Ritual & the Psychological Immune System
In training and lectures I often refer to the psychological immune system. This system resides in the emotional brain whose principle...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 21, 2018
- 3 min
Give Thanks to... Gratitude
The professional youth field is very focused on the idea of low self-esteem being a driver of so many of young people's problems. Young...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 19, 2018
- 1 min
Over 2,000 Years of Thought On One Page
If only I got this sooner I need not had bothered with my philosophy degree! Thought this info graphic was worth sharing though.
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Phil Harris
- Oct 5, 2018
- 3 min
Buying Happiness Depends on Your Social Class
As they say, money does not buy you happiness but poverty buys you nothing. What is the best way to spend money to increase your...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 19, 2018
- 3 min
Who is Happier? Conservatives or Liberals?
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with my perennial interest in the psychology of political thinking. Certainly, in these...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
The Three Best Ways to Have Fun
Everyone's so busy these days that it is easy to think you need to schedule time to have fun. But be careful about how you do that, said...
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Phil Harris
- Apr 11, 2018
- 2 min
Paradox: Seeing the Up When Down
Researchers have found that when a person rates their current mental health as 'positive' despite meeting criteria for a mental health...
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Phil Harris
- Feb 18, 2018
- 1 min
Infidelity: Key Predictors Identified
A recent study of relationships has found interesting predictors of infidelity within married couples. Read the surprising findings here.
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Phil Harris
- Jul 12, 2017
- 1 min
Mood Over Mind: Overcoming Rejection
In training and lectures I discuss how depression can be side-stepped. Rather than over thinking, which is strongly related t depressive...
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Phil Harris
- Dec 11, 2016
- 1 min
If Money Does Not Make You Happy You Are Not Spending It Right.
I am a big fan of Prof Dan Gilbert's research on happiness. In what must come to be regarded as a classic paper, he along with Elizabeth...
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