Positive Psychology News – Boost of research-based happiness. Authored by graduates of MAPP programs around the world.
Boost of research-based happiness. Authored by graduates of MAPP programs around the world.| Positive Psychology News
Starting college is exciting, but it’s also one of the most stressful transitions a young adult will face. What can parents and family friends do to help students who are making a major change at the same time that their brains and emotions are still developing?| Positive Psychology News
When life delivers news that changes everything, perhaps a serious health diagnosis for yourself or someone you love, fear and uncertainty can feel overwhelming. Yet even in the hardest moments, it is possible to find strength, meaning, and hope. I know this because I’ve lived it. When a doctor told me I had breast cancer, I panicked. Over time, I learned to cope. Now I want to pass the practices that gave me hope when I needed it most.| Positive Psychology News
What does nature have to do with human well-being? What responsibility do we have to ensure it isn’t just humans thriving, but the planet as a whole? We invite you to consider the rich possibilities of a deeper connection to the rest of nature, for the sake of both ourselves and the planet.| Positive Psychology News
Orin Davis, the first person to receive a PhD in positive psychology, honors his mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, for not just being a great contributor to the field, but also being a powerful role model of how to be a good scientist. Csikszentmihaly was open to seeing his own ideas challenged, extended, or even contradicted.| Positive Psychology News
In this latest edition of the MAPP Magazine, experts take what they have learned from working with individuals in high-intensity, high-pressure environments (think championship-winning sports teams, performing artists, and the military) and figured out what that means for the rest of us.| Positive Psychology News
Dr. Paul Zak explains the evolution of his free app, SIX, which uses data from smart wearable devices to detect the value of experiences in the brain that contribute to happiness and resilience. Because what gets measured gets acted on, he invites readers to get the app and use the information to enhance well-being.| Positive Psychology News
This issue of MAPP Magazine explores thriving sexuality, shifting narratives around reproductive health, and work in developing a comprehensive model of sexual well-being. This information epitomizes the emerging field of positive sexuality.| Positive Psychology News
What does it mean to exist in groups, communities, as a species, and part of this world? We need to think about what is beyond each of us and wholeheartedly consider the collective. Change starts small, first imagining what we need to consider the collective and then taking steps to set these ideas into motion.| Positive Psychology News
In this new issue of the MAPP Magazine, we invite you to take a trip around the world to consider diverse cultures and perspectives on what is the good life.| Positive Psychology News
Are you wondering what to do next, how to get unstuck, how to get out of a slump? Are you unsure how to take the next best step in a meaningful life? Perhaps Ruth Pearce’s new book, be hopeful, be strong, be brave, be curious, will help you find the way forward.| Positive Psychology News
Boost of research-based happiness. Authored by graduates of MAPP programs around the world.| Positive Psychology News
In comparison to self-esteem, self-kindness does not require that we feel superior to others. Self-kindness is not an evaluation of ourselves at all, but is an attitude we adopt toward our own failure and suffering. Researchers have identified three components to self-kindness.| Positive Psychology News
