Mindset & Emotion
Optimism and Good
Humour The Nourishment of Relationships
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Personal and Corporate Advisor and multiawarded Mentor, Viola Edward, takes a look at good humour and its relationship with optimism and how together they can be used to expand what is possible. In Hippocratic medicine, the human body contains four basic regulating energies called humours, these are associated with the four elements; Nature, Water, Air, Fire and Earth. If the combination of these four energies results in a pleasant mix, the person is said to be in a good mood. Unbalanced combinations of the same elements create bad moods, most commonly referred to as stress. Beyond the images we may have about good and bad moods, we can broaden the formula, as outlined by the ancient Greeks, with an inclusive holistic view. Today, linked to our species, the concept of humour is associated with the senses, such as sight, sound or touch and certainly related to smiling, a wonderful human capacity.
