The Opposite of Addiction is Connection. Right now an exciting new perspective on addiction is emerging.
Johann Harri, author of Chasing The Scream, recently captured widespread public interest with his Ted talk Everything You Know About Addiction Is Wrong, where he concluded with this powerful statement: The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection. – Johann Harri These sentiments are augmented by a growing number of experts, including addiction specialist Dr Gabor Maté, who cites ’emotional loss and trauma’ as the core of addiction. Compare this ’emotional loss’ to Johan Harri’s idea about lack of connection and it is clear they’re talking about a similar emotional condition. Limbic Resonance If connection is the opposite of addiction, then an examination of the neuroscience of human connection is in order. Alain Ehrenberg : «La santé mentale est une question sociale» The Top 10 Happiest Countries and What Makes Them Happy, by Cat Johnson.
“The care of human life and happiness…is the only legitimate object of good government,” —Thomas Jefferson, 1809.
Everyone wants to be happy, and increasingly, countries around the world are looking at happiness as an indicator of national well-being and considering happiness in policy making. As this year’s World Happiness Report states, “Happiness is increasingly considered a proper measure of social progress and a goal of public policy.” But what makes people happy, and which countries have the highest levels of happiness? Peut-on vraiment dire «heureux comme un Danois»? A brand new café and creative venue just off Brick Lane in East London. L'ENTRETIEN - Laurent Hasse, réalisateur du documentaire "Le bonheur... terre promise" Le bonheur des Français: toute une Histoire ... Pour aborder la large question du bonheur en France, Ali Rebeihi s'accompagne de: Rémy Pawin , docteur en Histoire contemporaine et auteur de [Histoire du bonheur en France depuis 1945* ]( publié chez Robert Laffont en décembre 2013 * Sven Ortoli , rédacteur en chef du Hors-Série de Philosophie Magazine, consacré à Sempé Laurent Hasse, réalisateur du documentaire Le bonheur...
Terre promise , produit par La Bascule, sorti en DVD depuis le 3 décembre chez Dock 66. Four ways that Danes are socializers, not socialists. US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is a big proponent of Denmark, but is he focusing on the wrong things?
Photo: Scott Olson/Scanpix American author Jessica Alexander has seen US interest in Denmark spike in recent weeks, but she wonders if more of her countrymen would be inspired by Danes if they focused on their social traits rather than their 'socialist' label. It’s the country that has been on the tip of Bernie Sanders’s tongue this campaign trail. The US senator consistently points to little ol' Denmark, a small country famous for the Little Mermaid, as a role model for how countries treat their working classes. When he brought Denmark up in the first Democratic presidential debate, his main rival Hillary Clinton responded by saying “we are not Denmark” but was quick to add “I love Denmark.” So what is all the fuss about and what is America missing out on? But here’s a thought. Can Helping Others Help You Find Meaning in Life? The idea that helping others is part of a meaningful life has been around for thousands of years.
Aristotle wrote that finding happiness and fulfillment is achieved “by loving rather than in being loved.” According to the psychologist Carol Ryff, who reviewed the writings of numerous philosophers throughout history, relationships with others are “a central feature of a positive, well-lived life.” Yet today many of us seem to be struggling to find meaning by gathering up achievements, spending so much time at work that we’re cut off from other people. Are we headed down the wrong path? New research is providing more and more evidence that kind and helpful behavior causes us to feel that our lives are meaningful, and discovering what we can do to reap those benefits. Relationships and the meaningful life. Beyond GDP: are there better ways to measure well-being? “At present, we are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP.” — Paul Hawken Imagine if a corporation used Gross Domestic Product (GDP) accounting to do its books: it would be adding all its income and expenses together to get a final number.
Nobody would think that’s a very good indication of how well that business was doing. Herman Daly, a former senior economist at the World Bank, said that, “the current national accounting system treats the earth as a business in liquidation.” He also noted that we are now in a period of “uneconomic growth”; where GDP is growing but societal welfare is not. The good news is that there are several alternatives to GDP being actively developed, discussed, and used. Hackschooling Makes Me Happy: Logan LaPlante at TEDxUniversityofNevada. Lessons on the Good Life. How Children's Social Competence Impacts Their Well-Being in Adulthood. Overview A 20-year retrospective study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and published in the July 2015 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, suggests that kindergarten students who are more inclined to exhibit “social competence” traits—such sharing, cooperating, or helping other kids—may be more likely to attain higher education and well-paying jobs.
