started thinking about what I’d achieved in what turned out to be a very strange year, and what I wanted to do in 2021. I used the free https://yearcompass.com/ booklet last year and found it very useful in guiding my thoughts. My key takeaway last year was that […]
October 5th, 2020 Posted in Privacy, Psychology
“The Social Dilemma” and healthier social networking
There’s a new documentary on Netflix called “The Social Dilemma” and as they describe it: This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations. There’s a basic story about a family struggling with phone addiction, but the meat of this for me is […]
September 1st, 2020 Posted in Mind and body, Psychology
Andy’s Man Club – It’s OK To Talk
Andy’s Man Club started off as a small group of men meeting to talk in Halifax, in the North of the UK. It’s since grown to be a countrywide network of 28 men’s groups. Andy Roberts was loving and doting father, son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and friend. He was an all round top guy, […]
August 3rd, 2020 Posted in Psychology
“BeMoreUs” from the Campaign To End Loneliness
I spotted a billboard for somethin called “Be More Us” over the weekend which looked interesting. It mentioned spending less time staring at our phones and more time talking to each other. Be More Us was launched in 2018 by the charity Campaign to End Loneliness. The Campaign to End Loneliness was founded in 2011, […]
July 18th, 2020 Posted in Mind and body, Psychology
Livingworks ASIST – Suicide Prevention Training
Every week 125 people in the UK take their own lives. And 75% of all UK suicides are male.* One of the main aims of Feelschool is to reduce male suicide through development of emotional intelligence skills. I was lucky enough to get a funded place on a suicide prevention course in Lincoln, UK a […]