We live in a time when we have the world at our fingertips. We have choices. So many TV channels, so many websites, so many types of cheese at the shop, different varieties of pet, many different leisure pursuits on offer.

Explanatory style refers to the way in which we explain the causes and influences of the events in our lives. When something happens in our lives, our explanatory style is part of how we process it, the meaning we attach, and how we assess it as a threat or a challenge in our lives.

Few things in life are as integral to our wellbeing as gratitude. Gratitude trains our brains to scan our environment and focus on the positive. 

To savour is to “enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full, especially by lingering over it” (Oxford Dictionary 2018). If you savour an experience, it is like swishing the experience around … in your mind (Bryant & Veroff 2006).