by Lesley Lyle | July, 2015 | Nature
Positive about nature A nature walk should be uplifting, but it devolves into hell-in-a-hand basket thinking too often these days. I toured a garden-of-paradise in Kauai with a guide who raged continually about our forefathers. This soured me on nature guides for a...
by Lesley Lyle | July, 2015 | Positive Psychology, self-development
The Positive Challenge The positive challenge is a 30-day challenge to increase happiness through gratitude. It involves finding 3 things during the day that you’re grateful for – simple things, perhaps, that normally you would take for granted. It’s called the “3...
by Lesley Lyle | June, 2015 | Education
Positive Psychology: Positive Effects on Emotional Education Positive Psychology has a salugenic approach that focus on the strengths, resources, and existing skills in the people and together with the Emotional Education has preventive nature, for this purpose it is...
by Lesley Lyle | June, 2015 | Positive Psychology
Is Sadness Essential for Joy? Sadness is essential for joy, says new Pixar movie. The inner workings of the brain are the subject of Disney/Pixar’s new animated feature, Inside Out. The film makes a statement about happiness instead of just being cute. It follows an...
by Lesley Lyle | June, 2015 | Education, EMAPP Portugal
A Practical view of Positive Psychology During a lecture on the EMAPP Lisbon course, Miriam Akhtar talked about some practical views on the science of flourishing and with a friendly smile, took us all on a journey through her wonderful job in the UK. One of the first...
