Living positive psychology Some of my blogs have tended to lean towards the academic side of Positive Psychology…..this one however is much more personal in nature… 2015 has been a big year for me. There have been massive changes in my personal circumstances. I have...
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...
It really is that easy to connect with someone Within a five-minute conversation, I learned that the cashier’s husband passed away five months ago. I said, “Happy Friday. How are you today?” [Here’s the key part: I really was interested in...
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...
“The discomfort in our lives is an invitation to change.”- Joe Hoare You know the feeling It starts as an uncomfortable tightness in your belly during one more inconsequential work meeting during which your mind wanders to what you can possibly make for dinner using...
Charles Duhigg, in his book The Power of Habit talks about what he calls “The Habit Loop” and explains that every habit is a three step process. The first step is a trigger. A habit starts with a signal; something that triggers your brain to go into automatic mode....
I never got to read. Of course I read academic papers and the readings that are required for my degree. I went over the news and whatever analysis of it I could squeeze into my day. I skimmed through Facebook pages and other modes of virtual connection that left me...
How do you improve your mood? When you’re feeling stressed or down in the dumps, what do you do to improve your mood? Have a glass of wine? Eat your favourite chocolate bar? Watch the soaps on TV? Listen to music? Look at old family photograph albums? For many of us,...
PERMA – A is for Accomplishment/Achievement This blog brings us to our last element of the PERMA model; Accomplishment/Achievement. Given this is the last element, I want to point out that the order of the elements are not a hierarchical but rather possible...
I want, I need, I must have, If only I could get…do any of these sound familiar? All of these phrases come in about a ten minute time span of shoe shopping with my teen daughter. It is not a crime to enjoy ‘things” and to indulge ourselves in things that we enjoy, but there is often a disconnect between the value we place on the wants and needs over what truly fuels our life-zest fire. As a noun, value can be defined as a placed importance, usefulness, an