What Do Students Learn in Positive Psychology? There is not a class that goes by that I do not see a tremendous amount of growth in the general population of the students who fill my higher education Positive Psychology cyber classroom each semester. Research vastly...
Being a part of the Positive Psychology movement and teaching the course, I am notoriously teased and questioned about Positive Psychology. “Should we call you the happy doc?”…“are we all going to sit around and hold hands, and sing?” While I am grateful that I am a...
Habits are rituals and behaviors that we perform automatically, allowing us to carry out essential activities such as brushing our teeth, taking a shower, getting dressed for work, and following the same routes every day without thinking about them. Our unconscious habits free up resources for our brains to carry out other more complex tasks like solving problems or deciding what to make for dinner.
“Happiness doesn’t come from tomorrow, it comes from today. Your life is what’s happening right now.” – Stephen M. Pollan
Living in the present is Mindfulness. More precisely, it is living in the moment while non-judgmentally observing the events around you unfold. Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of
The Department for Schools, Children and Families conducted a study in 2009 along with Ofsted called the Tellus4 Survey. The survey aimed to assess the happiness levels of 150,000 15-16 year olds across England. They focused on five key areas of wellbeing including levels of emotional health, substance abuse and bullying along with how often teenagers volunteered in their local community and took part in sport. The results surprisingly highlighted Knowsley
Strengths in teaching It is the end of another academic year, a time for reflection. What went well? What engaged and energised the students? What do I need to adapt, abandon, create? Why do I reflect on how energised students are? This is because it is a sign that...
A choice Please don’t think you are about to read how wonderfully rosy the world is and we should all just put on a happy face and dance through the streets; although street dancing does sound appealing. There are times when I would much rather pull the covers up over...
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...
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...
What Positive Psychology Means to Me In pursuit of the good life. To me Positive Psychology is the application of virtue and strength in the pursuit of the good life. It is finding meaning in being and being mindful that achieving the good life takes work and practice...