Cultivating Love: Insights from Barbara Fredrickson’s ‘Love 2.0’
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Cultivating Love: Insights from Barbara Fredrickson’s ‘Love 2.0’

In our ever-evolving understanding of emotions and their impacts on our lives, Barbara Fredrickson’s book “Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection” offers a refreshing perspective on love. Fredrickson, a leading researcher in the field of positive psychology, redefines love not as a stable, everlasting bond, but as a series of micro-moments…

Exploring Gender Differences: Are Men Really from Mars and Women from Venus?

Exploring Gender Differences: Are Men Really from Mars and Women from Venus?

In 1992, Dr John Gray’s book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus captured the public’s imagination by suggesting that men and women are so different in how they think, feel, and communicate that they might as well be from different planets. The book’s framework resonated with many, offering straightforward explanations for common relationship…

3 steps to take when you’re feeling lonely
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3 steps to take when you’re feeling lonely

Is it surprising to find out how, when we’re feeling lonely, we can create a self-fulfilling prophesy for ourselves if we’re not careful? In our last post, we explored how our unconscious attempts at self-protecting can lead us deep into disconnection:  Read: “Why isn’t it easy to reach out and connect when we’re feeling lonely?”…

Why you are not alone if you’re living with a mental health problem right now

Why you are not alone if you’re living with a mental health problem right now

I liken the feeling of loneliness to feeling like an elderly Eskimo. You may be wondering what I mean by that. Well you see, folklore has it that the Eskimos when one of their elders seemed to be near death’s door, they would put them on an ice floe and give it a good ol’ shove…

The Social Anxiety Report: Key Insights [2018]
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The Social Anxiety Report: Key Insights [2018]

The 2018 Knowledge Exchange Report produced by Unlocking Potential in collaboration with Quiet Connections provides a comprehensive analysis of social anxiety (and related conditions), including its prevalence and impacts, at a local, regional and national level. This article summarises some of the most important and surprising aspects of the report, shedding light on this often-misunderstood…