negative emotions Tag

by Dr. Timothy Sharp (aka Dr Happy) In recent years there’s been a very positive change in the way we view mental ill-health and concurrently, an increased acceptance of frailties and vulnerability (although there’s definitely still plenty of room for improvement). Let me make it very clear;...

14 April, 2016

Your negative emotions are powerful guides to what needs to change in your life. I love this statement because here at The Happiness Institute we've been saying for many years that the so-called "negative emotions" are not always negative; that is, they're not always bad for...

27 November, 2012

Now, it won't come as any surprise to any of you to read/hear that I, Dr. Happy (Chief Happiness Officer of The Happiness Institute) am a fan of happiness and, more generally, of positive emotions.  There are many reasons for this, most of which I've outlined...

17 September, 2012

I thought you might find the following research summary, from a recent edition of The Journal of Positive Psychology, interesting...

19 September, 2011

To what extent are negative emotions consistent with happiness? When and where are negative emotions appropriate? Do happy people ever get upset? These and other questions were posed after an innocent tweet/post from last week when I published an age old saying...

07 February, 2011

First, from Positive Psychology News Daily - Negative Emotions have a Place in Life Often times positive psychology can be misconstrued (sometimes apparently without any effort to get it right!) as a movement to eliminate negative emotions like anger, fear, anxiety, embarrassment, and shame. Such an...

18 November, 2009