Social Change and Positive Psychology – Catching On To New Rhythms Social change and positive psychology. Can Society Get More Satisfaction with Positive Psychology? My answer is a prompt ‘Yes’! Positive Psychology has been criticized for putting the spotlight...
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...
Let your words enrich your life: The benefits of writing If you’re a fan of notebooks, if you write on a blog or if you have a journal, keep those habits in your daily routine because studies indicate that writing is an activity with proven health benefits. For those...
In the Name of Awe – the emotion which enhances health, relationships, time and happiness “Awe”. The word sounds like onomatopoeia for the way we gasp in the face of something overwhelming. Despite breathtaking experiences of amazement and wonder being recurrent in...
“Instead of just do it, just like it” said Barbara, with the cool and calm acuteness only experienced researchers can pull off. The evidence is becoming increasingly convincing: positive emotion has a measurable impact on our physiological parameters and physical...
The Wednesday Tea And if a group of 43 very old women became integrated and useful to their community…? Often we hear that it is “normal” that old people are alone… that they “do not care about loneliness”… We also hear some old...