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Mindfulness: Metta meditation (9’02)

Aalto University Psychologists — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:56:23 +0000

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 …

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Welcome to Aalto! Orientation podcast

Aalto University Psychologists — Fri, 24 May 2024 07:40:01 +0000

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

Aalto University Psychologists — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:18:06 +0000

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 …

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Concentration

Aalto University Psychologists — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:14:11 +0000

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

Aalto University Psychologists — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:13:49 +0000

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 …

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Dealing With Difficult Feelings. Excercise

Aalto University Psychologists — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:10:38 +0000

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?

Aalto University Psychologists — Mon, 30 May 2022 04:44:52 +0000

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 …

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Mindfulness: Scanning your body movement (with music)

Aalto University Psychologists — Mon, 30 May 2022 04:38:38 +0000

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

Aalto University Psychologists — Mon, 30 May 2022 04:36:25 +0000

A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: Grounding yourself

Aalto University Psychologists — Mon, 30 May 2022 04:32:23 +0000

A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: Grounding yourself (with music)

Aalto University Psychologists — Mon, 30 May 2022 04:30:25 +0000

Mindfulness: Noticing Your Own Thoughts by Using the Metaphor of a Stage

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:09:09 +0000

A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: Noticing Your Own Thoughts by Using the Metaphor of a Stage (with music)

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:07:34 +0000

Mindfulness: Leave It At the Door

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:59:54 +0000

Mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: Leave It At the Door (with music)

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:57:43 +0000

Mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from 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: “Listening Me”

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:35:09 +0000

Mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: “Listening Me” (with music)

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:32:18 +0000

Mindfulness: Counting Your Breathing in and Out by Using Numbers

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:29:03 +0000

A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: Counting Your Breathing in and Out by Using Numbers (with music)

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:27:12 +0000

Mindfulness: Counting your Breathing by Using the Metaphor of the Slide

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:24:09 +0000

A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: Counting your Breathing by Using the Metaphor of the Slide (with music)

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:21:48 +0000

Mindfulness: Hourglass

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:10:24 +0000

A mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.

Mindfulness: Hourglass (with music)

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:07:38 +0000

A mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from 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/

About Mindfulness: Mona Ahponen and Merita Petäjä

Aalto University Psychologists — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:54:38 +0000

It is important to think about what the motivation behind mindfulness practices. What is mindfulness? What are we really talking about when we talk about it? Psychologist Merita Petäjä reveals her views and sets the background for upcoming special mindfulness practice episodes of The Best Thing Today.

Fierce Self-Compassion

Aalto University Psychologists — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:05:15 +0000

The Best Thing Today. Psychology podcast from the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University

Time-management – a skill everyone can learn with time

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:23:19 +0000

Join Maria and Maija on this treasure hunt and hear how you can improve your time-management skills

Recovery in academia – are we too busy to recover?

Aalto University Psychologists — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:28:28 +0000

The academic environment challenges recovery in many ways. Always being available, the “publish or perish” culture, and being passionate about one’s work, makes it more difficult to find time (or permission) for recovery. However, recovery is critical for a sustainable, healthy and successful work life. In this podcast episode Maria Törnroos and Maija Taka present …

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Maria Törnroos’s Audio column 6/Research highlight: Impostor syndrome, belongingness and wellbeing in academia

Aalto University Psychologists — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:00:19 +0000

Studies show that impostor syndrome is common, especially among highly educated and high-achieving individuals, such as doctoral students. Doctoral students who suffer from impostor syndrome avoid new and challenging opportunities because they are afraid of failure and of being exposed. What a waste of intelligent minds. But how does impostor syndrome develop and what does …

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Academic workload – no time to manage energy and no energy to manage time

Aalto University Psychologists — Fri, 28 May 2021 19:36:00 +0000

In this episode Maria and Maija talk about academic workload. Academics are constantly bombarded with tasks and duties on top of their regular work – sometimes even tasks that are not in any way related to their work. The increasing workload has led to an increase in exhaustion, especially among doctoral students. How could we …

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Maria Törnroos’s Audio column 5: Don’t Panic, Just Listen.

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 18 May 2021 15:59:23 +0000

Maria Tornroos audio column 5 Dont Panic, Just Listen

Academic supervision – a superpower or just common sense?

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 18 May 2021 15:52:49 +0000

. A supervisor is supposed to be a unicorn but at the same time, is not being rewarded or incentivised to do the job well. Supervision is considered to be the most essential factor influencing doctoral student wellbeing, motivation and completion.

Maria Törnroos’s Audio Column 4: “I’ll Do It Tomorrow”

Aalto University Psychologists — Fri, 07 May 2021 12:56:45 +0000

Procrastination in Doctoral Studies. Everyone postpones their duties or chores at some point. But when does postponing turn into procrastination? Based on the blog PhD Pathfinder by Maria Törnroos.

Maria Törnroos’s audio column 3: Find Your Superpower!

Aalto University Psychologists — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:38:37 +0000

What are your strengths and your weaknesses? This is a question most often heard from a recruiter’s mouth. But it’s a question that everyone should think about once in a while. The answer to this question is not as straightforward as you might think. In this audio column you’ll learn how to find your superpower …

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Maria Törnroos’s Audio column 2/Research highlight: Phases of doctoral studies

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:05:21 +0000

Audio column by Maria Törnroos, the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. The audio columns in the Best Thing Today podcast series are based on the blog PhD Pathfinder by Maria Törnroos.

Maria Törnroos’s Audio column 1: How to help your brain survive virtual work.

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:59:11 +0000

Remote Work: Are We Thriving or Barely Surviving? Part 1 of 2.

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:49:43 +0000

It’s been one year, are we thriving or barely surviving? The host, Maria Törnroos, is the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo. Her guest is Maija Taka, a postdoc & project manager in doctoral education project Majakka in the Water and Development research group at Aalto. In the first part of the two-episode …

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Remote Work: Are We Thriving or Barely Surviving? Part 2 of 2.

Aalto University Psychologists — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:49:26 +0000

The topic of this episode is remote work. In this second part of the two-part podcast, your host Maria Törnroos and Maija Taka discuss how to manage remote work and give some advice – low-hanging fruits to try! Maria Törnroos, is the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. Maija Taka is a …

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