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When millions of phones sounded with a wildfire Emergency Alert last month, concern was not hysteria. Children's climate concerns cannot simply be blamed on schools, parents or social media. #ClimateEducation #ClimateLiteracy #Safeguarding #Education #Wellbeing #ClimateChange #Schools #YouthVoice
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The future lies not in the hands of political thugs and killers, of dictators and megalomaniacs, but in the hands of #ordinary #people everywhere. It depends on millions upon millions of individual daily acts of #kindness, #selflessness, #faith and #courage. So don’t lose heart. Keep your eyes open. Unblock your ears. And don’t look down!
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Once you are real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. By Margery Williams
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DATE: September 5, 2026 at 06:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Massive review confirms the connection between emotional intelligence and human flourishing
A review of psychological research indicates that emotional intelligence has a robust and reliable connection to human flourishing, predicting success across school, work, and personal health. The findings suggest that people with higher emotional intelligence tend to experience greater well-being, though the strength of this connection depends on how the traits are measured. The research was recently published in the journal PNAS.
For decades, psychologists have debated what makes some people thrive while others struggle. One popular idea is emotional intelligence, a concept that rapidly gained public attention in the 1990s. Broadly speaking, the term refers to how well a person navigates their own feelings and the feelings of others.
Since its introduction, the idea has spawned thousands of academic papers and grown into a multibillion-dollar training industry. Yet, because researchers define and measure this concept in various ways, its exact relationship with life success has remained difficult to synthesize.
Psychologists generally divide emotional intelligence into three categories. The first is an ability-based model. This model treats emotional skills like a cognitive test, assuming there are objectively right and wrong answers when identifying or managing emotions.
The ability model specifically looks at how well people recognize emotions, use them to guide decisions, and regulate them. The second category is a trait-based model, which relies on self-reported personality characteristics. Under this model, researchers ask participants to rate their own adaptability, assertiveness, and impulse control.
A third category, called a mixed model, combines both objective abilities and self-reported traits into a single assessment. Beyond the differing definitions of emotional intelligence, researchers also look at a wide variety of life outcomes. To find out how these different models connect to positive life experiences, researchers Tyler J. Robinson and Ethan Zell from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro analyzed decades of data.
The researchers wanted to see if emotional intelligence consistently relates to human flourishing. Flourishing is a broad psychological term encompassing mental health, physical health, psychological adjustment, and workplace success. To answer this question, Robinson and Zell conducted a second-order meta-analysis.
A standard meta-analysis is a statistical technique that pools the results of many individual studies to find an overall trend. A second-order meta-analysis goes a step further, combining the results of multiple previous meta-analyses. This approach acts as a quantitative summary of previous summaries, providing a broad view of an entire scientific field.
By pooling data from 62 previous meta-analyses, the researchers gathered information from more than 3,000 individual studies. This massive sample included over one million participants, allowing the researchers to look for overarching patterns across different ages and cultures. The data included populations from Western nations, non-Western nations, children, adolescents, and adults.
The researchers found a reliable, positive association between overall emotional intelligence and human flourishing. This positive link appeared across 77 unique life outcomes. The most prominent associations emerged in areas like workplace leadership, job performance, and psychological adjustment.
The data showed that emotional intelligence was linked to better outcomes regardless of the participants’ age group or geographic region. When looking at different categories of life outcomes, the researchers noticed slight variations in the strength of the connection. Emotional intelligence was most strongly related to success in the workplace.
The connection was slightly weaker, though still reliably present, for cognitive abilities and general academic performance. The researchers also found strong associations between emotional intelligence and specific outcomes like lower rates of job burnout, higher subjective well-being, and better romantic relationship satisfaction.
To put these findings into perspective, the researchers compared emotional intelligence to the Big Five personality traits. The Big Five is a well-established psychological framework that measures openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. The analysis revealed that emotional intelligence is just as strongly, if not more strongly, associated with human flourishing than any of the Big Five personality traits.
Out of all the specific outcomes analyzed, only one showed a negative relationship with emotional intelligence. That outcome was a form of self-centeredness known as nonpathological narcissism. The researchers noted that individuals with this specific type of narcissism tend to artificially inflate their own scores on self-report questionnaires.
Because they overrate their own emotional abilities, the data showed an inverse relationship between their actual traits and their reported emotional intelligence. More conventional, pathological narcissism was linked to lower emotional intelligence. Measurement styles heavily altered the broader results as well.
