Control is a huge subject spanning from self-control through to state control. It is also fundamental to wellbeing, particularly when needs are not being met. Control is such a familiar concept that a lot of our thinking about it is …

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It may be obvious, or even tautological, that wellbeing is about the satisfaction of needs but it is a useful way of putting it because it begs the question ‘what needs?’. This grounds the notion of wellbeing in something more …

Wellbeing is not just the Satisfaction of Needs Read more »

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At the beginning of this century we started to think a bit more explicitly about wellbeing in society – what it might mean and how we might measure it. In 2010 ‘The Big Society’ was a ‘big topic’, but not …

Society Can Drive You Mad Read more »

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