Apr 28, 2020 | Science & Technology
How do we ride the emotional rollercoaster of difficult times? Lillian Ng talks to Marthinus Bekker about building emotional resilience. Lillian Ng is a Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland. Marthinus Bekker is a clinical...
Mar 27, 2019 | Science & Technology
We all know climate change is a problem. It is generally portrayed as an exclusively bio-physical issue that will impact things like our weather and oceans, agriculture and water availability. But climate change also has an impact on mental health. 95bFM’s Ella...
Feb 14, 2019 | Science & Technology
Today is Valentine’s Day, but what exactly is love? How have notions of love changed over time? Can love be consciously developed? And how does love for partners, friends, children, and countries differ? Maria Armoudian speaks to Simon May, Bennett W. Helm, and...
Dec 20, 2018 | Politics & Society
How much do emotions impact or even dictate political outcomes like ethnic violence, wars, or even genocides? That is a key question posed by international relations theorists, political scientists, psychologists, and communications scholars. Where do these emotions...
Jun 15, 2017 | Politics & Society
The recently published World Happiness Report shows New Zealand ranks eighth in the world for happiness, behind Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, and Canada. Six key variables help predict levels of happiness – GDP per capita, healthy...