It's the time of year when all sorts of delicacies are found being created, at our house or a family members', and this year, we voted the Christmas Tree Pavlova - best desert ever. My niece created this delight, staying up to 2am to finish off our Christmas Day pièce de résistance.
It has been a huge year, and I am looking forward to the start of a New Year. We're slowly starting to put away our Christmas baubles, sorting and clearing clutter as we do making way for a bright new start.
If you haven't seen Dr Barbara Fredrickson yet, and you are interested in mindfulness from a psychological perspective, there are some very helpful videos on youtube... The Good Science Center has quite a few as well as Dr Fredrickson's website at: Positivity Ratio.com
From Positivity Ratio... "Barbara Fredrickson is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and principal investigator of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory (a.k.a. PEP Lab) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research reveals how positive emotions, fleeting as they are, can tip the scales toward a life of flourishing.
Winner of several awards for her research and teaching – including the American Psychological Association’s inaugural Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology and the Society of Experimental Social Psychology’s Career Trajectory Award – Barb created her broaden-and-build theory to describe how positive emotions evolved for our human ancestors and how, today, they vitally shape people’s health and well-being.
Occasionally, we offer to do some house sitting. It's been a great way to travel and mind a gorgeous dog or two. We really adore dogs,...
