(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) In this episode of joyful. I talk with Dr Philippa Lally - a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Surrey in England and Co-Director of the Habit Application and Theory Research Group. Her research focuses on investigating habitual behaviours and, together with Dr Benjamin Gardner, she works on introducing habit-based approaches to promote healthy habits in general public. In today's episode we discuss what are habits, how can they help us in b...

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) In #3rd episode of joyful. I meet with Dr Cyril Forestier in Grenoble, France. Cyril has a PhD in Sports science titled: Beliefs and self-control on individuals with cardiovascular diseases. He obtained his degree at the University of Grenoble Alpes and he followed his career in academia for the next couple of years, working on engagement in healthy behaviours such as, for instance, physical activity or food choices. In May 2023, he decided to quit academia an...

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) In this episode I meet with Swann Xerri in Marseille, France. He is a professional public speaker and coach as he teaches other people how to ameliorate their performance in both professional and private areas of life. He is the owner of his own company and the author of the course "Be the Architect of your life". He also co-authored a book with his father, neuroscientist, Christian Xerri titled Le Développement Personnel vu par les Neurosciences: A la découve...

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) I invite you to reflect upon who you are and what makes you, you. In describing how our memory impacts our sense of self, I bring up the works of scientists from the domains of neuroscience and psychology, which shed light on the understanding on how we create the beliefs we have about ourselves and, most importantly, how we can change them. -> What Is a Self-Concept? -> How Does Memory Shape Our Sense of Self? -> Are We All Guilty of Crafting Our Pa...