DR AUDREY TANG
Chartered Psychologist | Award-Winning Author | Wellbeing Expert
Positive psychology that's not just about wellbeing, but about learning to BE well
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Audrey Tang
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
Managing Uncertainty
While some things are out of our control, there are ways in which we can reclaim our agency and create a buffer to stress
Audrey Tang
- Nov 18
- 4 min
Crisis fatigue and ways to manage
remember that while there really is magic in the (fresh) air, you need to experience it regularly to see lasting changes!
Audrey Tang
- Nov 9
- 2 min
Stay positive despite another lockdown looming!
Since the 1980s maintaining a positive mindset has been linked to Greater life satisfaction - try these 5 ways to boost yours!
Audrey Tang
- Oct 8
- 3 min
The worst decision to worry over-is the decision that's NOT even a decision!! (Decision making tips)
make sure it’s a decision you’re agonising over…not a problem you “think” is a decision.
Audrey Tang
- Sep 24
- 6 min
10 top tips for Winter Wellness
it is not always the big choices in life that have the greatest impact…it is the little things we choose every day that shape us!
Audrey Tang
- Sep 2
- 6 min
Addicted to reward? The power of dopamine and how we can retrain our brain!
Our brain is our most valuable tool – and yet 21st century living seems intent on making it redundant. How to overcome the dopamine hit...
Audrey Tang
- Aug 31
- 11 min
Wellbeing: Check. Why workplace wellbeing sessions don't work!
It doesn’t matter how many classes I teach, or health and wellbeing tools I arm you with if the organisation has a toxic environment!
Audrey Tang
- Aug 2
- 5 min
What kind of person does that?! (Self compassion in practice!)
Self compassion because the person who DOES have to like me...is the one that has to live with me...ME!!
Audrey Tang
- Jul 28
- 5 min
What we can learn about mental health from Simone Biles
With a physical strain, we see objectively. (With mental ill health, an objective visual is a breakdown -must we really get to that!?)
Audrey Tang
- Jul 22
- 6 min
INFORMAL wellbeing! (Circumvent your brain's resistance to change)
even if we are naturally pessimistic, we can “retrain” our brain to behave more positively by taking advantage of its neuroplasticity.
Audrey Tang
- Jul 13
- 3 min
5 tips to recover from disappointment (without being an a*se)
Perhaps you are deflated from England's defeat on Sunday, "...but lashing out at England or their manager Gareth Southgate is unacceptable."
Audrey Tang
- Jul 9
- 5 min
More tech for children...is that really smart?
I had the opportunity to offer comments on the new Amazon Echo Dot, a version aimed at children but...
Audrey Tang
- Jul 5
- 8 min
Under (or over) the weather? How the temperature affects mood
Feeling under (or over!) the weather? You cannot control the weather, you can control how you behave within it.
Audrey Tang
- Jul 1
- 5 min
How to "Bounce back" from failure...and even bounce higher!
How to bounce back from failure...and bounce HIGHER! Elements of this piece are quoted in the Independent.
Audrey Tang
- Jun 16
- 6 min
Terms of endearment: resilience and its relationship to thriving
resilience extends beyond the ability to survive, but also includes building the inner conditions for recovery, and thriving.
Audrey Tang
- Jun 8
- 8 min
Fighting Racism is about disempowering it
Remember, racism is like toilet humour – it’s functioning at the very lowest form of intelligence.
Audrey Tang
- May 12
- 3 min
Leaving lockdown anxiety? Try focusing on improving social interactions instead.
if you’re anxious about leaving lockdown,
focus less on “managing it” & instead in the skills (all under your control!) to rock interacting
Audrey Tang
- May 4
- 3 min
Adding drama into a crisis: Use these theatre tools to prompt self reflection
Not only does drama help for presentation, but there are a number of techniques that are wonderful starting points for self reflection
Audrey Tang
- Apr 28
- 5 min
The ABC of building resilience
The world is set up with "quick fixes" to generate "hits" of faux happiness, by committing to healthy practices we create something lasting
Audrey Tang
- Apr 19
- 4 min
If you can be anything...be kind, or be Batman...but ALSO be YOU!
A common mantra is – if you can be anything in the world be kind…or be batman…I prefer – if you can be anything in the world - be YOU
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