The Psychologically Rich Life
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John and Danny muse on the notion of a psychologically rich life. Unlike happy or meaningful lives, psychologically rich lives are characterised by complexity, in which people experience a variety of interesting things and feel and appreciate a variety of deep emotions via firsthand or vicarious experiences. We discuss the work of Shigehiro Oishi and colleagues in this area, and explore the ways we can all make psychological richness a bigger part of our day to day existence. There’s also a guest appearance by Micky Flanagan (sort of!).
The Psychologically Rich Life (Besser & Oishi, 2020): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09515089.2020.1778662
A Psychologically Rich Life: Beyond Happiness and Meaning (Oishi & Westgate, 2021): https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/rev-rev0000317.pdf
Micky Flanagan - Thick people on television: https://youtu.be/5GyUmJBqNus
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