51 episodes

Sukh Pabial talks about all things related to positive psychology, wellbeing, resilience, mental health and emotional intelligence.

The 3 Good Podcast Sukh Pabial

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Sukh Pabial talks about all things related to positive psychology, wellbeing, resilience, mental health and emotional intelligence.

    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 50 What we’re getting wrong about praise and appreciation

    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 50 What we’re getting wrong about praise and appreciation

    In this episode, Sukh shares some thinking on how we're getting praise and appreciation wrong. We are conditioned to think that we don't deserve to hear praise and appreciation regularly, and it's only meant to be given infrequently. There's a lot of misconception about praise and appreciation, as well as little development in how to give praise and appreciation in good regular ways.
     
    You can connect with Sukh on Twitter @sukhpabial.

    • 8 min
    The 3 Good Podcast : Episode 49 Can we be too positive?

    The 3 Good Podcast : Episode 49 Can we be too positive?

    In this episode, Sukh explores his thinking and writing on positive thinking, and what he's called the positive continuum. One end of the continuum is what he calls "Helpful Reframing", the middle is where we have "Toxic Positivity", and at the other end "Relentless Positivity".
    He mentions work from the following sources:
    https://positivepsychology.com/toxic-positivity-in-psychology/
    https://www.managers.org.uk/knowledge-and-insights/article/toxic-positivity-its-on-the-rise-and-its-dangerous/
    https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/susan-david-beware-toxic-positivity
    You can connect with Sukh on Twitter @sukhpabial.

    • 31 min
    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 47 Planning for Good Things

    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 47 Planning for Good Things

    In this short episode, Sukh discusses how we're allowed to give ourselves permission to plan for good things that are healthy and fulfilling for us. We might normally call this self-care, and it's a good antidote for all the regular hard stuff we hear in the news, and through social media.
    You can connect with Sukh on Twitter @sukhpabial.

    • 15 min
    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 46 Apologies, Shame and Guilt

    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 46 Apologies, Shame and Guilt

    In this episode, Sukh talks about apologies, shame and guilt. He explores how we have many missed opportunities to be empathetic, and as a result we can't share our vulnerabilities with others. He discusses the impact of social media on our ability to be empathetic, and instead we have to be right. As a result of being right, when something is sharing something we often have to balance a sense of being right vs valuing the other person for who they are and what they're saying. He ends by discussing how apologising should be about expressing shame and guilt, but shouldn't be laden with self-loathing language or about blaming others.
    You can follow Sukh on Twitter @sukhpabial.

    • 31 min
    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 45 Lessons in Resilience

    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 45 Lessons in Resilience

    In this episode, Sukh reflects on shares his experience of completing a Coursera MOOC on Resilience. It was with Dr Karen Reivich from the University of Pennsylvania.
    Key things that are talked about in this episode are:
    definition of resilience
    variables of resilience
    thinking traps
    real time resilience
    building positive emotion
    strengthening relationships
    You can complete the strengths survey here "VIA Survey of Character Strengths" https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/testcenter
    You can connect with Sukh on Twitter @sukhpabial.

    • 53 min
    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 44 A Book Review of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

    The 3 Good Podcast: Episode 44 A Book Review of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

    In this episode, Sukh reviews the best-selling book Sapiens by author and historian Yuval Noah Harari.
    The book is a dispassionate and relentless look at human history through the lens of three significant events for the development of Homo Sapiens as a species - 1. The Cognitive Revolution 2. The Agricultural Revolution and 3. The Scientific Revolution.
    It's not an easy book to consume, because it is challenging to what we think we know of human history, and forces you to examine your own insights.
    You can buy the book from Amazon here.
    You can connect with Sukh on Twitter @sukhpabial.

    • 45 min

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