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Flourishing Is Not Just About Feeling Good: Widening My Perspective on Positive Psychology
Over recent months I have been writing, reading and thinking increasingly about human flourishing. Positive Psychology has inevitably played an important part in that exploration. Seligman’s PERMA model, the work of Deci and Ryan on motivation, Csikszentmihalyi on attention and flow, Kasser on intrinsic and extrinsic values, and the wider literature around meaning, resilience, relationships……
Longevity without Quality Isn’t Success. Vitality Is.
A reflection on successful ageing in the UK There is a quiet pride in the United Kingdom about how long we now live. Advances in medicine, sanitation, housing, and public health much of it delivered through the National Health Service mean that reaching our eighties is no longer remarkable, and ninety is increasingly common. Statistically,……
Ageing Well in the UK: It’s Less About Genes and More About Daily Choices
We often assume ageing is largely written in our DNA. But growing evidence suggests genetics account for less than 20% of how long and how well we live. The bigger drivers? How we move, connect, nourish and renew ourselves and what we decide matters most. From a UK perspective, this is both empowering and sobering.……
From Success to Significance: Why Meaning and Mattering Define Midlife Flourishing
Midlife has long been caricatured as a crisis, an inflection point marked by restlessness, regret, or reinvention. But contemporary psychology offers a far richer frame: midlife as a pivot from achievement to significance, from striving to meaning. If early adulthood is often about building career, family, reputation then midlife is increasingly about asking a deeper……