Positive PsychologyDec 9, 2024
Remembering Prof. Ruut Veenhoven (1942-2024)
In the summer of 2011, I was a newly registered Ph.D. student at the North-West University in South Africa. At the time, I was ...
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Positive PsychologyNov 24, 2024
The Untold Truth About the Origins of Positive Psychology
If you've ever read anything about positive psychology, you've likely come across names like Martin Seligman and Mihaly ...
Positive PsychologyNov 23, 2024
How to be more intentional with social media for enhanced mental wellbeing, according to experts
Love it or loathe it, social media is here to stay. Rather than ditching the apps entirely, could cultivating a more mindful ...
Positive PsychologyNov 14, 2024
Secrets of happiness: the happiness hacks backed up by science – podcast
At a moment when the world feels like a particularly unsettling place, Science Weekly is asking what it is that makes humans ...
Positive PsychologyOct 1, 2024
5 Positive Psychology Lessons I Learned from Ryan Reynolds
All I Need to Know About Positive Psychology, I Learned from Ryan Reynolds Source: Lindsey Godwin/ Dall-E I recently had the ...
Positive PsychologySep 19, 2024
Happiness is not considered to be an important goal in some cultures
The wonderful Irish boxer Kellie Harrington, who won her second gold medal in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, repeatedly stated ...
Positive PsychologySep 6, 2024
Neuroscience Says to Be Happier, Stop Thinking About Happiness
If you studied economics or business, you might be familiar with Goodhart’s law. Named after British economist Charles Goodhart ...
Positive PsychologyJul 19, 2024
Why We Should Focus on Positive Childhood Experiences
We’ve all heard of “adverse childhood experiences” (ACEs). Psychology has focused a large chunk of research on these ...
Positive PsychologyJun 13, 2024
Is This the End of Positive Psychology?
Positive psychology is the study of optimal human functioning. It became popular at the turn of the century when Martin Seligman ...
Positive PsychologyMay 2, 2024
Connecting Mental Health with Creativity
There is a link between expressing creativity and mental health. Going back to the 1800s, Vincent Van Gogh, a painter, took his ...
Positive PsychologyApr 5, 2024
The five‑step wellness model that really works – and the psychology behind it
The wellness movement appears to have the answers that our burnt-out minds need. However, psychological research and practice ...
Positive PsychologyMar 27, 2024
Finland is the happiest country in the world – but our research suggests the rankings are wealth and status‑oriented
Finland steadily ranks as the happiest country in the world. In March 2024 the country was, for the seventh year in a row, ranked ...
Positive PsychologyMar 23, 2024
Find a Positive Psychology Therapist
Positive psychology can help a person with their negative thoughts and behaviors. The principles are useful for day-to-day ...
Positive PsychologyMar 22, 2024
The Science of Happiness
Although happiness can feel like an amorphous concept, science has explored key pieces of the experience, such as which choices ...
Positive PsychologyMar 19, 2024
Finland ranked world's happiest country for seventh year
The annual World Happiness Report has again ranked Finland and other Scandinavian countries the most cheerful nations on Earth.
Positive PsychologyMar 14, 2024
I’m a psychologist in Finland, the No. 1 happiest country in the world: 4 phrases we use every day
For the last six years, Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world. I've lived here most of my life, and as a ...
Positive PsychologyFeb 3, 2024
Psychology class: Your wellbeing plans don’t work
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
Positive PsychologyJan 12, 2024
Resilience
Around one billion people struggle with stress-related illness globally - and that figure is rising. What protects those with ...
Positive PsychologyJan 24, 2022
Mindfulness Is Key to Happiness in Modern Mental Health
Although psychology is a field that has largely been developed and nurtured in the West, a lot has changed since Freud’s heyday ...
Positive PsychologyMay 3, 2021
Does Healthy Immunity Promote Psychological Resilience?
When it comes to developing a healthy psychological state, we often hear about the benefits of things like mindfulness techniques ...
Positive PsychologyApr 14, 2021
What Is Gross Domestic Wellbeing?
Part of the GWI's mission is developing items for the Gallup World Poll that reflect non-Western perspectives on wellbeing (responding to the critique that established measures of wellbeing, such as ...
Positive PsychologyDec 6, 2020
Gratitude Builds Resilience in the Hardest of Times
Resilience is broadly defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the ability of people to recover quickly from something unpleasant.
Positive PsychologyMay 28, 2020
How Can We Develop a More Global Vision of Wellbeing?
It is a truism that wellbeing matters to everyone. After all, who among us does not want to be and feel well (however we define ...
Positive PsychologyNov 15, 2018
Who Are Australia’s Happiest Workers, and Why?
The Wellbeing Lab Workplace Survey, conducted in partnership with Dr. Peggy Kern from the University of Melbourne and supported ...
Positive PsychologyMar 15, 2018
Finland tops 2018 happiness index
Despite its dreary weather and long winters, Finland has emerged as the happiest country, according to a UN report. The ...
Positive PsychologyMay 28, 2017
Are We Over Simplifying Our Wellbeing?
Do you struggle sometimes to maintain your wellbeing? Despite your best efforts at trying to keep up a practice of using positive ...
Positive PsychologyOct 15, 2016
What Is Positive Psychology?
Since the introduction of positive psychology by Professor Martin Seligman at the turn of the century there has been an explosion ...
Positive PsychologyApr 28, 2016
The Mindful Pause: How to Help Others
Last week, I introduced The Mindful Pause as the best mindfulness exercise most people don’t know. The focus was self-development.
Positive PsychologyNov 22, 2015
Why Resilient Leaders Need To Embrace Gratitude
If you are familiar with my work, you know that I strongly believe resilience is an essential attribute for modern leaders.
Positive PsychologyJul 26, 2015
Positive Psychology of Mindfulness
Thoughts are open for interpretation. Feelings are the interpreters. And, teachers are the translators of both thoughts and feelings.