In Search of Meaningful Work

Research indicates that having a sense of meaning is very important for highly sensitive people’s wellbeing. This is a wonderful interview with Peggy Kern (Associate Professor at the Centre for Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne) and Nina Mapson Bone (managing director of recruitment agency Beaumont People) where they explore and discuss meaningful work and job […]

What Does Wellbeing Look Like for HSPs?

This was the central question for my PhD research. So to help answer this main question, I did two studies: I conducted an online survey, then did twelve in-depth interviews with people who scored high on sensitivity, and who also scored high on wellbeing. The findings from the first study have been written up and […]

Being “nice” is not the same thing as compassion

The science of being ‘nice’: how politeness is different from compassion Kun Zhao, University of Melbourne and Luke Smillie, University of Melbourne The word “nice” has an unusual history in the English language. Originally a term for “foolish”, its meaning over the centuries has morphed from “wanton” to “reserved” to “fastidious”. These days, it has […]