The association with human flourishing was most pronounced when researchers used the mixed or trait-based models, which rely on participants rating their own emotional skills. When studies used objective performance tests to measure emotional abilities, the association with life outcomes was weaker. This pattern became especially apparent when looking at how both emotional intelligence and life outcomes were measured.
The researchers found the strongest connections when both variables were assessed using self-report questionnaires. When one variable was measured subjectively and the other was measured objectively, the relationship between the two shrunk considerably. This dependence on measurement methods highlights an important limitation in the data.
When participants fill out multiple surveys about themselves, they may naturally rate themselves positively across the board. This shared method of data collection can artificially inflate the statistical connection between self-reported emotional intelligence and self-reported life satisfaction. The researchers noted that the particularly strong link to workplace outcomes might be partly driven by this shared measurement style, as many workplace studies rely on self-reported surveys.
Because the data in this review is entirely correlational, it cannot prove that high emotional intelligence causes a person to flourish. It is entirely possible that flourishing in life makes a person more emotionally intelligent over time. Alternatively, a third unmeasured factor, such as a stable upbringing or access to resources, could independently contribute to both higher emotional intelligence and greater life success.
The researchers also excluded studies that evaluated training programs. Because of this exclusion, they could not determine if actively training emotional intelligence causes a subsequent increase in human flourishing. Objective tests of emotional intelligence also face modern challenges.
The authors pointed out that recent studies show artificial intelligence language models perform just as well as, or better than, humans on objective emotional intelligence tests. This raises questions about what these tests are actually measuring. It remains debated whether text-based tests capture practical emotional skills or if they simply measure a person’s reading comprehension and ability to understand written scenarios.
To improve the quality of future research, the authors suggest refining how emotional intelligence is categorized. They recommend moving away from the mixed model, which blends traits and abilities in a way that creates conceptual confusion. Instead, they suggest that future studies explicitly separate objective emotional abilities from self-reported personality traits. Separating these variables would help scientists determine exactly how distinct emotional skills contribute to a fulfilling life.
The study, “Robust associations of emotional intelligence with human flourishing: A second-order meta-analysis,” was authored by Tyler J. Robinson and Ethan Zell.
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It took longer than I thought, perhaps I had lost that wibbly wobbly stuff for some days. 😂
But now I published my thoughts about the weird feelings of #time when we feel overwhelmed. And how to get our timey-wimey stuff back:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/6a7c6585-3b32-4168-ba32-ef0e3a7c9364?utm_campaign=steady_sharing_buttonYes, we can debate now if wolves invented #StandingStones by marking and how you find your #tree. 😁
#timeFlies #DrWho #astronomy #culturalHeritage #naturelovers #farming #gardening #seasons #wellbeing #reconnectingWithNature #community #trees
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If you’re not prioritising your wellbeing, you’re not performing at your best…
There is no need to overthink it…
PHYSICAL:
🟢 A gym workout.
🟢 A jog.
🟢 A walk.MENTAL:
🟢 Meditate.
🟢 Reflect on your achievements.
🟢 List 10 things you’re grateful for.Remember, you don’t need an excuse to protect your wellbeing.
#developers #coding #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #wellbeing #mindset #mentalhealth
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4-Sep-2026
Research explains why feeding #birds can make you feel better
A research team led by Virginia Tech found that people connected feeding and watching birds with positive emotions, engagement, and a sense of meaning^^^
I suspect it's an age thing too.https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1142782
#science #ecology #psychology #wellbeing #mentalHealth #birdWatching
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Mindset matters when pair programming…
Embrace :
👉 Empathy.
👉 Vulnerability.
👉 Compassion……And drop your ego
Be prepared:
🟢 To be questioned.
🟢 To make mistakes.
🟢 To admit to not knowing things.What else is needed to make pair programming work well? 👀
#developers #coding #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #wellbeing #mindset #mentalhealth
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Anyone who seeks the truth of authentic wisdom will grow wings to fly, escaping the desire that burns the human spirit...
#Peace #Meditation #Spirituality #Zen #Mindfulness #Harmony #Reflection #Calm #Serenity #Wellbeing #Silence
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DATE: September 4, 2026 at 11:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: People with more social freedom tend to be more willing to put off immediate gratification
People living in societies where it is easy to form new friendships and leave old ones tend to be more willing to sacrifice immediate joy for long-term rewards. This tendency seems to be driven by a stronger sense of personal control and optimism about the future. The findings were published in Emotion.
