BBC Interview With Martin Seligman

Posted by on Nov 23, 2009 in positive psychology | 0 comments

Click here to listen to a brilliant interview with Professor Martin Seligman, modern founder of Positive Psychology an author of Authentic Happiness. In a special edition, Claudia Hammond talks to the father of Positive Psychology, Professor Martin Seligman, about why optimism is not only good for your health, but could also help you live longer. Claudia visits a school that has introduced...

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Pessimism, Realism and the Recession

Posted by on Nov 4, 2009 in positive psychology | 0 comments

An Australian psychologist has claimed that feeling grumpy ‘is good for you’.  At least that’s the spin the popular media put on the findings of Professor Joe Forgas of the University of South Wales.  What the guy actually says is a little more nuanced.  His claim is that there are some advantages to negative moods, just as there are to positive moods. For instance, negative...

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Did Positive Thinking Cause the Recession?

Posted by on Oct 28, 2009 in positive psychology | 0 comments

A few weekends ago I happened across an article called Positive thinking is positively bad for you so always look on the glum slide of life by Virginia Ironside.  In it she gave a positive review for a book entitled Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.  The author is Barbara Ehrenreich, an American journalist, socialist and political...

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All Hail the Comedians!

Posted by on Apr 8, 2009 in communication, positive psychology | 0 comments

What kind of people do you most admire? For me, it’s comedians.  Maybe this is because I’m not naturally much of one myself, or maybe it’s because, deep down, I want to be one.  Whatever the reason, I love watching them at work and going to live stand-up when I can. Last month – March 14th – I got a chance to test myself out a little.  I delivered a course at...

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