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The Beauty in the Beast

Happiness across the cultures.

Environment
EDM and Well-Being: What is EDM?

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on May 6, 2013

Whenever EDM is brought up in the media it seems to be the negative aspects of it...and most of that has to do with the drugs that often go hand in hand with EDM events. In no way do I want to shy away from that aspect of the EDM culture, to do so would be foolhardy. I simply want to shine some light on the other side of EDM culture.

Whenever EDM is brought up in the media it seems to be the negative aspects of it...and most of that has to do with the drugs that often go hand in hand with EDM events. In no way do I want to shy away from that aspect of the EDM culture, to do so would be foolhardy. I simply want to shine some light on the other side of EDM culture.

Happiness
EDM and Well-Being: What is Well-Being?

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on March 8, 2013

Well-being is NOT simply the absence of illness. That would be like saying that I am healthy simply because I DON'T have cancer. That isn't the case.

Well-being is NOT simply the absence of illness. That would be like saying that I am healthy simply because I DON'T have cancer. That isn't the case.

Positive Psychology
Electronic Dance Music and Well-Being

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on January 28, 2013

There has been a plethora of research done on Music and Human Well-Being,
but little of it has focused specifically on EDM. Over the next year I will be
focusing my efforts on exploring the question of EDM and Human Well Being;
What effects does it have? What is the experience of the concert go-er? The
DJ? The promoter?

There has been a plethora of research done on Music and Human Well-Being,
but little of it has focused specifically on EDM. Over the next year I will be
focusing my efforts on exploring the question of EDM and Human Well Being;
What effects does it have? What is the experience of the concert go-er? The
DJ? The promoter?

Sex
It's the End of the World as We Know It...and I Feel Fine

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on December 20, 2012

I do believe that what the Mayans may have been predicting is a shift in the general consciousness. Along the lines of the end of slavery in America and apartheid in South Africa, this change will represent a tipping point in societal beliefs or values. We have begun to see hints of this change coming for a while...

I do believe that what the Mayans may have been predicting is a shift in the general consciousness. Along the lines of the end of slavery in America and apartheid in South Africa, this change will represent a tipping point in societal beliefs or values. We have begun to see hints of this change coming for a while...

Depression
Mental Illness and the Family

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on November 27, 2012

When he would be questioned about why he would have these outbursts he couldn’t explain why… people assumed he was being difficult, but the truth was that he himself didn’t know why.

It wasn’t until we were much older that we finally had our answer.

Borderline Personality Disorder

When he would be questioned about why he would have these outbursts he couldn’t explain why… people assumed he was being difficult, but the truth was that he himself didn’t know why.

It wasn’t until we were much older that we finally had our answer.

Borderline Personality Disorder

Career
Work vs. Home: Are You Living in Two Cultures?

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on October 26, 2012

Have you ever felt like the people surrounding you just don’t understand you or your experiences? Do everyday activities seem trivial? Or do you feel as though you are trapped in a weird bubble…where you want to interact with the people around you, but there is something in the way?

Have you ever experienced these feelings after returning home from work?

Have you ever felt like the people surrounding you just don’t understand you or your experiences? Do everyday activities seem trivial? Or do you feel as though you are trapped in a weird bubble…where you want to interact with the people around you, but there is something in the way?

Have you ever experienced these feelings after returning home from work?

Positive Psychology
Other People Matter

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on October 10, 2012

Christopher Peterson embodied his belief that ‘Other people matter’. You could see it in his interactions with his students, his colleagues, his friends, and yes even nicely shod stranger. He talked the talk—but unlike so many of us, he also walked the walk.

Christopher Peterson embodied his belief that ‘Other people matter’. You could see it in his interactions with his students, his colleagues, his friends, and yes even nicely shod stranger. He talked the talk—but unlike so many of us, he also walked the walk.

Gender
Don't Call Me Baby!

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on August 22, 2012

The issue of women’s rights has once again been thrust into the mainstream in the North American media because of the absurd comments made by Republican Senatorial Candidate Todd Akin....One person’s individual sexist beliefs won’t affect how women are viewed and treated in our society, even if that person is running for a political office. Or will they?

The issue of women’s rights has once again been thrust into the mainstream in the North American media because of the absurd comments made by Republican Senatorial Candidate Todd Akin....One person’s individual sexist beliefs won’t affect how women are viewed and treated in our society, even if that person is running for a political office. Or will they?

