FREE Resources

Many people find that they can derive enormous benefit from working on their own with good quality self help resources. Up-to-date research  suggests strongly that we can all benefit from regular relaxation and  meditation activities - even 10 minutes a day can be helpful! Living in an "app" world as we do, many of my clients have found the following  apps easy to use and beneficial: 

• "Smiling Mind"
• "Headspace"

Michael Mosley delivered a thought-provoking talk on the topic of  "Healthy Living" at the Sydney Opera House in 2016. Please follow this link to watch the video recording.

Dr. Peeke is a medical doctor  and Senior Science Advisor to Elements Behavioral Health, the USA's most  preeminent network of eating disorders and addiction centres. Her  current research focuses on how addictive behaviors have subtly and  often profoundly penetrated daily lifestyle habits. Watch her  plain-speaking and highly engaging TED Talk.

Did you know that:

• After  just one night of only four or five hours’ sleep, your natural killer  cells drop by 70%.
• A lack of sleep is linked to cancer of the bowel, prostate and breast.
• More than 20 large scale epidemiological studies all report the same clear relationship: the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life.
• Getting too little sleep across the adult lifespan will significantly raise your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
  

Professor Matthew Walker is one of the world’s leading sleep researchers and this recording of a presentation he made in London in 2019 is both informative and compelling.

An  internationally recognized expert in Neuropsychiatry, Dr. John Ratey  has published over 60 peer reviewed articles, and 8 books published in 14 languages, including "Spark-The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain," which established Dr. Ratey as one of the world's  foremost authorities on the brain-fitness connection. He presents his compelling ideas supported by research in this video.

   Professor Martin Seligman, often described as  the father of the positive psychology movement, believes you can make  yourself happy. Follow this link to a video broadcast of presentation by Professor Seligman in which he talks about different ways in which we can all experience greater happiness and meaning in our lives.

In this video clip,  Dr. Barbara Fredrickson shares her research on the ideal ratio of  positive to negative emotions, and offers suggestions for how to  flourish in life.

In this video Harvard University Professor of Psychology, Dan Gilbert, talks on the subject of "Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy?"

Click here to watch the video recording of a presentation given by His Holiness The Dalai Lama in December 2011 on "The Art of Happiness"

Having myself completed  the Thomas Gordon Parent Effectiveness Training course, I am happy to  recommend his website to you where you will find a number of  FREE resources to download.

FREE Resources for Families at Gordon International

If you are concerned about your child's emotional well being, you may find the SleepTalk process created by Joane Goulding of benefit.