positive psychology Tag

by "Dumb Little Man" from Business Insider You’ve probably read countless articles that promise you better happiness, only to be disappointed. I know what it’s like to not get exactly what you’re looking for from an article. When I was reading a lot of personal development articles...

08 August, 2011

An article in a recent edition of the Journal of Positive Psychology (an academic publication for happiness geeks like me, Dr. Happy!) I was reminded of a concept about which I'd been fascinated but, as happens from time to time, I'd forgotten about. I was, therefore,...

08 August, 2011

Can going to the movies make you a better person? by Jeffrey Siegel from Positive Psychology News Daily Can going to the movies make you a better person? It depends on the type of positive emotions the film elicits. At last week’s 2nd World Congress for Positive Psychology, I...

06 August, 2011

Just a few days ago I invited our Facebook community to review the "7 Deadly Sins" and then to proffer what they considered to be some more positive, enlivening moral traits that might contribute to happiness.  Responses included honesty and compassion, love and respect, contribution, communication,...

04 August, 2011

As most of you know I (Dr. Happy) spend much of my time talking about (and, obviously writing about) happiness and the various applications of positive psychology.  Within this, I tend to focus more or less on different aspects of positive psychology and on different strategies...

18 July, 2011

A few weeks ago I posted THIS ARTICLE on my blog. As you can see if you click on the above link, my thoughts and comments went like this...

11 July, 2011

In this morning's free eNewsletter I (Dr. Happy) wrote a short review of an essay by David Malouf titled "The Happy Life: the search for contentment in the modern world". It was follwed by some practical happiness tips all of which I share with you...

20 June, 2011

I’ve just had a fantastic two days listening to and talking to some amazing people (not all of whom were up on the big stage!). I won’t try to summarise everything I heard or learned, although I will be posting more articles and blogs inspired...

18 June, 2011

Today, Thursday June 16, I'm attending the Happiness & its Causes Conference in Brisbane, Australia (and I'm proud to say that I'm also presenting a keynote tomorrow afternoon)! You can check out the conference and the program HERE but in short, there's a wonderful line-up of...

16 June, 2011

Happiness vs wellbeing - is there really a competition?  That might seem like an unusual question but there's been much debate in recent years, within the positive psychology world, about the definitions of and comparative benefits of constructs such as happiness versus wellbeing versus flourishing and...

15 June, 2011