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Psyche & Soul 28 ENHANCING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING THROUGH GRATEFUL LIVING
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In this weekend`s podcast Jose Parappully (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) continues exploration of mental health and wellbeing by looking at the role of gratitude.
There is a growing body of psychological and medical research that shows positive emotions have a profound impact on our physical and mental wellbeing. Positive emotions like love, joy, hope, contentment are robust predictors of increased psychological well-being, especially during upsetting times. They optimize health, and psychological resilience. One major reason for this is that positive emotions strengthen our immune system.
Important among the dispositions, or virtues, that promote positive emotions is gratitude.
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I wish all of you listeners/readers a very happy, healthy and blessed new year.
In this first weekend of 2021 I explore mental health and wellbeing, an essential requisite for a happy and productive life.
Psyche & Soul 26 MOVING INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH HOPE!
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As 2020 comes to a close, we look forward to 2021 with Hope.
2020 changed our world. It has been very distressing and disruptive and in some sense a disastrous year. A year which has affected the global society in so many negative and painful ways. In this context, hope is our greatest ally.
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The Coming celebration of Christmas - God embodying human flesh as we read in John`s Gospel (1, 14), is a good occasion for us to reflect on another significant dimension of a Holistic Spirituality, namely, a Spirituality of Embodiment.
God taking on human flesh and blood in Jesus of Nazareth gives a whole new dimension to the understanding of the body -- human, but also all living and non-living bodies.
Psyche & Soul 24: SPIRITUALITY OF SIMPLICITY - ``DOWNWARD MOBILITY``
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Last weekend Jose Parappully (sumedhacentre@gmail.com) reflected on a Holistic Spirituality - Wholeness, not Flawlessness.
This weekend he explores another important aspect of spirituality - Simplicity, so essential in a consumerist culture.
Psyche & Soul 20: TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COMMUNITY & COMPASSION
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The podcast last week referred to the massive disruption of life that covid-19 has ushered in. However, in the depth of this disruption that is quite overwhelming, lies the opportunity to create a more beautiful and humane world.
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Last weekend we reflected on the impact of dualism on spirituality. This weekend we shall reflect on a Spirituality based on the newly emerged Holistic paradigm.
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Several developments in science and philosophy in the last hundred years have undermined the mechanistic-dualistic paradigm and paved the way for the emergence of a new one - the Holistic paradigm.
Psyche & Soul 22: A SPLINTERED, DISTORTED SPIRITUALITY
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Last week end we reflected on Everyday spirituality. This weekend we shall continue our reflections on spirituality, especially the impact of dualism on spirituality.
I refer here to paradigms, change seen as evil, denigration of body, subjugation and oppression of women and patriarch and how these distort our understanding and practice of spirituality.
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The title of this podcast/blog ``Psyche & Soul`` alludes to a profound truth, namely ``psyche,`` that stands of psychology, and ``soul,`` standing for spirituality, go together.
We normally assume that the two are very different. Not really. Both have to do with everyday life and behaviour and thus have much in common. Good psychology is good spirituality, and good spirituality is good psychology
Psyche & Soul 19- COVID- A TIME OF MASSIVE DISRUPTION
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Posted by PARAPPULLY Jose, New Delhi
This weekend we shall reflect on the Covid-19- disruptions and their impact on health and happiness...
We are currently living through perhaps the worst crisis the global community has faced in the last 100 years, since the Spanish flu of 1918. Covid-19 has disrupted life on a massive scale.
Psyche & Soul 18: PREVENTING AND RELIEVING STRESS THE S-AMRT WAY.
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This weekend we shall explore how we can reduce as well as prevent stress.
Stress is common place during these Covid -19 times. Learning to handle this stress is important for our health and happiness.
Managing stress is all about taking charge: taking charge of our thoughts, our emotions, our schedules, our environment, and the way we deal with situations and perceived threats.
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This weekend we shall reflect on the contribution of resilience to health and happiness. Resilience is the capacity to thrive despite adversity, to bounce back from setbacks, from trauma and tragedy and being able to live at even greater levels of wellbeing and satisfaction than before, that is, to flourish.
Psyche & Soul 16 HOPE AND OPTIMISM ENHANCE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
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This weekend we shall reflect on the contribution of hope and optimism to health and happiness... A large body of research shows that hope promotes health and happiness as well as success in life.
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This weekend we shall reflect on the contribution of generosity to health and happiness. Scientific research tells us that just like gratitude that we explored in the last podcast, a generous disposition has extraordinary impact on our emotional health and wellbeing.
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This weekend we shall reflect on the contribution of gratitude to health and happiness.
Emotionally healthy persons have genuine appreciation for life and its blessings. They experience spontaneous joy and deep satisfaction in living. They are sensitive to the wonderful things happening in them and around them—the daily miracles of life. They live gratefully.