Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Friday, 14 August 2009 19:00 | 
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Why are some of us more confident than others? Clinical
psychologist and best selling author Dr Dorothy Rowe explains how we can
develop authentic self-confidence.
Published on Friday, 10 July 2009 19:00 | |
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We all have a shadow self - what Jung called the enemy within - but when we recognise and explore our darker side, as Victoria Hoban discovers, we can also unlock our true potential
Published on Friday, 03 July 2009 19:00 | |
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Most of us meet with Failure in the course of our lives – along with its best friends Guilt, Despair and Shame.
Bruce Grierson reports on a new theory rapidly gaining ground which argues that adversity, setbacks and even trauma may actually be necessary for people to be happy, successful and fulfilled.
Published on Friday, 19 June 2009 19:00 | |
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Have our digital-age minds reached maximum information processing capacity? Scientific research suggests that relentless mental multi-tasking and information overload are affecting our ability to feel compassion, empathy and altruism. John Naish investigates.
Published on Friday, 15 May 2009 19:00 | |
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We can all get stuck in
schemas - commonly known as life traps.
Invariably cemented in childhood, schemas are negative beliefs about the self that lead to self-defeating life patterns in adulthood. Hannah Borno looks at how it's possible to move on from our schemas and create new lives.
Published on Friday, 17 April 2009 18:00 | |
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Is the stress-fuelled modern work ethic of striving and
competing threatening to wreck our children’s lives? Tom Hodgkinson of The
Idler reckons that we are too much in our children’s faces and welcomes us to
the school of inactive parenting.
Published on Friday, 13 March 2009 18:00 | |
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Julie Burchill argues that volunteering is a more effective cure for depression than therapy