optimism Tag

I just found out about this article in Wellbeing Magazine in which I'm featured :) For many, the concept of happiness can sometimes seem like the Holy Grail _ã_ mystical, elusive and totally out of reach. On the contrary, the cheerful truth is that whether...

09 February, 2010

Happiness and a sunny disposition doesn't necessarily make you a ridiculously optimistic Pollyanna, even in these tough times, say advocates of positive psychology. What they're talking about is leading a positive, purposeful life, and experts on the subject point to increasing scientific evidence backing the...

26 December, 2009

Chris Peterson is one of the world's leaders in the science of happiness and positive psychology. In this article he talks about happiness and positive psychology and especially, the key construct of optimism. Importantly, he discusses some of the invalid criticisms of optimism and presents...

18 December, 2009

As hinted at above, we've been following Lou Tice for a while now and he constantly impresses us with his practical wisdom and valuable ideas. Today, we're happy to bring to you a few of his short messages...

14 December, 2009

Psychology Today - Nigel Barber Some of us are a lot more optimistic than others. There is no sugar-coating the fact that some people have happy genes and others do not. Geneticists estimate that genes are responsible for about 50 percent of the differences in how...

03 December, 2009

by Dr. Ranit Mishori I write a lot of prescriptions_ã”for pills, creams, and physical therapy. One thing I can_ã_t dictate a dose of_ã”though I wish I could_ã”is a positive attitude. I_ã_ve always suspected that patients who _ã–look on the bright side_㝠tend to handle medical problems...

14 November, 2009

How do you view the difficult events that show up in your life, or happen in the world around you? I'm open about the fact that I was very depressed during my residency, and even before that, it often seemed that life's events were relentlessly...

13 November, 2009

I've just finished Bright-Sided, writer Barbara Ehrenreich's new book slamming the _ã–relentless promotion of positive thinking_㝠in America. Ms. Ehrenreich, whose 2001 bestseller Nickel and Dimed memorably etched the often futile daily lives of the working poor, has a stiletto-sharp mind and a capacious social...

28 October, 2009

A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock , with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away,...

26 October, 2009