Other Valuable Resources
Compassion for Self and Others
Self-Compassion: A Healthier Way of Relating to Yourself - Dr. Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor in Human Development and Culture, Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas. Visit her site to see her excellent 19 minute TEDx talk on The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion.
Growth Mindset
Praise (click here) - For over a decade Professor Carol Dweck from Stanford University and her team studied the effects of praise on students. This study involved a series of experiments on over 400 5th graders from all over the country. Everyone, especially parents, need to watch this 5 minute video!
Introduction to Wellbeing & Happiness Research (Positive Psychology)
What is Positive Psychology? - 5 minute introduction video... see below:
Self-Compassion: A Healthier Way of Relating to Yourself - Dr. Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor in Human Development and Culture, Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas. Visit her site to see her excellent 19 minute TEDx talk on The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion.
Growth Mindset
Praise (click here) - For over a decade Professor Carol Dweck from Stanford University and her team studied the effects of praise on students. This study involved a series of experiments on over 400 5th graders from all over the country. Everyone, especially parents, need to watch this 5 minute video!
Introduction to Wellbeing & Happiness Research (Positive Psychology)
What is Positive Psychology? - 5 minute introduction video... see below:
Core Clip from the Documentary... "Happy" (5 minutes) - Roko Belic brings to life some of the key findings from Positive Psychology research.
What I Learned While Making a Movie About Happiness (17 minutes) - Roko Belic speaking at TEDx.
Happiness at Work
What is the Happiness Advantage? (2 minutes) - Shawn Anchor, former Positive Psychology Lecturer at Harvard and founder of the Institute of Applied Positive Research, discussed the common myth that... Work Harder = Success = Happiness.
The Happy Secret to Better Work - humourous but revealing 12 minute TEDx video from May 2011 by Shawn Anchor.
Mindfulness
Introduction to Mindfulness (4 minutes) – Good short introduction to mindfulness and it’s benefits. You can also find some short guided mindfulness meditations here if you want to practice.
Mindfulness and Leadership, Health & the Power of Possibility (49 minutes) - Professor Ellen Langer, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, addresess the ADC Future Summit on May 30 in Melbourne. Good in-depth introduction to applied mindfulness from someone who has been researching it for 30 years. Her approach is a Western, non-mediation perspective on mindfulness.
Counterclockwise: the power of possibility' at Happiness & Its Causes 2012 (25 minutes) - Professor Ellen Langer... if we can turn back the clock psychologically, can we also turn it back physically? How does our belief in physical limits constrain us? Opening our minds to what's possible.
Managing Energy NOT Time
The Power of Full Engagement – 10 minute overview of the book. No point in having your time perfectly scheduled if you don’t have the energy to perform.
Quick Coherence Technique and the Role of the Heart
Introduction to the new science of the heart - web page at the HeartMath Institute with some quick facts about the central role of the heart in psychological wellbeing.
Introduction to Heart Rate Variability and the science behind the Quick Coherence Technique - 5 minute video from the Biofeedback Society of California.
Instructions for practicing the Quick Coherence Technique - Web page at the HeartMath Institute with the 3 step process.
Purpose
What Makes Life Meaningful – 16 minute TEDx talk by Michael F. Steger, an Associate Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University. If you are in a hurry start at the 5 minute mark.
Power Poses - Using Your Body to Change Your Mind
Your body language shapes who you are - 20 minute TED talk. Amy Cuddy, Social Psychologist at Harvard Business School shares her research on body language which reveals we can change other people’s perceptions — and even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions.
What I Learned While Making a Movie About Happiness (17 minutes) - Roko Belic speaking at TEDx.
Happiness at Work
What is the Happiness Advantage? (2 minutes) - Shawn Anchor, former Positive Psychology Lecturer at Harvard and founder of the Institute of Applied Positive Research, discussed the common myth that... Work Harder = Success = Happiness.
The Happy Secret to Better Work - humourous but revealing 12 minute TEDx video from May 2011 by Shawn Anchor.
Mindfulness
Introduction to Mindfulness (4 minutes) – Good short introduction to mindfulness and it’s benefits. You can also find some short guided mindfulness meditations here if you want to practice.
Mindfulness and Leadership, Health & the Power of Possibility (49 minutes) - Professor Ellen Langer, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, addresess the ADC Future Summit on May 30 in Melbourne. Good in-depth introduction to applied mindfulness from someone who has been researching it for 30 years. Her approach is a Western, non-mediation perspective on mindfulness.
Counterclockwise: the power of possibility' at Happiness & Its Causes 2012 (25 minutes) - Professor Ellen Langer... if we can turn back the clock psychologically, can we also turn it back physically? How does our belief in physical limits constrain us? Opening our minds to what's possible.
Managing Energy NOT Time
The Power of Full Engagement – 10 minute overview of the book. No point in having your time perfectly scheduled if you don’t have the energy to perform.
Quick Coherence Technique and the Role of the Heart
Introduction to the new science of the heart - web page at the HeartMath Institute with some quick facts about the central role of the heart in psychological wellbeing.
Introduction to Heart Rate Variability and the science behind the Quick Coherence Technique - 5 minute video from the Biofeedback Society of California.
Instructions for practicing the Quick Coherence Technique - Web page at the HeartMath Institute with the 3 step process.
Purpose
What Makes Life Meaningful – 16 minute TEDx talk by Michael F. Steger, an Associate Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University. If you are in a hurry start at the 5 minute mark.
Power Poses - Using Your Body to Change Your Mind
Your body language shapes who you are - 20 minute TED talk. Amy Cuddy, Social Psychologist at Harvard Business School shares her research on body language which reveals we can change other people’s perceptions — and even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions.
