The Pursuit of Happiness

Posted by on Feb 7, 2011 in positive psychology | 0 comments

No, I’m not blogging about the 2006 film, satisfyingly adequate as it was.  I’m talking about positive psychology, the academic movement that is turning traditional therapy – where else? – on its head.  Here are two new recent tid-bits from my quest to understand, evaluate and apply this radical new thinking.  Enjoy! First off, there was an excellent discussion on...

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Curry and The Three Degrees (Of Happiness)

Posted by on Jun 23, 2010 in coaching, positive psychology | 0 comments

I had a mini-epiphany the other day.  This happens to me recurrently, especially after eating my wife’s curry.   I take it as yet another proof of the mind-body linkage.  What happens is that there are two bits of information floating around in my brain that suddenly decide they are related.  As a consequence, I go Eureka! This time it has to do with the thought of two seemingly different...

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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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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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