In contrast, students who exhibit weaker social competency skills may be more likely to drop out of high school, abuse drugs and alcohol, and need government assistance. This brief provides an overview and major findings from this study and implications for further action. How the Study Worked In the early 1990’s, kindergarten teachers from four Fast Track Research Project locations—Durham, N.C., Nashville, Tenn., Seattle, Wash. and central Pennsylvania—rated the degree to which a cohort of 753 kindergarteners demonstrated social competence skills in their classroom interactions using an eight-point scale.
Key Findings. For a better quality-of-life. FOR A BETTER QUALITY-OF-LIFERuut Veenhoven, Professor of social conditions for human happiness Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Published in: Mathieu Deflem (Ed.
. ), Wp201134. Wp201134. Player. Helping others dampens effects of everyday stress. Providing help to friends, acquaintances, and even strangers can mitigate the impact of daily stressors on our emotions and our mental health, according to new research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
"Our research shows that when we help others we can also help ourselves," explains study author Emily Ansell of the Yale University School of Medicine. "Stressful days usually lead us to have a worse mood and poorer mental health, but our findings suggest that if we do small things for others, such as holding a door open for someone, we won't feel as poorly on stressful days. " We often turn to others for social support when we're feeling stressed, but these new results suggest that proactively doing things for others may be another effective strategy for coping with everyday worries and strains.
The participants received an automated phone reminder every night that prompted them to complete their daily assessment. Explore Humanity's Good with Thomas FrancineGo Greater Good. Greater Writings: on the decline of violence, expanding circle, and human condition ^click to view!
…and print to read easier! …short pieces by prominent minds on these important topics. These fascinating writings form the foundation of my go greater beliefs. Playground Movement. The playground movement in America began as an answer to the industrial revolution realities of crowded cities and long work days. Hand-in-hand with the settlement houses being formed in the late 19th century, the playground movement sought to save the poor, immigrant, and homeless children from unhealthy crowded tenement neighborhoods.
The reformers believed that “supervised play could improve the mental, moral, and physical well-being of children.” They also felt that “recreation not only benefited (the) individual but also transformed a nation of alien immigrants, or downtrodden, unhealthy factory workers, into cohesive, healthy, population of citizens working for common good or ready to defend their country.” Though there were scattered attempts at play areas during the 1800s, beginning with a German style outdoor gymnasium in Salem, Massachusetts in 1821, the playground movement did not begin until the sand gardens in Boston in 1885. Empathy and the Art of Living 200907. The Networked Community. Près de la moitié des Français estime être passé "à côté de sa vie"
On savait déjà que les Français n'étaient pas des forcenés de l'optimisme. On ignorait, en revanche, les proportions inquiétantes dans lesquelles ils considèrent avoir raté leur vie. Votre Indicateur Du Vivre Mieux. Comment va la vie ? Transforming compassion into heroic action. How Social Connections Keep Seniors Healthy. Vonda is an energetic 73-year-old woman with a friendly smile and a sharp wit. For the last two decades she’s been living in an intentional farming community called “Potluck Farm” with other individuals and families on 170 acres in rural North Carolina.
Vonda Frantz (foreground, in pink shirt) putting the roof on the common house for Potluck Farm's new Elderberry community. But recently, she realized something: She’s getting older. Though she loves the farm, living far apart on separate 6-acre parcels means that neighbors don’t see each other that often and can’t easily help each other in a pinch. Caring for the large piece of property is getting tougher, too.
So she and some friends have begun building a new community—smaller and adjacent to the old—where houses will be built closer together, more activities will be shared, and neighbors will grow food and maintain their lifestyle, while caring for one another. It turns out that Vonda and her friends are on to something. Early relationships, not brainpower, key to adult happiness. Barrington-Leigh-INM2014-francais.pdf. What Makes a Nation Happy? “The care of human life and happiness…is the only legitimate object of good government.” —Thomas Jefferson, 1809. Everyone wants to be happy, and increasingly, countries around the world are looking at happiness as an indicator of national well-being and considering happiness in policy making.
