As human beings, we all want to live a rich and fulfilling life and to enjoy its many pleasures. According to the broaden-and-build theory, the cultivation of positivity helps to build long lasting resources that will enhance life-satisfaction. In turn this increases the likelihood of experiencing future positive emotions and increases resilience to negative emotions. [...]
When should I wake up, to prevent sleep deprivation?: Knowing your chronotype--not necessarily waking up early--is a key to success. In sleep-wake studies, researchers generally focus on chronotype, or when an individual usually sleeps and performs at their best. Chronotypes are on a spectrum, from ‘larks’ to ‘owls’. Larks are individuals that usually wake-up and [...]
Following our last post on gaining control over our emotions through emotional awareness, this post will focus on how to increase control over our negative emotions through emotion regulation. What is emotion regulation? emotion regulation refers to the processes by which we influence: which emotions we have when we have them how we experience them [...]