positive psychology Tag

Happiness doesn't come easily. It takes work, preparation and positive thinking. Tal Ben-Shahar, author of "Happier" and "The Pursuit of Perfect," discusses the importance of positive psychology and its role in a happy life. First, accept your emotions. It's perfectly natural to be sad, unhappy...

15 September, 2009

In a special lecture preceding this year_ã_s first International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) World Congress in Philadelphia, Martin Seligman laid out his vision of a new field called positive education. He also stated that positive psychology is not about being pushed by the past and...

02 September, 2009

Tonight, Dance without a Need for _ã–Why_㝠By Sean Doyle By Sean Doyle - August 30, 2009 Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living. To which philosopher Iris Murdock replied, _ã–Lighten up, Socrates!_㝠Well, I am paraphrasing a little. What Murdock really said was that...

31 August, 2009

At the heart of positive psychology is a fundamental shift from a focus on fixing problems to a focus on enhancing strengths; from treating illness to creating wellbeing; from managing misery to developing happiness. Unfortunately, most health care systems across the world are not really...

29 August, 2009

Many scholars labor in obscurity, but the researchers presenting their work this summer at a meeting of the International Positive Psychology Association had no such problem: More than 1,500 people from 52 countries came to listen. They packed the ballroom of the Philadelphia Sheraton for...

27 August, 2009

The severe economic downturn has forced many people to reassess their values and the ways they act on them in their daily lives. For some, the pursuit of happiness, sanity, or even survival, has been transformed. Happy Days is a discussion about the search for contentment...

21 August, 2009

How to feel up in a downturn When the world is looking a pretty gloomy place, can positive thinking really provide the answer to all our woes? Oliver Burkeman introduces our happiness special with a look at panaceas past and present To read more about happiness and...

15 August, 2009

Aging has its upsides in terms of mental health and happiness, according to researchers speaking at the American Psychological Association meeting here. Two California researchers _ã” in separate presentions _ã” say that mental health improves with age; most people get happier as they get older,...

08 August, 2009

Research by University of Vermont scientists shows an unexpected new way to measure the nation's mood. And the nation's newspapers and bloggers are paying attention. Peter Dodds and Chris Danforth, applied mathematicians working in UVM's Advanced Computing Center, have built a "hedonometer," _ã” a data-mining technique...

05 August, 2009