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29th September 2009
Women come to me often wondering why they are having a hard time finding their own place of well-being or inner calm. So I’m always looking for the hard facts. Specifically, my curiosity has always been around complete well-being: not just physical heal... Read >
Author: wbdoyle23rd September 2009
“Is love really blind?” I wonder. Having been happily married (and some of the times not so happily) for 30 years, I cannot help but ask myself more frequently whether my love is blind. Unsurprisingly to myself, the answer seems to be affirmative. ... Read >
Author: wbdoyle22nd September 2009
Can a piece of jewelry have the power and the ability to play a significat role in our day to day existence or is this merely a literary motive and nothing more?
Jewelry for beauty
The majority of jewelry marketed today falls under the category of fas... Read >
Author: John Penn14th September 2009
Positive psychology coaching has got to start internally with two key components, managing stress and creating brain fitness.
For example, the 11th step of AA says that I must practice daily prayer and meditation to know the higher power's will for me,... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS23rd August 2009
Being outside is part of my personal growth plan and one of the great pleasures in my life; it is what brings balance to my workday. Today’s message is in regards to bringing balance between the pleasurable moments in life, and doing work that is in ali... Read >
Author: himanshu00720th August 2009
The University of Phoenix is a private, for-profit institute of higher learning. It is the largest private university located in United States of America with an urban campus located at Phoenix, Arizona. The University of Phoenix psychology programs have ... Read >
Author: Gavyn Harley25th July 2009
The use of psychology in business has taken a stronger position than ever before. Where once workers were expected to produce and be happy simply because it was their job, business leaders are now employing positive psychological factors that help make jo... Read >
17th July 2009
The University of Phoenix is a private, for-profit institute of higher learning. It is the largest private university located in United States of America with an urban campus located at Phoenix, Arizona. The University of Phoenix psychology programs have ... Read >
Author: Harvey Jace15th June 2009
Gratitude, thankfulness, or appreciation is a positive emotion or perspective in admission of an advantage that one has received or will receive. The experience of gratitude has in the past been a focus of several world faiths, and has been considered at ... Read >
Author: Joe The Blogger15th June 2009
Gratitude, gratitude, or appreciation is a positive emotion or angle in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive. The experience of gratitude has historically been a focus of several world religions, and has been considered extens... Read >
Author: Joe The Blogger15th June 2009
Gratitude, thankfulness, or appreciation is a positive emotion or perspective in acknowledgment of an advantage that one has received or will receive. The experience of gratitude has in the past been a focus of several world religions, and has been consid... Read >
Author: Joe The Blogger14th May 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Maurine Patten
Positive Psychology defines curiosity as "the active recognition, pursuit, and regulation of one's experience in response to challenging opportunities" (Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification b... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting27th April 2009
Loving Kindness Meditation instead of the Hedonic Treadmill
By Emiliya Zhivotovskaya Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to: http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen-st... Read >
Author: Emiliya15th April 2009
Read this book! Review of "Creating Your Best Life"Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to: http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen-step1.php(reviewed by Emiliya Zhivoto... Read >
Author: Emiliya15th April 2009
Healthy Minds Reside in Healthy Bodies
Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to: http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen-step1.phpHave you ever been:
* So nervo... Read >
Author: Emiliya10th April 2009
Healthy Body and Mind: Tips from Positive Psychology
Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to: http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen-step1.phpThis article originall... Read >
Author: Emiliya10th April 2009
Happiness Exercises: Scientifically Proven to Work
Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to: http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen-step1.phpEver been on a fad diet ... Read >
Author: Emiliya10th April 2009
Become Happier: Scientifically Proven Activities
By Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, RYT
Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to:
http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen... Read >
Author: Emiliya16th March 2009
5 Tips to Get You Started
How can I be happy when my home is losing its value, my 401k is going down, and the price of everything else is going up?
It's a question I hear a lot lately. It seems that as the financial picture becomes more depressed, s... Read >
Author: Marci Shimoff12th March 2009
Hello and good day,
Are you one those people that are almost always happy, no matter what is happening in your life? Well me neither, but I’ve known a few people like that in my life and it never ceases to amaze me at their natural ability to maint... Read >
Author: Doug Hart18th February 2009
There are so many things that you can do to get onto the road that leads to happiness. Here are my top “Positive Psychology” tips. These will certainly help you to feel much more positive and help you to gain that much loved emotion of really feeli... Read >
Author: Jan Malloch13th February 2009
Change - it seems to be all around us. Not only is it affecting your budget, it is also affecting your work environment and possibly your social and personal life. If you are not directly affected, some of your friends are. There are five secrets which... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting02nd February 2009
Dr. John Schinnerer, Guide To Self, Inc.
