We explore inspired living, positive psychology, well-being, and human flourishing through simple life experiments.

We explore inspired living, positive psychology, well-being, and human flourishing through simple life experiments.

We explore inspired living, positive psychology, well-being, and human flourishing through simple life experiments.

Giving is good for the soul. We learn this from ancient wisdom, modern research about giving and charity, and from our personal experiences with giving. Combine this with the growing research about the value of de-cluttering and simplifying our lives, and we have the ingredients for a promising life experiment.

New experiences are good for you. Those parts of your brain that are in charge of detecting threats and keeping you safe might lead you to think (or perhaps feel) otherwise, but in general, humans thrive upon novel experiences. They stretch us and help us learn. That is what we explore in this episode.

We explore inspired living, positive psychology, well-being, and human flourishing through simple life experiments.

What would happen if you conducted an experiment that combined the best thinking around the psychological benefits of photography, insight from growing research about practices in gratitude, and the age-old human intrigue of collecting things? How about a 10-day personal experiment that is at the intersection of these three?

Don’t wait for the next birthday or holiday to celebrate, and I have research to back me up on this advice. Celebrations are a type of rite that go back as long as we have a record of human history, and there is a reason for it. That is what we explore in this episode, along with a new life experiment. Talking about ideas is useful, but why settle for talk when you can try it out in your own life?

We explore inspired living, positive psychology, well-being, and human flourishing through simple life experiments.

We explore inspired living, positive psychology, well-being, and human flourishing through simple life experiments.