positive psychology Tag

by Joe Wilner from Psych Central Negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and anger are natural and adaptive to aid in our survival. However there are many times when these emotions get the best of us and seem to cause more problems as opposed to enhancing survival. The...

18 March, 2011

A few weeks ago I did what dads do and took my son down to the local oval, into the practice nets and we had some fun with a cricket bat and ball. My son had specificially asked me to help him because although he...

28 February, 2011

I've recently been practicing what I preach by which I mean that just as I encourage many of the people to whom I talk to seek out, where appropriate, expert assistance such as clinical psychology or therapy services and/or positive psychology coaching...

10 February, 2011

As I frequently do, I bring to you today another interesting article on happiness from ScienceLine. Here at The Happiness Institute we've always considered happiness to be something we choose (or don't choose) to enjoy. But as this article quite rightly points out, the choices...

30 January, 2011

The Happiness Diet- The key to weight loss? By Sri Keshava, for Omkara World The power of positivity and its connection to weight loss Los Angeles- January 25, 2011- Spending many years working with clients who are seeking happiness through various forms of success, Professor Tim Sharp (of...

27 January, 2011