Laura Berman Fortgang comments in The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It : “I remember once suggesting to a client that his life could be fun. It was such an insult to his intelligence that he walked out of my office never to return. I was fired. It struck [...]
From her article: Emotion Regulation: The 25th Character Strength Mindfulness can help end emotional suffering. Mindfulness applied to emotions means “the nonjudgmental observation and description of one’s current emotional responses” (Linehan, 1993). Some other ways to be mindful of your emotions are to: * Observe your emotion. Note its presence. Step back. Get unstuck from [...]
Brian Vaszily is creator of The Nine Intense Experiences program, which Bill Harris, Director of Centerpointe Research Institute acclaims: “These are the true ‘secrets’ that the super-successful know..” In his article The 9 Essential Secrets of Being Happy, Vaszily includes this suggestion: Be Who You Are. “Recognize and clear through what others expect of you, [...]
Video about the positive psychology iPhone app developed with Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky from the Live Happy site. See another video interview with Dr. Lyubomirsky below.
positive psychology books, mindfulness books, positive psychology news, calmness In her article Mindfulness: A Call to Clarification, Kirsten Cronlund (Positive Psychology News Daily) notes a metaphor that can serve for resilience, equanimity and Wu-wei, the experience of “knowing when to act and when not to act.” She writes, “A widely used metaphor in Eastern philosophy [...]
Video: Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses her new book, “Positivity” Many of us live with more anxiety and depression than cheerfulness As a melancholic and anxious type most of my life, more like the driving instructor Scott, I have distrusted and even [...]
Jamie Lee Curtis on self esteem, building self confidence, self-acceptance, authentic happiness elf acceptance and realistic esteem are crucial to how well we relate to others and express our talents. Being comfortable in our own skins is part of being happy, authentic and free to be creative. The current Success magazine includes a profile of [...]
happiness research, mindfulness, depression relief products, positive psychology Learning to be happy “It’s almost as if this happiness stuff has anticipated the hard times to come. As we’re going into this recession, perhaps depression, it’s interesting to note there’s been this big upsurge of work on happiness just prior to that.” That is David Van [...]
The darkness before the dawn “Being happy is something you have to learn.” Harrison Ford Ford certainly has known plenty of unhappiness. He was shy as a child, bullied at school for not “fitting in.” According to Laura Silva Quesada, in her article A reminder from Indiana Jones, “Every day, they’d tease the future Indiana [...]
Gifted and disobedient One of the qualities of many high ability people is divergent thinking (see Giftedness characteristics.) But that also can mean divergent values and behavior. Einstein was expelled from school (in 1894) for “undermining the authority of his teachers and being a disruptive influence.” [From post: Does school encourage or limit high ability [...]
Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. is author of Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life. Here is an excerpt from her ShrinkRapRadio.com podcast interview: Happiness has quite a specific meaning. It doesn’t necessarily mean “pleased.” We often, I think, equate “pleased” with “happy.” Things are going my way. I feel pleased, that’s good, I’m [...]
Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., an experimental social psychologist, notes each of us is born with a particular “happiness set point” – “a baseline or potential for happiness.” She has conducted “the first controlled experimental intervention studies to increase and maintain a person’s happiness level over and above” this set point. In her book The How of [...]
“I believe the ultimate aim of all human beings is to obtain happiness and a sense of fulfillment.” The Dalai Lama – in the book: Mindscience – an East West Dialogue [more quotes on the page Positive psychology 2]. Baby photo by gadgetgirl. Seemingly endowed with endless effervescent glee, Drew Barrymore has been quoted, “You [...]
The lyrics of Bobby McFerrin’s song include: Don’t worry. It will soon pass, whatever it is In your life expect some trouble But when you worry You make it double Don’t worry, be happy Being happy and positive in general is a preferable stance toward life, better for our health, creativity and longevity, according to [...]
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Site author: Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology, is a writer and researcher on the psychology of creative expression and personal growth, especially for high ability adults. He is publisher of the Talent Development Resources series of sites.