Positive psychology is the science behind the pursuit of a happy, meaningful, thriving life.
Positive psychology has emerged at the beginning of a new millennium as a movement within psychology and other soc... Read >
Author: Dr. John Schinnerer30th January 2009
What makes you happy? A better job? A long vacation? The "right one" to come along?
Marci Shimoff who created Happy for No Reason, the pursuit of happiness should not be tagged on to a single object, goal or relationship. While these will provide happi... Read >
Author: Ewen Chia28th January 2009
Cultivating a practice of being thankful might just be one of the single most important things you could do to boost your bottom line AND your own feelings of life satisfaction. Did that get your attention? I hope so!
Gratitude is a very, very powerful... Read >
Author: Diana Long M.S.ACC09th January 2009
Welcome to another New Year. What are your projections for yourself in your personal life and career for this year? Research in Positive Psychology suggests that how you think about yourself and your situation will impact your results.
When you think... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting08th January 2009
Positive psychology is the study of those virtues and qualities that enable people, groups and institutions to thrive and be successful. In short, it is a study of what makes life worth living. This branch of psychology has come to the fore in just under ... Read >
Author: gardnerwilkinson08th January 2009
Positive psychology is the study of those virtues and qualities that enable people, groups and institutions to thrive and be successful. In short, it is a study of what makes life worth living. This branch of psychology has come to the fore in just under ... Read >
Author: gardnerwilkinson11th December 2008
Happiness is an important part of a successful persona. Happy people are triumphant and contented. More importantly, they are themselves agents of happiness. They spread sunshine wherever they go. So, they can easily form successful relationships with tho... Read >
Author: quinlanmurray11th December 2008
Happiness is an important part of a successful persona. Happy people are triumphant and contented. More importantly, they are themselves agents of happiness. They spread sunshine wherever they go. So, they can easily form successful relationships with tho... Read >
Author: quinlanmurray03rd December 2008
This is the season of Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy. Are you hoping for a peaceful month, a realistic budget, time to get everything done, good health, warm relationships, and a joyous holiday season? Or perhaps you have you own word or combination of word... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting05th November 2008
Bad news sells newspapers and keeps the media busy. Consumers are exposed to a lot of negative information that creates fear. It becomes easy for people to think from a scarcity mindset and yearn for times when life was better. However, continuing to d... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting04th November 2008
Would you like to steer your life in a more fulfilling direction? Would you like for your wildest dreams to become realistic goals? Would you like to have more energy and resources with which to accomplish those goals? Who wouldn't? Perhaps what's h... Read >
Author: urlreader21st October 2008
You may or may not be familiar with the premise of positive psychology, but you very likely have seen, read, or perhaps even own a positive thinking book or a stress management book. Stress management and positive thinking are two similar techniques th... Read >
Author: urlreader16th October 2008
"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others." Buddha
I've been studying the new field of Positive Psychology 'finally a psychology that is rigorously studying what is right with people. I am excited to find that th... Read >
Author: ann ronan05th September 2008
Since the 1960s it has become increasingly common that people visit a counsellor or therapist to talk about the problems and difficulties that trouble their lives. Beliefs like "...It has to get harder before it gets better” reflect widely accepted wisd... Read >
Author: Gudrun Frerichs, PhD20th August 2008
The term Positive Psychology was basically unknown five years ago. Today, there are numerous books, newspaper and magazine articles mentioning how you can be happier and live a meaningful life based on the scientific research findings from Positive Psych... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting24th July 2008
Are you convinced that you would be happier as a self employed person but are not sure what the heck you would do to make money?
I want you to have work that allows you to put your life together in a way that makes you happy. Work that allows you to u... Read >
Author: ann ronan11th July 2008
How good are you at setting and achieving goals? The pros and cons of setting goals have been disputed for years. Often, we have good intentions but do not know how to make them real. The good news is that Positive Psychology research indicates that th... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting07th April 2008
Wisdom is defined as judging rightly and following the soundest course of action. It is known that wisdom:
- Is separate from intelligence.
- Is based on information, life experience, and understanding.
- Represents a higher level of knowledge,... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting27th March 2008
It is possible to be happier. On-going research in the area of Positive Psychology is helping to identify thinking and behavior patterns of happy people.
According to recent studies, your genes are responsible for fifty percent of your happiness l... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting22nd February 2008
Mental health problems can affect people at any time of life and in different ways. They can include anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, self-harm and dementia. Mental health affects every part of our daily lives. How well we feel plays a major role in ou... