joyful.

In this SOLO episode of joyful. I am talking about our (I think) universal need to create, about making art, and about music -- a form of art in particular close to my heart. I discuss the links between music and emotion, and try to answer the question of whether music, and art in general, can make us happier. I invite you to join me, while I continue to discover what happiness means to me. Do not...

joyful. GUEST SERIES with Jasper Riehm. Today I speak to Jasper Riehm, a passionate guerrilla gardener who tries to connect people living in urban spaces with nature, putting up willow domes around the city of Amsterdam. On instagram he calls himself @thatweirdplantguy, as he questions the established norms on what is normal, inviting people get involved and make an impact on their surroundings. J...

joyful. GUEST SERIES with Fiona Beenkens Fiona transformed her career path and, being quite unhappy working as an architect, she started to shape her way through as a neuroarchitect. In her work she uses her knowledge from domains of psychology and architecture, to help people create homes (and other spaces) that make them feel better in their daily lives. I admire Fiona's passion, dedication and...

joyful. GUEST SERIES with Dr Shékina Rochat. Dr Rochat holds a PhD in psychology, with a special focus on career counselling. As both a practitioner and a researcher, her mission is to support professionals in navigating their careers. She is also the author of several influential books on career development and psychology, including one especially interesting for me as it concerns psychology and...

In this SOLO episode I discuss gratitude. A never-ending topic in every book or podcast, that wants to be a part of the „happiness and wellbeing" category. And well, if I want to call my podcast one that’s about happiness, how could I not mention gratitude, right? I could probably skip it. This topic honestly drives me up the wall! But here I am, accepting the challenge, picking up the gauntlet, t...

joyful. GUEST SERIES with: Dr Dorian Dugmore Dr Dugmore has a PhD in cardiovascular health, and years of experience working in this field. Among his many accomplishments, he has developed one of the first programs of cardiovascular rehabilitation in the UK. All his life, he has been also closely connected to sport. He was on his way to become a professional football player, when due to a missed di...

In this SOLO episode I am talking about how light may impact our wellbeing. I talk about health optimising protocols and I share my personal view on applying knowledge from podcasts into my life. I invite you to listen and join this reflection around the movement of wellbeing, use of light or other factors to enhance our mood, and I ask you to think about whether there is something that you, yours...

joyful. GUEST SERIES with: Professor Russell Foster I have a great pleasure to welcome Professor Russel Foster, Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford in this episode of Joyful. In today's conversation, I ask Professor Foster about the importance of sleep and circadian rhythms for our well-being. W...

A very long time ago, I saw the film Pay It Forward. It tells a story about a boy named Trevor who is given an assginment in class to do three good deeds to three different people. These three people are suppoused to help another three, this way creating a cascade of kindness, raising the levels of happiness in the world around. Today I want to participate in this mission started by Trevor. I invi...

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) Ketamine-based intervention for depression: Potential, history and the taboo surrounding psychedelics. | Dr Joan Obiols & Marta Martin In this episode I am talking with a psychiatrist Dr Joan Obiols and a psychoogist Marta Martin. Dr Obiols's main interests are transcultural psychiatry, schizophrenia, altered states of consciousness and he is en expert in psyche...

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) In this episode of joyful. I talk with Dr Philippa Lally - a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Surrey in England and Co-Director of the Habit Application and Theory Research Group. Her research focuses on investigating habitual behaviours and, together with Dr Benjamin Gardner, she works on introducing habit-based approaches to promote healthy habit...

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) In #3rd episode of joyful. I meet with Dr Cyril Forestier in Grenoble, France. Cyril has a PhD in Sports science titled: Beliefs and self-control on individuals with cardiovascular diseases. He obtained his degree at the University of Grenoble Alpes and he followed his career in academia for the next couple of years, working on engagement in healthy behaviours such...

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) In this episode I meet with Swann Xerri in Marseille, France. He is a professional public speaker and coach as he teaches other people how to ameliorate their performance in both professional and private areas of life. He is the owner of his own company and the author of the course "Be the Architect of your life". He also co-authored a book with his father, neurosci...

(Former Healthy Habits Podcast) I invite you to reflect upon who you are and what makes you, you. In describing how our memory impacts our sense of self, I bring up the works of scientists from the domains of neuroscience and psychology, which shed light on the understanding on how we create the beliefs we have about ourselves and, most importantly, how we can change them. -> What Is a Self-Con...