Happiness - A Sceptics Guide

Ep.11  Part two of three looking at the self-help industry, your hosts Dr Gary Wood and Paul Flower discuss whether self-help advice encourages toxic positivity. The episode also looks at the general ...

14 Nov 202122min

Ep.10. In the first of a three-part look at the self-help industry, your hosts Dr Gary Wood and Paul Flower discuss book therapy - or bibliotherapy if you prefer. Learn all the secrets of the self-hel...

31 Okt 202120min

Ep.09. When we talk about happiness, inevitably, we must talk about unhappiness. In this episode of Happiness, a Sceptics Guide your hosts Paul Flower and psychologist Dr Gary Wood look at 'talking cu...

17 Okt 202120min

Ep08. In this episode of Happiness, A Sceptics Guide your hosts Dr Gary Wood and Paul Flower tackle the subject of mindfulness. What is it, and can it make us happier? What are the benefits of paying ...

5 Okt 202117min

Ep07: The first in a series of review episodes of Happiness, A Sceptics Guide, in which your hosts take a pause to take stock of the story so far. In this bonus episode, Paul Flower and Dr Gary Wood l...

5 Okt 202118min

Ep06.  In part two of this two-part podcast on happiness and stress, your Sceptics Guide hosts  Dr Gary Wood and Paul Flower explore happiness and the human needs of survival versus growth. How can we...

5 Okt 202119min

Ep 05. Stress has to be the number one barrier to happiness, and in this episode of 'Happiness, A Sceptics Guide', your hosts Paul Flower and Dr Gary Wood discuss the ways in which we define stress, a...

5 Okt 202120min

Ep04. In this episode of 'Happiness, A Sceptics Guide', your hosts the psychologically sceptical Dr Gary Wood and the 'the sceptic of the street', Paul Flower, ask and answer the question 'What's the ...

5 Okt 202116min