positive psychology Tag

If you're going to get through the tough times then you might as well enjoy the good times! Do you ever dampen down positive emotions? Do you ever "manage" (read minimise) your happiness? Have you ever discounted positives in your life or brushed away compliments?  If so,...

11 May, 2011

Which Is More Important: Truth or Happiness? Could it be that Truth leads to Happiness and vice versa? Published on May 3, 2011 by Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D In one of my favorite scenes from the movie The Matrix, Morpheus (played by Lawrence Fishburne) poses Neo (played by Keanu...

11 May, 2011

Now here's a great happiness related article from Science Daily ScienceDaily (May 2, 2011) — People who look at the past through rose-tinted glasses are happier than those who focus on negative past experiences and regrets, according to a new study published in the journal Personality...

06 May, 2011

The Happiness Within - by Jaime Cundy The Cullinan diamond is the world's largest diamond. Frederick Wells, a surface manager for the Premier Diamond Mining Company, found the diamond on January 26, 1905 in South Africa. There is no argument that the diamond had been residing in...

05 May, 2011

Here's another interesting article from Psychology Today by Nicholas Kardaras Oh, yeah. That decadent all-the-toppings Ben and Jerry's double fudge brownie is really going to taste good as you let it go from spoon to joy-spot. Mmm-hmmm. Yes indeed, that chocolaty good-taste is really going to make...

04 May, 2011

by Joe Wilner from Psych Central One of my favorite contributions of positive psychology is the classification system to help people uncover their strengths as human beings. Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman are the two researchers whom created the ‘Values in Action Inventory of Strengths’ (VIA-IS), which...

01 May, 2011

from The Guardian As David Cameron's £2m plan to measure the nation's happiness gets under way this month, the American psychologist whose work inspired it has said he has changed his mind about the importance of being happy. One of the pioneers of positive psychology, Professor Martin...

10 April, 2011