My name is Dr Lucie Corcoran. I am a lecturer and researcher in the field of Psychology. My blogs cover a broad range of themes and topics relating to Psychology.
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Desert Island books It was my birthday in March and my husband bought me a book case for the living room. I had been talking about getting a book case for some time. If there is one thing the past year has given me (and many of us) it's plenty of time to contemplate the big and small questions in life. One of the quandaries that keeps returning to me in different ways is the question of how to live best. By this I mean, in this short time on earth, how should I spend my time and energy. This simple (not easy) question has taken me down many, many avenues - how should I eat, work, sleep, exercise, purchase, connect spiritually, seek pleasure, nurture my relationships? What in my life needs more nourishment and what needs to move to the metaphorical scrapheap? Or literal scrap heap? Or charity shop? There is a great pleasure in packing up all the material things accumulated hastily and thoughtlessly and removing them from one's living space. The trick is not to fill up t...
One overcast Saturday afternoon, I received a rather random request via text to respond immediately with three books that I would take with me to a desert island. I naively thought this request was to receive suggestions of 5-star books to pass the time during lockdown. The suspicious side of me should have known that the text-sending-psychologist was plotting a more meaningful and thought-provoking engagement. In my haste to reply, I selected my three favourite books that I had read in the last number of years and quickly tapped back a response: (1) where the crawdad’s sing; (2) Mornings in Jenin; and (3) America’s First Daughter. I put my phone away and didn’t think much more of it until a quick-witted response came asking for my reasoning. My rationale was that these were stories of grit, overcoming difficulties, or being the first person to do something, which might provide a little motivation or inspiration while on a desert island. The re...
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