Delaying happiness is a behavioral concept that describes the belief that sacrificing some amount of current pleasure will lead to greater happiness in the future. This might mean skipping a fun outing to study for an exam, or saving money instead of spending it on immediate entertainment. Behind this mindset is a calculation of whether the future payoff is worth the present cost.
The research, led by Kuan-Ju Huang of Kyoto University, explored how this mindset varies across different countries.
“East Asian cultures are often seen as long-term oriented compared to Western ones due to Confucian values,” Huang, currently a JSPS postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Social Psychology at The University of Tokyo, told PsyPost. “In fact, the concept of long-term orientation was originally called ‘Confucian dynamism.'”
“I wanted to know whether this future orientation reflects what people want or what they feel they must do,” he added.
To understand these global differences, the researcher focused on a concept called relational mobility. This term refers to the flexibility of social networks within a society. In places with high relational mobility, such as North and Latin America, people have a high degree of freedom to choose their friends, partners, and groups.
In societies with low relational mobility, such as many in East Asia, people have more rigid social structures where it is difficult to form new connections or leave undesirable ones. This rigidity has broad psychological effects. For example, a study covered by PsyPost in 2025 indicated that East Asian countries often report lower average happiness than Western nations partly due to cultural tendencies like low relational mobility, which can systematically dampen individual well-being.
Huang wanted to see if this social flexibility also shapes how people approach their future happiness. The idea is that when people feel they have choices in their social lives, they might feel more in control of their life trajectory and more optimistic about what is to come. This optimism and sense of control might encourage them to put current happiness on hold for better outcomes later.
In the first phase of the research, Huang analyzed data from the Global Flourishing Study. The sample included 202,070 participants from 22 countries. Participants answered a single question asking how well the statement “I am always able to give up some happiness now for greater happiness later” described them.
The survey also measured three domains of well-being: general happiness and life satisfaction, a sense of meaning and purpose, and a feeling of balance and harmony in life. Additionally, participants answered questions to gauge their overall optimism. At the national level, the researcher looked at data for relational mobility, national wealth, economic inequality, and how individualistic or collectivistic the culture is.
The results showed that people in countries with high relational mobility were more likely to delay happiness than those in countries with lower relational mobility. Other national factors, such as wealth, income inequality, and cultural individualism, did not consistently predict this tendency once the researcher adjusted for general response biases.
“Surprisingly, people in Japan and Hong Kong were among the least likely to believe that sacrificing current happiness would lead to future well-being,” Huang noted. “This was explained by the especially low relational mobility (how much freedom people have to form and leave relationships) in these societies.”
“In other words, people may persevere and sacrifice in the present in more fixed social networks but not necessarily believe that these sacrifices will pay off in future happiness,” he said.
The data indicated that optimism was a major reason for this link. People in highly mobile societies reported higher levels of optimism, which in turn predicted a stronger willingness to delay happiness. Delaying happiness was also associated with better well-being across the board, particularly with having a stronger sense of meaning and purpose in life.
To build on these initial findings, the researcher conducted a second study to test these ideas with more detailed questionnaires. This online survey included 785 participants, split relatively evenly between Japan, representing a low-mobility society, and the United States, representing a high-mobility society.
Instead of single questions, this phase used established multi-item surveys to measure delaying happiness, optimism, and a sense of personal control. Participants also rated the relational mobility of their immediate social environment by answering questions about how easily the people around them can make new friends or choose their social groups.
The results of the second study mirrored the global data. Participants from the United States reported higher relational mobility, a stronger sense of control, greater optimism, and more willingness to delay happiness compared to the Japanese participants.
Statistical models demonstrated a chain reaction connecting these factors. Living in a high-mobility society was associated with experiencing a greater sense of control and optimism. These two psychological states then predicted a stronger tendency to delay current happiness for future gains.
“Whether you are willing to trade some happiness now for more happiness later is not just a personality trait,” Huang explained. “It is shaped by the social environment you live in.”
“Not everyone has the relational opportunities ‘out there’ that make people believe a better future is waiting for them,” he said. “That sense of open possibility is what fuels optimism and the willingness to invest in future happiness.”
As with all research, there are a few things to keep in mind. The first study only had access to relational mobility scores for 15 of the 22 countries, which limits how broadly the results can be applied. Adding more diverse countries in future research would help verify these patterns.
