What can we learn from thriving teachers to improve our wellbeing? Watch this video which outlines some of my recent master's research.

In this video I share some mindful activities for the primary classroom. You may have tried them already! This video explains the difference between mindfulness and mindful activities.

More videos to come with more activities and sharing more of the science behind mindf...

In this short video, I talk about my new book 'The Emobeans and the Feelings' and I read a few pages for you.

Order your copy now on Amazon and all good online bookstores.

Love,

Ashley x

Once in a while I like to sit and take stock of my life. Where I am emotionally, physically, what I'm grateful for, how lucky I am with certain things, what I want in my life next...but this time, I considered a little more.

With uni finished, the book out there, I have...

I really love my little book, 'The Emobeans and the Feelings' (available on Amazon now :), mostly because the wonderful illustrator Krisztian Gacsi, brought the story to life and I smile every time I see the little beans dancing under the tree. This completely reminds...

I have a present for you...a free eBook for the primary classroom but parents can use it too! There are 16 lessons/ideas included all based on mindfulness and wellbeing.

I haven't announced it on social media yet - I wanted the people who read my blog and those who have...

A little video to encourage us to reflect on meaning and purpose in life with a book recommendation.

A short video explaining savouring in the context of positive psychology. Savouring those joyful moments and being completely present enhances those experiences for us which can improve our subjective wellbeing.

Watch this 1 minute long explanation of the Best Possible Self positive psychology intervention to give optimism and hope, a boost.

When I was younger I thought life would be mapped out and linear. You go to school, high school, university, get a job, meet someone, have kids etc - easy right? And surely, all before you are 30? If only we had been better prepared for the life that really happens!

For...

I am delighted to have contributed to the fantastic, Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology. The editor, Dr Louise Lambert, has offered us some fantastic articles, particularly some important work about positive psychology in the region.

Read my contribution, though...

I wonder if you can remember what your dreams were at the start of the last decade? I can't. But I can remember what I wrote in my Little Mermaid diary on the 31st of December 1999 when we all thought the world was going to end at midnight at the turn of the century. I...

   I have been asked the question "Where did all the wellbeing stuff come from?" many times. People ask me why I'm such a geek about positive psychology and why I push for things so much. They ask me why I sacrifice lots of things like not socialising as often as I use...

At the time of writing there are 23.3 million posts with the hashtag #makeuptutorial on Instagram. And, there are a mere 100+ with the hashtag #selfcaretutorial. Now, I understand these are completely different things but isn't it telling that there is such a vast diff...

I loved learning about the differences between 'eudaimonia' and 'hedonia' when I first started uni in 2017. 'Eudaimonic' can be translated from its latin roots meaning 'good demon' or 'good spirit' and means living a good and virtuous life. Not so much in the sense of...