The Best Thing Today

Dec 04 2024 37 ep. 13 mins 3
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The Best Thing Today is a podcast series by Aalto study, career and advanced study psychologists. With their guests they discuss issues like remote working, social distancing, the effects of the Covid pandemic on studies, and much more. They also give advice for the everyday life in Aalto. The Best Thing Today is – naturally – in English, and the podcast’s counterpart in Finnish is called Paras hetki päivässä. Maria Törnroos's Audio columns are based on her blog PhD Pathfinder, www.mariatornroos.fi

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Mindfulness: Metta meditation (9’02)

Dec 04 2024 9 mins  
According to research, practicing self-compassion increases compassion towards other people as well. It’s easier to be gentle and present for others when you act that way towards yourself. This meditation is a practice that focuses on cultivating kindness and compassion towards not only oneself, but also others and society as a whole. Exercise by psychologist … Continue

Welcome to Aalto! Orientation podcast

May 24 2024 17 mins  
As a master’s student at Aalto University, there are many opportunities to build one’s own life out of student life. How is it done? In this podcast episode, you can hear the experiences of Maria Karesoja, a master’s student in economics, and maybe even small tips are promised. Host: study psychologist Paula Sjöblom.

Concentration 2

Nov 24 2022 22 mins  
In the sequel episode study psychologists Meeri and Henna go through questions about concentration that they collected during Aalto Wellbeing week from Aalto students and staff. So if you have wondered which brain part is the most active while you concentrate, how social media and concentration are connected or how deadline anxiety, light or architecture … Continue reading "C

Concentration

Nov 24 2022 28 mins  
Aalto study psychologists Henna and Meeri discuss what concentration actually means, what factors may affect your concentration and explain how you can start improving your ability to concentrate!

Dealing With Your Anger: a self-compassion excercise

Oct 24 2022 10 mins  
The purpose of this exercise is to help you get along with your anger. Easily we strive to keep anger out of our consciousness or supress it . We have learned that it is not really appropriate to be cranky and if we express direct, unhandled anger, we get into conflicts with other people. Working … Continue reading "Dealing With Your Anger: a self-compassion excercise"

Dealing With Difficult Feelings. Excercise

Oct 24 2022 9 mins  
After identifying the needs, it is easier to correct our own activities or we can try to express our needs to others and then the likelihood of meeting needs increases. Facing and accepting negative feelings and working with them increases one's well-being in the long run.

How to use music as a wellbeing tool?

May 29 2022 19 mins  
Music is a way to convey certain kinds of emotional states and experiences through sounds. Hence, music can be used to aim for suitable states. Why and how can music be used to improve e.g. concentration or time management? Aalto university psychology group intern Meeri Anttila offers practical tips on how you can get started … Continue reading "How to use music as a wellbein

Mindfulness: Scanning your body movement (with music)

May 29 2022 11 mins  
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Mindfulness: Scanning your body movement

May 29 2022 11 mins  
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: Grounding yourself

May 29 2022 8 mins  
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.