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The Piano Players
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I’m just back from a trip to London where I spent some time loitering at the big stations, listening to people play pianos and talking to some of them about their experiences. This is a new project I’m working on which brings together my previous expertise in music psychology and…
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Pulling on the Christmas heartstrings?
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It’s that time of year again. Let’s talk about the John Lewis Christmas advert. Yet again music is being used as a way into feelings and connections that are hard to put into words. This year we’ve got a son who buys his dad Where Love Lives, a 1990s hit,…
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How much time does it take to feel better?
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We’re all about the quick wins in today’s fast-paced dopamine-fuelled society. And while we all recognise that change takes time, we still want the quickest routes to it – Ozempic, anyone? A new study by researchers from Duke University, North Carolina, found that health care workers could improve their emotional…
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Coming out of the mist
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I’ve spent most of January learning new things related to my business. Thanks so much, YouTube, for providing all kinds of helpful tutorials and thanks also, Reddit, for providing a space where people ask the same silly questions I think of and luckily other helpful people give answers. While I…
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Where it all began
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This might seem like a strange place to begin a story about a happiness consultancy business, but 16 years ago I started my first happiness course with university psychology students, and the first session was all about how we choose to handle the cards…