I think at heart I have always been a Positive Psychologist. Long before I had ever heard the title Positive Psychology I was very much a disciple of that way of thinking. I heard it said many times “You’re the most positive person around” and “Why are you always...
For me positive psychology provides a route to be the best you can be without having to apologise for who you are. A common criticism of positive psychology is that it ignores the harsh realities in life and focuses purely on the positives. This is not how I see it at...
Sitting at my computer and contemplating the question “What does positive psychology mean to you?” I am finding it hard to explain. Why? Because positive psychology had crept into my bloodstream from before it was even a concept in Martin Seligman or...
Who I am today Positive psychology is the field that upended my world ten years ago, gave my life new purpose, my job new meaning, my friends more importance, and my loved ones more gratitude. In short, it rocked my existence and changed me in so many ways that I...
Helping others on their journey As a mental health nursing tutor, I have considered what we do and how we help individual’s on their journey. many times I have discovered it is the smile, the kind action such as making a cup of tea that gives us the entrance to...
What Positive Psychology Means to Me Positive psychology is a great field to work in because I find that I’m constantly getting confronted with the upside of things; what is right and what is going well. Much like Martin Seligman confesses in his book...
What positive psychology means to me. For me, the concept of positive psychology has grown to hold two meanings. In my mind, it has developed in popularity in recent years, to such an extent as to have become a victim of its own success in certain aspects....
What Positive Psychology Means To Me For over 20 years an inner voice called for me to study and learn; there was unfinished business in my education and development. I started to use strengths assessments for team development and recruitment in late 2006; this was my...
What Positive Psychology Means to Me Career Suicide? Around six years ago, I decided I didn’t want to be an academic any more. I had studied, researched and taught various topics in psychology for twenty years and I had reached a point where I realised my heart wasn’t...
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...