The second study relied on participants self-reporting the social mobility of their surroundings. This method might blur the lines between a person’s own social freedom and the actual, objective flexibility of their broader society. Developing ways to measure relational mobility objectively could strengthen future findings.
Finally, this research relied on data collected at a single point in time. Because of this design, the results cannot confirm a strict cause-and-effect relationship between social environments and psychological mindsets. Long-term studies would be needed to see how changes in a person’s social environment directly alter their willingness to delay happiness over time.
Moving forward, Huang plans to investigate the broader consequences of these social environments. “One line of research I am pursuing is how relational mobility may disproportionately affect people across social stratification,” he said.
“In my recent paper, I found that people from lower social class backgrounds feel less control over their lives especially in societies with low relational mobility,” he added.
“‘Interpersonal wealth’ (having more options in relationships) may be an important driver of well-being alongside financial wealth,” Huang concluded. “Who benefits most from relational mobility, and whether people can have too much of it, are the questions I want to answer next.”
The study, “Relational Mobility Promotes Optimism and Willingness to Delay Happiness,” was authored by Kuan-Ju Huang.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #RelationalMobility #DelayHappiness #FutureOriented #Optimism #SocialFreedom #LongTermOrientation #RelationalOpportunities #PersonalControl #WellBeing #CrossCulturalResearch
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐦🌱 A #VirginiaTech-led study surveyed about bird feeding in Project FeederWatch, asking people how the routine affected them.
At season’s end 95% said feeding and watching #birds had positively shaped their well-being. Respondents described the effect through #emotions such as joy and calm, engagement like building identification skills, and a felt sense of meaning.
👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-birds.html
#wellbeing #mentalhealth #nature #FeederWatch #kids #outdoors #science #parenting #mindfulness #animals #wildlife
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The Closest Relationships Are Where the Work Shows
The internal work was never just about you. You exist in relationship. The version of you that shows up for the people closest to you is the fullest test of what the work has actually produced. Not the journal entry. Not the self-knowledge. The version of you that comes through the door. -
Mindful Eating: Stop Overeating NOW!
Discover mindful eating techniques to avoid overeating and food waste! Learn how to listen to your body's fullness cues and ditch the 'clean plate club' mentality. This video shares practical tips for healthier eating habits.
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#mindfuleating #healthyeating #weightloss #healthylifestyle #nutrition #foodie #eatclean #bodypositivity #wellnessbox #wellnessweek #wellnessplanner #wellnessalthletic #selfcare #wellbeing
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Getting adequate sleep is a productivity multiplier.
Here are 3 fundamentals that you already know but might not be doing to help improve your sleep…
🟢 Find the right mattress for YOU.
They might seem expensive, but getting the right mattress will make a massive difference to your quality of sleep.🟢 Find the right pillow for YOU.
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Don't waste your energy; nothing can happen unless the entire universe makes it happen...
#Peace #Meditation #Spirituality #Zen #Mindfulness #Harmony #Reflection #Calm #Serenity #Wellbeing #Silence
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There’s no shame in needing therapy.
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CW: Nudity
After a long but enjoyable day there's nothing quite like relaxing after a hot bath & reading my kindle while I wait for Alan to join me in bed. Night night 🙏❤️😴
#gay #naked #nude #naturist #nudist #nakedlife #livenaked #wellbeing #freedom #nakedmale #lovinglife #happy #nudeisnatural #bodypositive
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Happy new term😉
Just learnt a new word: technostress
📄The price of productivity: Burnout and technostress among academic library workers⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #burnout #Stress
#Academic #Academia #HE #Wellbeing #Employment
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What I Do Differently
You can panic for a moment, but you eventually step back and laugh at yourself.I’ve been thinking about today’s question:
What is something I do completely differently from how I was raised?
And I think I finally figured it out.
I don’t necessarily do different things.
I just seem to do ordinary things… differently.
This morning gave me a pretty good example.
I woke up, got ready for work, and then realized…
My work bag was not in my room.
Instant mini heart attack.
My work bag has all my important documents inside, so naturally, my brain immediately went into panic mode.
Where is it?
Then I started trying to reconstruct yesterday.
I remembered getting out of the car. I remembered going into the condo. I remembered taking the lift. I remembered walking into my room.
But somehow, somewhere between getting out of the car and getting into my room, I apparently managed to travel through life without noticing that I wasn’t carrying my work bag.
