positive psychology Tag

by Sarah Hampson for the Globe and Mail Anyone can write a love note to himself to help create lasting happiness. The only caveat is that it doesn_ã_t work as well if you_ã_re too self-critical, needy and oversensitive to potential abandonment. That_ã_s the finding of a...

I've often talked about my desire to start and/or be part of a happiness revolution; a movement I believe has already begun in which our health system really focuses on health rather than sickness; in which parents focus on the best in their children not...

The complete guide to blaming: How to play and how to quit. by Neil Farber for Psychology Today   I'm all about positivity. ? Belong to the International Positive Psychology Association ?Member of the Positive Health Section ?Have a website called wwwThePositivePower.net ?lecture on Creating a Positive...

As I've written about before, happiness comes at least partly from living in the moment (see this previous blog posting). But as long as we do it right, happiness also comes from positive reminiscing and future planning (especially when the planning involes setting and working towards...

by Cian Traynor for the Irish Times BEFORE MARTIN Seligman became a happiness guru, he spent years studying why humans and animals would give up in apparently hopeless situations. Seligman himself wasn_ã_t known for looking on the bright side. By the psychologist_ã_s own account, he was...

Kirsty Needham writes in the Sydney Morning Herald about how "Shorter working week key to happiness and jobs" To read more JUST CLICK HERE In the Huffington Post, Roya Rad asks "What is the difference between attachment, love, peace, and happiness?" To read more CLICK HERE And in Psychology...

by Joe Robinson for the Huffington Post Fifty percent of your happiness is genetic. Sorry, you can't do much about that. Another 10 percent comes from your circumstances (geography, family, health). So that leaves you with 40 percent of your potential happiness that you can actually...