by Jamie Brown | | Positive Psychology, Uncategorized
Some of you may have come to realise that one of the latest crazes in the western world is the “pay it forward” concept of conducting random acts of kindness (or RAKS). A RAK, essentially, is when somebody does something kind for someone else (typically a stranger)....
by Tony Cox | | Positive Psychology, Work
The concept of Prospection in Positive Psychology in its simplest form is to utilise the mind to define what the future looks like, this is significantly different from the more common retrospective approaches. It is also similar to the concept of objective or goal...
by Bryony Shaw MAPP | | Positive Psychology, self-development
While reading Adrianna Huffington’s book Thrive, she described a very simple, yet effective task that resonated with me. She wrote about the way we interpret the things that we have to do and suggested that instead of thinking about them as tasks that we have to...
by Jamie Brown | | Education, Health, Positive Psychology, self-development
Meet the Happiness Ninja The Happiness Ninja fights of sadness by slashing way unhappiness, kicking away the blues and karate chopping tears. I am The Happiness Ninja. I dress in a ninja costume and hit the streets conducting Random Acts of Kindness and advocating...
by Homaira Kabir | | Culture, Education, Positive Psychology, Relationships, self-development
I was seeing my friend after many weeks. She’d been away in Kashmir, visiting a Hindu shrine. I knew she’d had a bad experience and I feared it had something to do with the ongoing Hindi-Muslim riots in the region. Little did I guess… A Journey to remember She said...
by Caralyn Cox, MAPP | | Positive Psychology
The brain as a computer Technological advancement is a wonderful thing, it allows for all sorts of useful apps to be available to us and many devices these days come with pre-loaded apps that make life easier, or conversely that just get in the way. In a similar vein,...
