News by Positive Psychologists
First of all, news by positive psychologists:

Dr. Martin Seligman, the founder of positive psychology, wrote an article about his work at Geelong Grammar School for the Sydney Morning Herald (5-3-08): Putting a Smile on Their Dial:
“In two words or less, what do you most want for your children?
If you are like the […]

A new study from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania seems to refute a widely held intuitive belief as well as one that has been well-researched. Despite what you may have believed, according to the new study, it turns out that money CAN buy happiness. Or maybe it says that money DOES buy happiness. Well, maybe both, but not exactly either, it turns out if you read the actual study and understand its constructs.

On April 16 and 17, 2008, some of the leading authorities on Positive Psychology came together in Singapore to highlight research findings about happiness and well-being at the Simply-Happy conference. Speakers including Martin Seligman, George Vaillant, and Sonja Lyubomirsky spoke to an audience of 250 attendees. Global Leadership Academy (GLA) organized the conference, […]

Money does not buy happiness…
There’s been a great deal of media coverage recently about whether or not money can make you happy, much of it inconsistent or unclear. This article in the UK’s Telegraph on March 22, entitled “Money does not buy happiness” quotes research presented at the recent Royal Economic Society’s 2008 annual […]

Rabbits are ancient symbols of fertility and so symbolize the return of spring. In thinking of them, of Easter, and of Sherri Fisher’s excellent article, Positive Psychology is more than happiness, I spoke with a friend who had just returned from working near the equator. “What did you miss most?” I asked. Quickly came the […]

I have always been drawn to the quote by Friedrich Nietzsche that “Freedom is to struggle with no hope for reward.” There a great deal of courage in that line. There is comfort in the notion that something can us keep us going, even when the circumstances seem insurmountable. As I have maneuvered the various […]

Our brains are attics - they have to be, storing all our past stuff. But we live when we can in the dizzy day-room delights of children’s laughter, family chaos and even work. Spring seems to arrive earlier each year. Well, Easter is earlier this year than for ages, even lunar ages. […]

Breaking on the web: in the early moments of 2008, Martin Seligman is featured as one of the hottest items on Reddit.com, a website that aggregates hot new information online.
Dr. Martin Seligman is the founder of positive psychology. The Reddit linked story is the 2008 question posed by Edge.com to “some of the most interesting […]

In honor of Veteran’s Day, I have attached a letter my grandfather sent to my grandmother from the western front. It was dated November 7th, 1918, and she wrote on the envelope “Telling about the war stopped.”

Our time gives us the extraordinary challenge we call sustainability: to collectively change the way we live to be in balance with the planet. It is very easy to talk about sustainability in a way that drains the energy for change out of people. Talk only about the immensity of the problem and then watch a room full of people move into either denial or depression. So how do we talk about sustainability in ways that lead instead to hope and personal responsibility? We can use the Appreciative Inquiry model of Discovery, Dream, Design, and Destiny.