A town in Scotland made its street lights blue, and the crime rate decreased. Casinos keep people gambling at their tables longer by making the tabletops red. Those are just a couple of fascinating examples of how color affects behavior.
The colors around you can have a bigger impact on you than you might think. Colors evoke emotions. And they can affect you ... Show More
Nov 2023
276 - Ask Minaa Anything: Creating and Navigating Healthy Friendships
You sent Minaa your most pressing questions, and in today's episode she provides her insight and advice to those questions. You asked about how to handle a friendship you may have outgrown, how to develop healthy two-sided friendships, and when to forgive a friend that betrayed y ... Show More
32m 25s
Nov 2023
275 – How to Build Your Sisterhood With These Small Steps from Dr. Joy
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford is a Licensed Psychologist. She’s also a speaker and the Founder & CEO of Therapy for Black Girls, and host of its wildly popular mental health podcast, which received a Webby award in 2023. In this episode, Dr. Joy sits down with Minaa to discuss her new ... Show More
43m 36s
Feb 2020
Using Colour to Change Your Life with Fatima Al Shirawi (02.02.2020)
What are the factors that make you buy one thing over another, or move I one direction over another? You might feel that you gravitate towards a certain person, or compelled to make a certain decision. There are many things at play here, but colour is a powerful force that many o ... Show More
37m 14s
Aug 2023
Red with anger or feeling blue? The link between color and emotion, with Domicele Jonauskaite, PhD
When you’re sad, do you say that you’re feeling blue? Have you ever felt green with envy? Domicele Jonauskaite, PhD, of the University of Vienna, discusses why language so often links color with emotion, whether those links are universal or differ by culture, whether colors can a ... Show More
31m 7s
Oct 2025
Popular Colour Idioms Explained with Clear, Real Examples [558]
🚨 If you use English at work, these phrases matter. These are the only English phrases I allow my private students to use at work, and the ones I tell them to stop using. 👉 Download the PDF (€9): https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/workphrases-podcastIn this episode, you’ll l ... Show More
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