Maximum Headroom

Posted by Allen Baird, Partner on Apr 20, 2009 in positive psychology | 0 comments

I came across a great BBC website recently that I thought I could share with you all.  It’s called Headroom: Unwind Your Mind.  The site contains a cleverly formatted mix of health news, stories, tests and interactive resources.  For instance, there’s a section called MoodScape that allows you to create your own unique animation to reflect your mood.  There is also a MoodSpa to explore your mental well-being from a number of viewpoints, such as self-esteem, social life, fitness, and anger management.

What I would particularly recommend you take a peek at are the Wellbeing Guides.  These are an assortment of videos, tracks, and fact sheets on a whole range of interesting and relevant topics.  They are presented by an array of people, from the formerly-irritating Ruby Wax to a variety of less-known – but highly respected – health experts.

I dare you to try out some of the tracts from the guided Meditation or Relaxation and not feel the benefits!

And in case anyone thinks that all this talk of well-being is incurably low-brow, I urge them to read Well-Being: Its Meaning, Measurement and Moral Importance by J Griffin for starters.  Or The Morality of Happiness by Julia Annas.  I’m glad to say that these topics are receiving a lot more attention in the field of philosophy now than they have for many years, as with psychology.

Who knows, maybe, in some far-off, bright-and-glorious day, we’ll even design an education that combines academic wellbeing with our physical and moral condition.  Hang on, didn’t the ancient Greeks do this thousands of years ago?  Yes – they called it paideia, in case you’re interested.

But I’ll leave that for another blog…