How?!
For a few seconds, my brain wanted to turn this into a full-blown catastrophe.
But then I stopped myself.
Calm down. Think.
Maybe I left it in the car.
So I retraced my steps.
And let me tell you, that was probably the longest journey I’ve ever made in the morning.
From my room…
to the trash room…
to the lift…
down to the parking lot…
all while mentally replaying every single movement from the previous evening.
It turns out, the bag was in the car.
Of course it was.
And as I walked back, I thought about how I reacted.
I could have continued panicking. I could have immediately assumed the worst.
Instead, I told my brain to stop making up problems and simply look for the answer.
Maybe that’s something I do differently.
Maybe that’s something I was raised to do.
I think I learned, somewhere along the way, to deal with what is actually happening rather than immediately reacting to what might be happening.
And I see that same habit in other parts of my life.
When I’m driving to work, I don’t just see a commute. I notice the road, the traffic, the sky, the little things happening around me. I put on my music and somehow make the journey part of my day.
When I travel, I don’t just want to see the famous places. I want to know their stories. I notice old buildings, little cafés, unexpected corners, waterfalls, churches, streets and random details that make a place feel like itself.
Sometimes it’s a cup of coffee in Hanoi, another cup in Sapa, in Vientiane, in Bangkok, or in Chiang Mai.
Sometimes it’s a photograph I took years ago that suddenly means something completely different when I look at it today.
Sometimes it’s just an ordinary morning that starts with me searching for my missing work bag.
I think I was raised to pay attention.
To make the most of what is already there.
To appreciate the small things.
To stop, think, and figure things out instead of immediately giving in to panic.
And maybe that’s why I have so many little stories.
I notice things.
I remember things.
I connect things.
I take photos.
I save moments without necessarily knowing why I’m saving them.
I didn’t realize I was doing anything differently.
I was just living the way I learned to live.
And maybe that’s the answer.
I don’t think I was raised to look for extraordinary moments.
I think I was raised to notice the extraordinary hiding inside ordinary ones.
A familiar road.
A song playing in the car.
A cup of coffee in Hanoi.
A beautiful view.
A random photograph.
Or a missing work bag that sends me on a morning expedition through the condo.
And then, much later, I look back and realize…
That was my life too.
Maybe that’s what I do differently.
I pay attention.
And apparently, sometimes I have to retrace my entire morning just to prove it.
This was me this morning.
Calm. Ready for work. Completely unaware that my morning was about to take a dramatic turn.
I took this selfie before I discovered that my work bag was not in my room.
Five minutes later, my brain went: EXCUSE ME, WHERE IS THE BAG?!“Girl… you had NO IDEA what was coming.” 😂📸
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Fourteen minutes. Nothing moving. Your best idea of the week forming. The long shower isn't wasted time — it's the only thinking space your day actually leaves you.
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KPBS: What happens when teens put down their phones? A San Diego-linked study offers some clues. “Pines said researchers from Sapien Labs and UC San Diego Health saw the potential of a summer camp environment to study what happens when teenagers spend an extended period device-free. They published their findings in the Mental Health and Prevention journal this month. Researchers assessed the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/02/kpbs-what-happens-when-teens-put-down-their-phones-a-san-diego-linked-study-offers-some-clues/ -
CW: Nudity
Posing for the camera - why? Just because I wanted to 😉
#bare #bodypositive #freedom #gay #happyandbare #livenaked #lovemynakedbody #lovinglife #naked #nakedisnatural #nakedisnormal #nakedlife #nude #nudeisnatural #nudemale #staynaked #wellbeing
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You don’t need to be a senior or take on big projects to demonstrate leadership…
You can demonstrate leadership at any level…
👉 Start with taking ownership of a process...
For Example:
Take charge of onboarding new developers to your team…
You've probably been through this, so you know how it feels...
#developers #coding #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #wellbeing #mindset #mentalhealth
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The river of life flows between the banks of pain and pleasure. Only when the mind refuses to flow with life and clings to the banks does it become a problem.
Let what comes, come, and let what goes, go.
You are not what happens, but to whom it happens. Just observe...
#Peace #Meditation #Spirituality #Zen #Mindfulness #Harmony #Reflection #Calm #Serenity #Wellbeing #Silence
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Getting ready to step into a new season whilst feeling thankful for the memories this one gave you. By @murphysketches
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