Advice

Hi there! We hope you are enjoying the holidays! During the second week of April (9th-12th), our topic to discuss is "Advice". To prepare for our conversation, here are three interesting videos:

1. How to Tame Your Advice Monster

Giving advice can be a virtue... or not. This talk will help you explore ways to moderate yourself when giving advice.

2. Advice to Your Younger Self

What advice would you give to yourself if you were much younger? Ponder on it.

3. What Is Mansplaining?

Speaking of flaws and advice... This is a common one among men when talking with women. Did you know about it?

See you soon!

Mood

Hello! As you all know, mood is a concept which we often use as a synonym for feeling, emotion, and affect. In order to have a more precise idea of the differences among them, we propose you watch this video:

 1. What are Emotions, Feelings, Affect, and Mood?

 

After that, focusing on emotions, you can watch this TED talk about the relationship between the brain and emotions:

 

2. You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them

 

 See you next week!

Social Relationships, 2: Friendship

Hi there! Friendship is a complex and completely fascinating topic to talk about. Let's discuss just some of its aspects after watching these videos:

1. Five Levels of Friendships

 

2. Aristotle on Friendship

Prepare your notes from these videos for next week, and have a nice weekend!