Why “What Is Happening?” Helps More Than “Why?” When it comes to mental health, the question “What is happening?” is often more useful than “Why is this happening?” Focusing your attention on what is happening is a little like solving a complex jigsaw puzzle without knowing what the final picture is. You start by taking one piece and looking carefully at it: the colours, the shape, the shades, the small details. As you look at the other pieces, you begin to recognise similari

Why Asking “Why?” Doesn’t Always Help Your Mental Health More than ten years ago, Simon Sinek popularised the idea of the “Why, How and What” Golden Circle. The idea was designed to help leaders explain how they inspire people into action. According to Sinek, when we define and communicate why we do something, we are more likely to influence behaviour. We are not only explaining what we do. We are showing the values behind it. This approach has since shaped many business mode

Meditation is sold in the western world as a solution to the problem of stress. if you do enough meditation, if you train for a certain amount of hours in a specific way, then you will be sorted! Yahoo! But mindfulness at work is more complicated than that. Many big corporations now run internal mindfulness programmes. They talk about cultivating joy, peace, and compassion — but often because it is good for the business first, and good for the person second. When mindfulness