How to Live

Kirsten McEwan. Associate Professor of Health and Well-being at the University of Derby. She is happiest spending time in nature and was pleased to be able to bring together her passion for the outdoors and health and well-being research by becoming a Forest Bathing researcher and practitioner. Most of her current research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of Forest Bathing and making it accessible to wider audiences.

Isabelle Leboeuf, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Lille, France. She is an expert in social joy and compassion. In her private practice, she integrates hypnotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Compassion Focused Therapy.

Russell Kolts is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor at Eastern Washington University, USA. He has many years' experience in treating anger problems and has pioneered the use of CFT in working with anger, which he has applied in numerous settings.

Dr Hannah Gilbert has a BA (Hons) in Anthropology, and a PhD in Sociology. Her doctoral research explored narratives of spiritual experience in the British spirit mediumship community. She spent three years as a psychiatric support worker during her undergraduate degree, and has recently returned to working in mental health having qualified with an MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy in 2018, and is now working for the Compassionate Mind Foundation. Hannah founded Compassionate Wellbeing in 2012, and in 2017 she started a small publishing company called Annwyn House.

Stan Steindl is a clinical psychologist, adjunct professor at UQ Psychology, author of The Gifts of Compassion.
Once again we'll be focusing on compassion, compassion-focused therapy, its research and various applications.

Dr. Wendy Wood on compassion, its importance and challenges to compassion.

For ten years, Wendy contributed to the development and programme leadership of the Postgraduate Certificate in Compassion Focused Therapy, the world's first academic programme in Compassion Focused Therapy. She continues to provide training, therapy, and clinical supervision in CFT/CMT.She has also contributed to the research on Compassion in Schools and compassion and forest bathing.Wendy retired from the University of Derby in 2017 to focus on her PhD and other projects, including Compassion in Schools research. She has recently completed her PhD, which was concerned with the experience of counsellors and psychotherapists who employ the principles and practices of Compassion Focused Therapy in their personal and professional lives.Wendy now works for the Compassionate Mind Foundation as Programme Leader/Training Advisor and contributes to research in CMT/CFT as well as working as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Derby and in private practice as a therapist and supervisor.

Anthrozoology, anthrozooalgia, human and animal coexistence, free-ranging dogs, somating experiencing, and animals! In conversation with Marco Adda.

Robert G. Jones, PhD is a professor emeritus of psychology at Missouri State University. His research and professional interests are in industrial and organizational psychology, and relate to management, prejudice, and ethical decision making. He is author of many books, including the textbook Psychology of Sustainability: An Applied Perspective (Routledge, 2015; second edition in progress).

Will be discussing sustainability, social change, and what psychology needs to be doing about these issues.

In conversation with Paul Gilbert - on compassion, compassion-focused therapy (CFT), psychological misconceptions, what compassion does to us therapists, and trainers, and many other topics raised in the following episode...

In conversation with Buddhist scholar, David Loy - on ecodharma, current ecological crisis, the need for Buddhism to be renewed.