Interesting links and articles
Expecting too be too happy works against your well-being!
'Greater Good' is an excellent site and well-worth subscribing too, with evidence-based articles about well-being, compassion and mindfulness. This is an interesting one about how over-pursuing happiness can turn out not to be so good for you.
Are your happiness goals too high?
(Added 20th Jan, 2017)
MindEd for Families
This is a new site that offers information and signposting for families who are worried about their children, as well as evidence-based information about how to build resilience, how to talk to my child etc. We;; worth an explore.
(Added 20th Jan, 2017)
'A wandering mind is an unhappy mind': some research by Killingsworth and Gilbert (2010) that shows mind-wandering is related to our levels of unhappiness.
A wandering mind is an unhappy mind
(Added 3rd January 2017)
Some short animated clips from the RSA featuring Brene Brown
This one on empathy
This one on blame
(Added 7th October, 2015)
A short animated film created by teenagers about their experience of depression.
(Added 8th September 2015)
Journalist Carl Honore talks about the benefits of slowness in this TED talk, including the benefits for children and teenagers.
(Added 8th September 2015)
Dan Siegal explains the hand model of the brain and how we can 'flip our lid'.
Hand model of the brain for parents
(Added 12th June 2015)
Jon Kabat-Zinn talks about what mindfulness is
(added on 27th March 2015)
Dan Siegal on the difference between 'being' and 'doing' with your child
(Added on 27th March 2015)
Parents underestimate their children's worry levels and overestimate their optimism - according to some research by Lagattuta and her colleagues (2012).
Parents underestimate children's worry
(Added on 03/09/2014)
Beyond Belief: Mindfulness
Discussion on Radio 4
Radio 4 Mindfulness discussion
(Added on 08/07/2014)
Sonia Livingstone on children and the internet
How children engage with the internet
(Added on 08/07/2014)
Barbara Fredrickson talking about her new book 'Positivity' - the importance of positive emotions. It's short, about 6 minutes, and worth a look.
Barbara Fredrickson 'Positivity'
(Added on 08/04/2014)
Some interesting research about the effects of how we praise children on their beliefs about their ability.
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/seven-year-olds-beliefs-about-ability.html
(Added on 2/10/13)
Check out this funny and moving TED talk by Brene Brown on vulnerability
http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html
(Added on 16/09/2013)
If you are interested in the application of mindfulness in the school context, here is another TED talk, this time by Richard Burnett of the Mindfulness in Schools Project.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mlk6xD_xAQ&feature=player_embedded
(Added on 16/09/2013)
