The Atlas of Emotions is a collaborative project between the affective neuroscience researcher Dr Paul Ekman and the Dalai Lama. Its aim is to develop an interactive map of the human emotional landscape to help people better understand the link between psychology, neuroscience and affective mood states. Exploring the Atlas may increase people’s understanding of …
Everyday millions of people leave their doctor’s surgeries with a diagnosis of a chronic illness. Tests are ordered, drugs or surgeries are prescribed; but often little is offered by way of explanation or cure. The Connection is a film about how frontier research is proving that there is a direct connection between our mind and …
This gentle, touching and understated piece of writing about the noticing of habitual behaviours, pausing and showing ourselves some love, turned up on my website some days ago. I thought it so good I asked the author if I could post it here. Thankfully she agreed. I hope you enjoy it as much as I …
No matter how much spiritual practice, self-improvement, or therapy we’ve undertaken, there is one area where many of us still find ourselves challenged every day: self-acceptance. It seems all too easy to fall into the trap of judging ourselves as inadequate, finding fault with our achievements or our bodies, and believing our self-critical inner voices …