The Mindful Tourist · 森の心・人の心
Explore the science, philosophy and lived experience of feeling well and living well — from hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing to neuroscience, emotion regulation, culture, meaning, nature, contemplative practice and the wider conditions that shape human flourishing.
Wellbeing & Wellness Library
Choose a topic below to continue to a dedicated page with research, theory, critical perspectives and practical applications.
Definitions, origins, health, wellness, wellbeing, flourishing and the philosophical question of what it means to live well.
Explore the foundations →Pleasure and satisfaction alongside meaning, purpose, growth and worthwhile living.
Explore hedonia & eudaimonia →Ryff, Self-Determination Theory, Keyes, PERMA, flourishing and competing models of positive psychological functioning.
Explore the models →SWLS, PANAS, WHO-5, WEMWBS, Ryff, MHC-SF, PERMA, Flourishing Scale and the limitations of wellbeing measurement.
Explore wellbeing measures →Brain networks, reward, dopamine, wanting and liking, salience, self-related processing and the limits of neurobiological explanations.
Explore neuroscience →Reappraisal, acceptance, suppression, expression, emotional flexibility and why regulation does not mean eliminating difficult feelings.
Explore emotion regulation →Stress physiology, adaptation, allostatic load, recovery and critical perspectives on resilience.
Explore stress & resilience →Why human beings did not evolve simply to be happy, adaptive emotions, reward systems, sociality and evolutionary mismatch.
Explore evolutionary perspectives →Individual and relational conceptions of wellbeing, autonomy, harmony, family, community and the challenges of cross-cultural measurement.
Explore cultural perspectives →心 kokoro, ikigai, interdependence, harmony, relational wellbeing and culturally situated approaches to a life worth living.
Explore Japanese perspectives →Belonging, relatedness, friendship, family, community, co-regulation and human interdependence.
Explore relational wellbeing →Values, purpose, contribution, goals, meaning-making and the distinction between a pleasurable life and a meaningful one.
Explore meaning & values →Sleep, physical activity, fatigue, embodiment, physiological recovery and their reciprocal relationships with psychological wellbeing.
Explore embodied wellbeing →Nature exposure, nature connectedness, restorative environments, favourite places, Shinrin-Yoku and ecological perspectives.
Explore nature & wellbeing →Evidence for contemplative practices, mechanisms, limitations, cultural context and possible adverse effects.
Explore contemplative wellbeing →Research on exercise, gratitude, compassion, positive psychology, mindfulness, nature, ACT and multimodal interventions.
Explore the evidence →Healthism, commercialization, optimization culture, individual responsibility, structural conditions and the limits of the wellness industry.
Explore the critical perspective →Practical, evidence-informed ways to support sleep, movement, relationships, emotional flexibility, meaning, nature connection, attention and recovery.
Explore practical wellbeing →From science into everyday life
Explore practical approaches to sleep and recovery, movement, relationships, emotional flexibility, attention, meaning, nature connection, creativity, reflection and appropriate professional support.
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