Self-Talk
Lessons in Vulnerability: The Toothbrush Dilemma

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on May 29, 2012

You wouldn’t think a toothbrush would be the cause for such a grand public inquiry, but to me this toothbrush became a symbol of my own vulnerability. For me it wasn’t really the toothbrush—it was what the act of leaving a toothbrush meant.

You wouldn’t think a toothbrush would be the cause for such a grand public inquiry, but to me this toothbrush became a symbol of my own vulnerability. For me it wasn’t really the toothbrush—it was what the act of leaving a toothbrush meant.

Empathy
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on April 9, 2012

Music ties us to the best vision of our future. It allows us to listen, to understand, and to be moved. Music can act as an emotional release. It doesn’t just tell the story of the best version of ourselves...it pulls us there.

Music ties us to the best vision of our future. It allows us to listen, to understand, and to be moved. Music can act as an emotional release. It doesn’t just tell the story of the best version of ourselves...it pulls us there.

Sex
To Be or Not To Be... A "Slut" That Is

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on March 18, 2012

Perhaps I have had the wrong role models in my life. Apparently I have been looking up to what Rush Limbaugh would call massive sluts... How am I going to tell my parents that instead of the woman they thought they had raised... I have become a slut?

Perhaps I have had the wrong role models in my life. Apparently I have been looking up to what Rush Limbaugh would call massive sluts... How am I going to tell my parents that instead of the woman they thought they had raised... I have become a slut?

Sex
Let's Talk About Sex

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on March 4, 2012

To listen to Rick Santorum’s version of what would happen if Americans were granted affordable access to contraception you would think that America would become some seedy sex-den previously only available in the red-light district of Amsterdam or an obscure Korean horror movie.

To listen to Rick Santorum’s version of what would happen if Americans were granted affordable access to contraception you would think that America would become some seedy sex-den previously only available in the red-light district of Amsterdam or an obscure Korean horror movie.

Fear
Am I worthy? Lesson 1 in Vulnerability

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on January 24, 2012

When you finally allow people to see who you are they may reject you and you can't protect your ego by saying that they didn't really know you. That thought alone terrifies me.

When you finally allow people to see who you are they may reject you and you can't protect your ego by saying that they didn't really know you. That thought alone terrifies me.

Smoking
Impatience and Unhappiness

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on January 2, 2012

We've all heard that terrible old cliché 'Patience is a virtue'. I, for one, learned to hate patience at an early age. Patience to me was like having to eat all of your broccoli before you could have your dessert.

We've all heard that terrible old cliché 'Patience is a virtue'. I, for one, learned to hate patience at an early age. Patience to me was like having to eat all of your broccoli before you could have your dessert.

Gratitude
Lest We Forget

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on November 10, 2011

Five years ago I was self-righteous and ill-informed. I would loudly criticize the war (it didn't matter what war...they were all the same to me), and I would question the reason why anyone would choose to join the military. I was always polite about it, so as not to cross any 'politically-correct' line...

Five years ago I was self-righteous and ill-informed. I would loudly criticize the war (it didn't matter what war...they were all the same to me), and I would question the reason why anyone would choose to join the military. I was always polite about it, so as not to cross any 'politically-correct' line...

Education
The Mystery of the Veil

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on August 8, 2011

We must stand beside women that are struggling against oppression and offer them support and a hand up… not a fine and ‘reeducation classes’. We can do better than this for women. We MUST do better than this for us all.

We must stand beside women that are struggling against oppression and offer them support and a hand up… not a fine and ‘reeducation classes’. We can do better than this for women. We MUST do better than this for us all.

Leadership
An African Like Me?

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on June 27, 2011

It is that final sentence that really struck me "All I had heard about them is how poor they were, so that it had become impossible for me to see them as anything else but poor". It was that realization that was so hard to come to grips with while I was living in South Africa.

It is that final sentence that really struck me "All I had heard about them is how poor they were, so that it had become impossible for me to see them as anything else but poor". It was that realization that was so hard to come to grips with while I was living in South Africa.

Happiness
What Is the 'Secret' to Happiness?

Jaime Booth Cundy BSW, MAPP on June 6, 2011

There is wisdom in youth, and in his own celebration this little boy shows us what the true 'secret' to happiness is.

There is wisdom in youth, and in his own celebration this little boy shows us what the true 'secret' to happiness is.