I'm also writing a series of features for Breathe magazine and looking for experts...
Do let me know if you're a psychologist / psychotherapist / researcher / academic and would like to comment. I'd simply email you a couple of questions to answer and use your commentary within one of the below. The editor is happy to post you a copy of the publication and feature, once the magazine is out. DM me for more or email [email redacted]
Wintering: Why we experience winter so differently emotionally, and how we can work with rather than against the season. Seeking a psychologist, psychotherapist, environmental psychologist or researcher specialising in seasonal wellbeing, mood, light or circadian rhythms. (URGENT deadline: Tues 1st Sept.)
Unfinished business: Why unresolved conversations, relationships and abandoned projects can continue to occupy our minds, and the different ways we can find closure. Seeking a Gestalt practitioner/researcher or psychologist specialising in rumination, closure, memory or unfinished business.
Emotional load: The invisible expectations, responsibilities, roles and worries we carry, and how recognising what isn't ours to carry can help us let go. Seeking a psychologist/psychotherapist or researcher specialising in emotional labour, boundaries, family roles, therapeutic metaphor or narrative approaches.
The psychology of pleasure: Using chocolate to explore pleasure, reward, satiation and mindful savouring, including what neuroscience really tells us about chocolate and mood. Seeking a nutritional psychologist, neuroscientist, sensory scientist, mindful-eating researcher or cocoa/chocolate researcher.
...thank you in advance!