What is a life well-lived? Most of us would say we aspire to experience wellbeing, but does this mean the same to all of us?
Positive psychology is a popular branch of psychology that explores happiness and wellbeing. It emerged in the late 1990’s out of earlier traditions such as humanistic psychology, which focus on maximising human potential rather than treating maladaptive thought and behaviour.
The concept of creativity has been explored from many angles in psychology, including creativity and intelligence, personality traits and psychopathology. Even the definition of creativity constitutes a large body of literature. A common definition of creativity is something that requires novelty and usefulness, authenticity and aesthetic appeal (Thomson & Jaque, 2017).
The following is a Q&A with The Neighbourhood Clinic.
You’ve lead a pretty diverse life, prior to being a psychologist what did you do?
I have been keen enough on psychology to have done fourth year psychology twice in my life! After the first time I worked as a change management consultant, working with public sector, manufacturing and finance industry clients on cultural change and large scale program implementation.After doing FIFO for too long, I decided the corporate life was not for me, and quit to start a dance studio. For close to a decade I was a performer, dance teacher, and business owner. I ran a dance studio and entertainment agency with another dancer, that started on St Georges Road before moving to Fitzroy.
