Studies under the expanding umbrella of positive psychology tell us that we have Hope when our goal is supported by self-efficacy and self agency (Snyder). So goal setting is good and having the means to get there and knowing how well we are succeeding are all good (Latham). Resilience is a big help because it keeps us on the treadmill no matter […]
Jon Haidt in The Happiness Hypothesis suggests the metaphor of a rider on an elephant for how we live life. The rider is our conscious thoughts (and emotions). The elephant is our unconscious emotions (and thoughts). Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman refers to these as System 1 and System 2, but I find rider and […]
I have been reading about the virtues as outlined in the book of virtues by Peterson and Seligman. I have been wondering how they all relate to each other and the influence one virtue exerts on the others. At the same time I have noticed references to these great virtues in literature. It has occurred […]
One of the great pleasures in life can be found in the food that we eat. For me, my relationship with food started out as a challenge for many years. Involved in the very aesthetically-focused sport of figure skating, I was forced to be constantly vigilant about my weight. Consequently, I spent the first […]
At the beginning of this century, Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi (2000) described Positive Psychology as the “science of positive subjective experience, positive individual traits and positive institutions.” Since then a vast quantity of research has been carried out on the nature of well-being and the many and various psychological traits such as optimism and resilience exhibited by happy people. […]
Coaching as a Science, an Art, and a Discipline
BOOK REVIEW: Positive Psychology Coaching by Robert Biswas-Diener and Ben Dean (John Wiley, 2007).
This book is about a powerful body of theoretical and scientific knowledge that can be applied to coaching. It takes the reader through the basic concepts and philosophical approaches in the field and introduces […]
Our lives are full of stress: we have 24 hours each day and more activities than we feel we have time for. In this age of multi-tasking and instantaneous communication through cell phones, e-mail, and BlackBerrys that do both and more, the demands on our time are relentless. These demands have increased our […]
Governments have tried to increase their citizens’ well-being since time immemorial. But when it comes to assessing how they’re doing, they have generally stuck to objective measures such as GDP, as famously criticized by Lord Layard. This changed earlier this summer, when the British Government became the first in the West to track its citizens’ subjective well-being.
1 Positive Experiences
2 Positive Traits
3 Positive Organizations
Appreciative Inquiry
Author Bios
Awe
Business
Coaching
Communication
Decision-Making
Exercises
Global Policies
Goals
Gratitude
Guest Academic Articles
Guest Articles
Habits
Health
Hope
In-the-News
Love
Media
Mindfulness
Money
Optimism and Positive Thinking
Pathway 1: Pleasure
Pathway 2: Engagement / Flow
Pathway 3: Meaning
Positive Emotions / Positive Affect
Resilience
Savoring / In-the-Moment
Schools
Spirituality
Sports
Strengths
Positive interventions such as capitalizing, savoring and expressing gratitude have the potential to intentionally and explicitly cause a favorable change in subjective well-being. Capitalization is about sharing positive events with others which may increase positive emotions and a sense of increased belongingness. The more that positive emotions are shared, the greater likelihood that they will be remembered […].
