Identity Building Assets
Your Post Pandemic Life Direction Choices: Happiness, Meaningfulness, or Experiential Richness (or some of each)?
There is a powerful sense (if you pause quietly and look for it) that we are all very close to getting a “normal life” restart opportunity. While we will have to wait a bit for the Delta variant to rage, we will be able to get back to things again soon. We could simply breathe…
Smartphones, Social Media and Loneliness
What comes to mind when you read or hear a statement that starts with the words “young people these days….”? There has been a lot of press over the research finding that young people (born around 1995) are expressing and experiencing significantly higher levels of stress, anxiety and loneliness even when compared to the generation…
Challenged by Anxiety or Trauma? Get Moving!
If you were experiencing anxiety or struggling with trauma would dancing be good for you? If you first thought is, “well it might be a distraction but other than that….” You might benefit from a look at and some reflection upon research that looks directly at this question. If you know something about the sub-cortical…
Cats, Humans and Curiosity
A key Identity Building ToolI cannot say I understand exactly why curiosity killed the cat; cats have always struck me as cautious but inquisitive explorers (though apparently a cat named Blackie had a run-in with a chimney back in 1916 that was the death of him). Is curiosity, or when is curiosity, a good thing?…
The Identity Building Blog: Find Your Way Forward!
By Mike Boyes, PhDThis blog focusses on Identity Building. If Identity Building is more a process than a thing (have you heard that before …?) then getting tips, hints, suggestions, or insights into things that can help, hinder or otherwise influence your Identity Building would be valuable, right? That is what I try and do…