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"Friendship" - a three day residential workshop

28th August 2010

Why a workshop on friendship?  Relationships are so important - whether we look at wellbeing & happiness, resilience under stress, or surviving to have a long, healthy life.  The diagram below is based on a series of studies that have been around for a while - Berkman & Syme's "Social networks, host...

Recent research: six studies on money, happiness, romance, leadership, self-compassion & avoidance

26th August 2010

Here are half a dozen recent research studies that caught my eye.  Diener et al, in a large sample of people round the world, found intriguingly that wealth tends to increase life satisfaction, while it is the fulfilment of psychological needs - learning, autonomy, using one's skills, respect, and the ability to count on others in an emergency - that better predicted positive feelings. ...