Australians report high levels of life satisfaction but there are gaps — Indigenous Australians, immigrants and the unemployed fare worse. And COVID-19 won’t have helped.
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Hope and religion can be important coping resources for people during strict lockdowns - but also a source of struggle.
Here are four ways adults can help kids work through their worries about the environment.
Locking down again? You need a wellbeing plan.
Day of the Dead rituals help people connect with their ancestors, which the Aztecs believed was key to well-being.
The current chaos means there is perhaps greater receptivity to alternative ways of thinking and being.
Hope can energise, motivate and help us see through to a time when things will be better. To pull together in a crisis, we should put hope to work.
Here’s how to make sure nature-based prescriptions are actually effective.
The perception that you are negatively treated because of your background is psychologically damaging.
Optimism and pessimism can lead to poor decision making.
Once something bound up with other people, more recently ‘happiness’ is seen as something very individual. Has our dependence on each other during lockdown changed our sense of where happiness lies?
Whether it’s cars passing nearby, a neighbour’s blaring music or the constant drone of a lawnmower, the trouble with sound is that – unlike light – it can be hard to block out completely.
Working from home during lockdown reminded many of us of the benefits of office life. With a bit of imagination we could have the best of both worlds.
Traditional fishers are one of the most economically vulnerable professions in Indonesia. But, my research found that they are happier than those in other professions.
Trials show a four-day week really works. With economies desperate for recovery, now could be the perfect time to encourage it.
Excessive screen use has been linked to addictive behaviours, changes in mood, increased stress and difficulty sleeping - here’s how to take a break.
We live in the time of the ‘quantified self’. This means we’re constantly under pressure to use technology to ‘optimise’ ourselves, and may be why many people view gaming as a ‘waste of time’.
Use tins of beans, use a coat, use your kids … it’s all about being creative with the space you’ve got.
We can use anxious thoughts as triggers to engage in activities that not only manage anxiety but to help us build positive mental health habits for the future.
Parks have a vital role to play for both physical and mental wellbeing.
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
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