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What is The Difference Between Positive Psychology and Mental Hygiene?
Some commenters such as Becker & Marecek, 2008 have pointed out the similarities between positive psychology and earlier social movements as a criticism that positive psychology is not...
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Celebrate the Tiny Wins: A Simple Way to Build Gratitude
Of all the emotionally positive states available to human beings, the feeling of gratitude is one of the greatest. When we feel grateful, any difficulties in our lives are swept away and all we’re...
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BLOOM COMPANY: The South Korean Positive Psychology Success Is Now In Europe
In 2013 I had the privilege of meeting Junghyo Park in Madrid. We had both enrolled on IE Business School’s Positive Leadership and Strategy Executive MA program, at the time one of the very first...
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12 Positive Psychology Interventions + 3 Ways To Find The One You Need
Positive Psychological Interventions (also known as Positive Psychology Interventions-PPIs) are theoretically-grounded and empirically-validated instructions, activities, and recommendations that are...
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What is Self-Determination Theory? (+PDF)
Self-Determination Theory (SDT) is developed by researchers Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan. This theory concerns with human motivation, personality, and optimal functioning. Rather than just the...
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The PERMA Model: Your Scientific Theory of Happiness
Everyone seems to be in the pursuit of happiness nowadays. There are many ways to reach happiness, though including training your mind for happiness, spending money on others to promote happiness, and...
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Positive Psychology Experiments: 6 Ways to Measure Well-being
When it comes to a field as broad-minded as positive psychology, there are several different types of research methods involved. For example, some positive psychology experiments might seek to simply...
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Adam Grant’s Give and Take: 8 Insights on Success and Generosity
Adam Grant is known as being the most popular full-time professor at the Wharton School. His popularity has gone far beyond educational institutions, as he managed to win accolades from Business Week...
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Positive Psychotherapy: 5 Exercises and Tools for Counsellors and Therapists
Positive psychotherapy: the term almost seems self-contradictory. The word “psychotherapy” often evokes images of nerve-wracked patients reclining on couches, a stern therapist with furrowed brows and...
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Delvina Miremadi-Baldino: Lessons From a Resilience Expert
Welcome Delvina Miremadi-Baldino, you are the latest professional to join our team of developers of new positive psychology tools for the toolkit. What was your most important reason for joining? I am...
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8 Positive Psychology Coaching Skills to Put on Your Resume in 2017
No one is safe… … except maybe positive psychology practitioners… Forged in a world of cutting-edge research, new and more effective therapies coming out, and a science that is constantly correcting...
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Positive Parenting: How to Increase your Parenting Skills?
Positive parenting – sometimes called positive discipline, gentle guidance, or loving guidance – is simply guidance that keeps our kids on the right path, offered in a positive way that resists any...
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What is Gratitude? Its Meaning + 10 Definitions, Synonyms and Antonyms
Gratitude is an emotion similar to appreciation that most people are familiar with. What many people do not know is that gratitude plays an important role in several historical movements, and that...
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BLOOM COMPANY: The South Korean Positive Psychology Success Is Now In Europe
In 2013 I had the privilege of meeting Junghyo Park in Madrid. We had both enrolled on IE Business School’s Positive Leadership and Strategy Executive MA program, at the time one of the very first...
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18 Self-Esteem Worksheets and Activities for Teens and Adults (+PDFs)
We all experience moments of self-doubt and uncertainty. Even the most confident and happy people have moments where they think “I’m such a failure.” It’s a part of being human. However, if you find...
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Coping Skills Worksheets for Adults and Youth (+ PDFs)
No matter how mentally healthy, resilient, or happy you are, there comes a time in every person’s life when he or she will need to cope with something difficult. Coping is something we all do, whether...
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Wellbeing and First Nations People: Taking Positive Psychology Out of the...
Of all the criticisms levelled against Positive Psychology there is one I agree with. There is very little that has as yet been done to take positive psychology out of the “ivory tower” of academic...
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Psychological Capital: HERO in Leadership and Coaching
Originally developed in an organizational context, the concept of Psychological Capital with its four pillars of Hope, Efficacy, Resilience and Optimism (HERO) has been linked to job as well as life...
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27 Resilience Activities and Worksheets for Students and Adults (+PDFs)
“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult You may think you’re not very resilient. The word “resilient” might bring to...
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19 Narrative Therapy Techniques, Exercises, & Interventions (+ PDF Worksheets)
“What is your story?” The answer to this question can take a million different forms, and the story you provide will likely be different depending on who is asking, your mood at the time, and whether...
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