by Ali Birch | | self-growth
What does wellbeing mean to you? Is it about physical health, mental health? Is it a feeling? A measurable state? Whilst we might all hold an aspiration for high levels of wellbeing, we may not all have the same thing in mind when we talk about it. So, when we ask...
by Sue Roberts | | Strengths
I’m sitting here, late afternoon, keyboard in front of me, and I’m fighting the urge to go in the garden. Instead I’m writing. Strengths are supposed to be something you dream and drool of doing, and one of my strengths is writing. Strengths: the things which you can...
by Kimberley Wakefield | | Parenting
Recently I had the opportunity to be heavily involved in the planning and execution of the 4th Canadian Conference on Positive Psychology. As a part of my role as Marketing and Communications Chair I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Ryan Niemiec, one of the world-...
by Helen Golstein | | compassion
Self-compassion is key to my work for a number of reasons, one of them being the acknowledgment that positive psychology seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the whole breadth of the human experience. Emotions not electricity I also rarely use positive or...
by Fizza Shah | | Strengths
The science of strengths The extensively researched VIA Character Strengths survey presents twenty-four strengths tested by Dr Martin Seligman and Dr Chris Peterson, advocating it as unique strength spotting tool. I feel the use of this questionnaire is best suited...
