11 May,2022 | BPS Research, Coaching
By Emma Young How is it that some people can slip into another character so perfectly that they win acting plaudits, while the rest of us struggle to act at all? Good actors have to convincingly convey a range of emotions. And one way that we feel and control our own...
4 May,2022 | BPS Research, Coaching
By Emma Young How do you know when someone else is paying attention to you? If they’re staring at you intensely, that’s a pretty obvious giveaway. But there are also far subtler signals — such as the size of their pupils. As Clara Colombatto and Brian Scholl at Yale...
7 Mar,2022 | Coaching, Personal Development, Tiny Buddha
“It’s very easy to judge. It’s much more difficult to understand. Understanding requires compassion, patience and a willingness to believe that good hearts sometimes choose poor methods.” ~Doe Zantamata In the past, judgments kept me safe. They reassured me that I had...
28 Feb,2022 | Coaching, Personal Development, Tiny Buddha
“If I had the chance I’d ask the world to dance, but I’d be dancing with myself.” ~Billy idol Spending long periods of time alone—as I’ve done while traveling solo over the past year—is an eye-opening experience. Without the distractions of my normal routine and...
24 Feb,2022 | Happy, The Horizons Tracker by Adi Gaskell
Whether at the Mexico border, in the Mediterranean, or the English Channel, images of migration are seldom anything but emotive. As research from the University of Gothenburg explains, this coverage plays a huge role in our perceptions of immigration and of...