The Best Thing Today
Aalto University Psychologists
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The Best Thing Today is a podcast series by Aalto study, career and advanced study psychologists. With their guests they discuss issues like remote working, social distancing, the effects of the Covid pandemic on studies, and much more. They also give advice for the everyday life in Aalto. The Best Thing Today is – naturally – in English, and the podcast’s counterpart in Finnish is called Paras hetki päivässä.
Maria Törnroos's Audio columns are based on her blog PhD Pathfinder, www.mariatornroos.fi
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Apr 17, 2023
Welcome to Aalto! Orientation episode
As a master’s student at Aalto University, there are many opportunities to build one’s own life out of student life. How is it done? In this podcast episode, you can hear the experiences of Maria Karesoja, a master’s student in economics, and maybe even small tips are promised. Host: study psychologist Paula Sjöblom.
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Apr 17, 2023
Welcome to Aalto! Orientation episode
In this podcast episode, you can hear the experiences of Maria Karesoja, a master's student in economics, and maybe even small tips are promised. Host: study psychologist Paula Sjöblom.
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Nov 24, 2022
Concentration 2
In the sequel episode study psychologists Meeri and Henna go through questions about concentration that they collected during Aalto Wellbeing week from Aalto students and staff. So if you have wondered which brain part is the most active while you concentrate, how social media and concentration are connected or how deadline anxiety, light or architecture …
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Nov 24, 2022
Concentration
Aalto study psychologists Henna and Meeri discuss what concentration actually means, what factors may affect your concentration and explain how you can start improving your ability to concentrate!
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Oct 24, 2022
Dealing With Your Anger: a self-compassion excercise
The purpose of this exercise is to help you get along with your anger. Easily we strive to keep anger out of our consciousness or supress it . We have learned that it is not really appropriate to be cranky and if we express direct, unhandled anger, we get into conflicts with other people. Working …
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Oct 24, 2022
Dealing With Difficult Feelings. Excercise
After identifying the needs, it is easier to correct our own activities or we can try to express our needs to others and then the likelihood of meeting needs increases. Facing and accepting negative feelings and working with them increases one's well-being in the long run.
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May 30, 2022
How to use music as a wellbeing tool?
Music is a way to convey certain kinds of emotional states and experiences through sounds. Hence, music can be used to aim for suitable states. Why and how can music be used to improve e.g. concentration or time management? Aalto university psychology group intern Meeri Anttila offers practical tips on how you can get started …
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May 30, 2022
Mindfulness: Scanning your body movement (with music)
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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May 30, 2022
Mindfulness: Scanning your body movement
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.
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May 30, 2022
Mindfulness: Grounding yourself
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.
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May 30, 2022
Mindfulness: Grounding yourself (with music)
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Noticing Your Own Thoughts by Using the Metaphor of a Stage
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Noticing Your Own Thoughts by Using the Metaphor of a Stage (with music)
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Leave It At the Door
Mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Leave It At the Door (with music)
Mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: “Listening Me”
Mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: “Listening Me” (with music)
Mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Counting Your Breathing in and Out by Using Numbers
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Counting Your Breathing in and Out by Using Numbers (with music)
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Counting your Breathing by Using the Metaphor of the Slide
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Counting your Breathing by Using the Metaphor of the Slide (with music)
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Sanni Saarimäki and Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Hourglass
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University.
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Apr 12, 2022
Mindfulness: Hourglass (with music)
A mindfulness practice by psychologist Merita Petäjä, from Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University. Music: Serena (Longer Version) by Spheriá | https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusicCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Apr 11, 2022
About Mindfulness: Mona Ahponen and Merita Petäjä
It is important to think about what the motivation behind mindfulness practices. What is mindfulness? What are we really talking about when we talk about it? Psychologist Merita Petäjä reveals her views and sets the background for upcoming special mindfulness practice episodes of The Best Thing Today.
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Dec 15, 2021
Fierce Self-Compassion
The Best Thing Today. Psychology podcast from the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, Aalto University
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Aug 10, 2021
Time-management – a skill everyone can learn with time
Join Maria and Maija on this treasure hunt and hear how you can improve your time-management skills
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Jun 30, 2021
Recovery in academia – are we too busy to recover?
The academic environment challenges recovery in many ways. Always being available, the “publish or perish” culture, and being passionate about one’s work, makes it more difficult to find time (or permission) for recovery. However, recovery is critical for a sustainable, healthy and successful work life. In this podcast episode Maria Törnroos and Maija Taka present …
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Jun 11, 2021
Maria Törnroos’s Audio column 6/Research highlight: Impostor syndrome, belongingness and wellbeing in academia
Studies show that impostor syndrome is common, especially among highly educated and high-achieving individuals, such as doctoral students. Doctoral students who suffer from impostor syndrome avoid new and challenging opportunities because they are afraid of failure and of being exposed. What a waste of intelligent minds. But how does impostor syndrome develop and what does …
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May 28, 2021
Academic workload – no time to manage energy and no energy to manage time
In this episode Maria and Maija talk about academic workload. Academics are constantly bombarded with tasks and duties on top of their regular work – sometimes even tasks that are not in any way related to their work. The increasing workload has led to an increase in exhaustion, especially among doctoral students. How could we …
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May 18, 2021
Maria Törnroos’s Audio column 5: Don’t Panic, Just Listen.
Maria Tornroos audio column 5 Dont Panic, Just Listen
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May 18, 2021
Academic supervision – a superpower or just common sense?
. A supervisor is supposed to be a unicorn but at the same time, is not being rewarded or incentivised to do the job well. Supervision is considered to be the most essential factor influencing doctoral student wellbeing, motivation and completion.
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May 7, 2021
Maria Törnroos’s Audio Column 4: “I’ll Do It Tomorrow”
Procrastination in Doctoral Studies. Everyone postpones their duties or chores at some point. But when does postponing turn into procrastination? Based on the blog PhD Pathfinder by Maria Törnroos.
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Apr 28, 2021
Maria Törnroos’s audio column 3: Find Your Superpower!
What are your strengths and your weaknesses? This is a question most often heard from a recruiter’s mouth. But it’s a question that everyone should think about once in a while. The answer to this question is not as straightforward as you might think. In this audio column you’ll learn how to find your superpower …
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Apr 13, 2021
Maria Törnroos’s Audio column 2/Research highlight: Phases of doctoral studies
Audio column by Maria Törnroos, the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. The audio columns in the Best Thing Today podcast series are based on the blog PhD Pathfinder by Maria Törnroos.
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Apr 13, 2021
Maria Törnroos’s Audio column 1: How to help your brain survive virtual work.
Audio column by Maria Törnroos, the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. The audio columns in the Best Thing Today podcast series are based on the blog PhD Pathfinder by Maria Törnroos.
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Apr 13, 2021
Remote Work: Are We Thriving or Barely Surviving? Part 1 of 2.
It’s been one year, are we thriving or barely surviving? The host, Maria Törnroos, is the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo. Her guest is Maija Taka, a postdoc & project manager in doctoral education project Majakka in the Water and Development research group at Aalto. In the first part of the two-episode …
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Apr 13, 2021
Remote Work: Are We Thriving or Barely Surviving? Part 2 of 2.
The topic of this episode is remote work. In this second part of the two-part podcast, your host Maria Törnroos and Maija Taka discuss how to manage remote work and give some advice – low-hanging fruits to try! Maria Törnroos, is the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. Maija Taka is a …
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