Writing (or speaking) about our values or areas of our lives that are of particular personal importance can help us feel less threatened by stresses and more able to see situations clearly.  There are many research studies demonstrating this.  For example writing about personal values has been shown to reduce both subjectively experienced psychological stress and the body's...

One of the joys of writing this blog is the way it encourages me to think more deeply about issues that matter to me.  Another is the opportunity it provides to chew over interesting new research studies.  A couple of recent papers that caught my eye were Vianello et al's "Elevation at work: The...