by Amy Brann | Jun 10, 2020 | Habits, Productivity
In current times, when many of us are working from home, our brains are having to adapt to a whole new way of working, often not in ideal conditions. The norms of going to the office 5 days a week are on hold, and a new normal has to be established. One thing that is...
by Amy Brann | Feb 10, 2020 | Emotion & Outlook
Emotional regulation is often defined as your ability to modulate your experience and expression of positive and negative emotions in accordance with the ongoing situation. It’s key to healthy psychological functioning, as well as your ability to adapt to your...
by Amy Brann | Jan 29, 2020 | Behavior & Mindset Change
There is quite a lot of debate around whether it’s possible to change your personality, or whether it is something that is pretty fixed across your lifetime. For a while now, science has been providing evidence to support the former – that your personality can...
by Amy Brann | Nov 20, 2017 | Motivation
Nudging: Being a choice architect. Last month, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (in Memory of Alfred Nobel and therefore sometimes called the Nobel Prize for Economics) went to Richard Thaler, a Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the...
by Amy Brann | Feb 2, 2014 | Habits, Motivation
It’s February. Memories of Christmas may be fading fast but in the New Year some things are undoubtedly still playing on our minds. Whether it’s a touch of guilt about festive over-indulgence or a sense of the significance of the New Year as a new opportunity, there...