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Check this fab article in new scientist with regards to happiness. I read this on the mag - but forgot to mention it. This links fabulously with Bunny, Christine, and Elizabeth's highly contageous emotional intelligence and approach in delivering services

The impact of good design on emotion - and motivation?

This time last year cats Betty and Martha were with RSPCA - Southridge. They had been in their care for 18 months, waiting to find their forever home.

For centuries, folk theory has promoted the idea that positive emotions are good for your health. Accumulating empirical evidence is providing support for this anecdotal wisdom. We use the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions (Fredrickson, 1998; 2001) as a framework to demonstrate that positive emotions contribute to psychological and physical well-being via more effective coping. We argue that the health benefits advanced by positive emotions may be instantiated in certain traits that are characterized by the experience of positive emotion. Towards this end, we examine individual differences in psychological resilience (the ability to bounce back from negative events by using positive emotions to cope) and positive emotional granularity (the tendency to represent experiences of positive emotion with precision and specificity). Individual differences in these traits are examined in two studies, one using psychophysiological evidence, the second using evidence from experience sampling, to demonstrate that positive emotions play a crucial role in enhancing coping resources in the face of negative events. Implications for research on coping and health are discussed.

Can we pimp our work environment to get more creative and fulfilled? take inspiration from google offices ;o) let's find and share a way of doing it on the cheap ;o) enjoy

search resutlst from pub med to do with humour, laughter & health ;o) some paid for some free, please Rach could you do the honours via your subscription via the route we discussed ;o)

Humour & laughter: health, imune system, wellbeing, etc. follow links at bottom to more fab free PDFs. To be linked to emotional intelligence please! - my lovely charity chums our humour, EI & Social Intelligence will help us reach learners and service users more effectively. Long live fun & humour ;o) convert the toxic avengers!

Yes, I guess I hadn't thought about it before but it does help that Christine and I give lots of laughs in our double act! You must see our impression of me (being me) talking to Gareth Malone (acted by CWP). This is one element that helps us to bond with our learners.

Eckhart Tolle - spiritual teacher and author.