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 ...
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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 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.
Positive PsychologyNov 20, 2011
False Positive Psychology
You've got to accentuate the positive, Eliminate the negative, And latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mister In-Between ...
Positive PsychologyMar 6, 2011
Older parents are happier with more children
"Children may be a long-term investment in happiness," says MPIDR demographer Mikko Myrskylä. Together with Rachel Margolis from ...
Positive PsychologyMay 23, 2009
Subjective and Objective Research in Positive Psychology
A criticism of happiness research is that it often relies on what a person says about his or her own happiness. Calling a self ...