As this year’s World Happiness Report states, “Happiness is increasingly considered a proper measure of social progress and a goal of public policy.” But what makes people happy, and which countries have the highest levels of happiness? Psychologue Psychologie Positive - Bonheur - Québec. Votre Indicateur Du Vivre Mieux. Le difficile art d'être heureux. Chris Barrington-Leigh L'auteur est économiste à l'Institut des politiques sociales et de la santé de l'Université McGill. Joanis-godbout.pdf. Harvard’s Most Popular Course: Tal Ben-Shahar On How to Be Happier. Harvard’s most popular course was a class on how to be happier. Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar taught Harvard University’s most popular course (in the Spring of 2006): a course on Positive Psychology; that is, he taught his students how to be happy. The course, called PSY 1504 – Positive Psychology, was described as follows: “The course focuses on the psychological aspects of a fulfilling and flourishing life.
Pourquoi je me lève à 5h30 tous les matins (et ce que vous gagnerez à en faire autant) — Officielle France. Il y a quelques mois, j’ai pris une décision que je n’aurais jamais cru prendre. Une décision qui allait impacter chacune de mes journées pour les prochains mois. Calm.com. Spécial Bonheur. Spécial Bonheur. Dans ce dossier. WHR-2015-summary_final.pdf. World Happiness Report. Congrès du Futur. À propos de Marie-Claude. La science du bonheur (Critique de MOOC) Aujourd’hui, nous vous présentons le MOOC gratuit « The Science of Happiness » proposé par l’Université de Berkeley en Californie via la plateforme edX. Le cours en quelques mots. Sans titre. Alexandre Jardin. Le bonheur des Français. Coaching : développement de soi, confiance en soi, yoga du rire, Isère – École du Bonheur.
Le voyage d'Hector ou la recherche du bonheur. Du bonheur, un voyage philosophique. Classement des pays les plus heureux. C’est quoi le bonheur pour vous? Think-Spinoza-Bonheur-Optimisme-2015-v1. Bonheur-mondial-2015.pdf. Accueil - Comprendre la globalisation. Le bonheur. Les Suisses, champions du monde du bonheur. Excellent documentaire sur le Bonheur. The Planetary Week for a Better World - Boulogne-Billancourt - Organisation à but non lucratif. Urban projects / projets urbains. Journée mondiale du bonheur, le 20 mars.
Université du Bonheur au Travail. Affaires d-optimisme. Du Bonheur... Les nouvelles clés du bonheur. L'Observatoire du Bonheur de Coca Cola. Moodstep. La-Fabrique-Spinoza-annonce-stage-long-GEN-2015.pdf. Amazon.fr - Histoire du bonheur en France - Rémy PAWIN - Livres. Redevenir humains. Le bonheur, un projet pour l'ecole. Ecole et relaxation - Dossier cours de bonheur. Le bonheur à l'école. "Pourquoi je veux que mes enfants apprennent l'empathie avant le chinois" - Sarah Mariotte-Tirmarche, co-directrice Ashoka France. Cahier-environnement_et_bonheur. Cahier_bonheur_politique. Cp_observatoire_bonheur_vf.pdf. Heureux à tout prix : pourquoi les Français ne sont pas dans le coup ? Optimisme et réussite sont-ils liés ?
Entreprise libérée et bien-être au travail - Inspiration / Projets d'entrepreneurs - Socenters. À la recherche du bonheur : interview d'un spécialiste, Gaël Brulé, directeur scientifique de la Fabrique Spinoza. Bonheur et travail : que dit la science ? - Positive post. Danger, nos émotions prennent le pouvoir ! Educational Resources - Project Happiness. World Happiness Report 2013. CP - Les 1ers Ateliers du bonheur à l'école - le 17 janvier 2015. Les 18 règles de vie du Dalai-Lama, à partager le plus possible. Les comportements de citoyenneté organisationnelle : une étude empirique sur les relations avec l'engagement affectif, la satisfaction au travail et l'implication au travail. Share solutions.