Are You Lonely Or Just a Loner?

Posted by on Jun 2, 2010 in positive psychology | 0 comments

There is a difference, you know. One my most read and commented blogs is one I wrote earlier this year called I’m OK, You’re An Introvert.  The title was a play on Thomas Harris’ famous book I’m OK, You’re OK. In that blog I tried to banish the popular notion that introversion is a personality defect or a character flaw.  I even had the audacity to encourage...

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The Internet and Depression

Posted by on Apr 21, 2010 in positive psychology, technology | 2 comments

Readers of this blog will know that we have an interest in the topic of depression and mental well-being.  Among other things, Dawn and I run training sessions for the local anti-depression group Aware Defeat Depression, and I run workshops on positive psychology (NOT positive thinking). So I was fascinated by new research that suggests a link between ‘internet addiction’ and...

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So, Belfast People Are Internet Illiterate Then?

Posted by on Apr 29, 2009 in education, learning, technology | 6 comments

An article this week caugh my eye ire.  Internet bamboozles people in Belfast.  Can I beg to differ?  Only this week, I was listening to some international bod, who was investing in NI, as it has the highest qualified IT people this side of thon Danube.  But, perhaps he didn’t read this article.  He’d be sure to pull out, after sucking up this piece of highly patronising...

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