Tag: Affect

The benefits of art for well-being and mental health are well documented. But does this stretch to graffiti and street art? Recently,  Mary Chang Story Writer  published a series of pieces showing graffiti and street art from around the world in her Six-Word Photo Story&nbs...

Discrimination can significantly impact people’s lives in the short and long term. This can be seen in their physical and mental health, economic prospects, interpersonal connections, and overall happiness. Some of the specific ways that discrimination can affect people’s lives include: ...

After thirty-five years of litigating monster lawsuits and closing bizarre international money deals, I feel qualified to judge the Supremes and I find this Court appalling. I never appeared before that formerly esteemed body, but one of my cases did back in the late ‘90’s. That&...

In many parts of the world, especially in developing countries, the central business districts (CBD) are often located in a dense area, with residential areas sprawling across the city’s metropolitan area. In Jakarta, for example, the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) is the centre for...

Occupation/Profession: How does a hammer see the world? To what extent does your job or profession affect your view of the world, human nature, and yourself by predisposing you to see everyone and everything through its prism? What do doctors, bankers, psychologists, lawyers, musicians, po...

In recent years there has been a renaissance of research into the use of psychedelics for the treatment of a wide array of psychopathologies. Mental health concerns as various as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, body-image disorders, addiction, and others have all been shown to be amenable to psyc...

I fell in love at a time I don’t even remember. I grew up in a tiny remote village where most people were farmers, and 99% of the farmers never went to school. My father somehow did some schooling and joined the police force. I was lucky that he used to read a lot, pretty much all the ti...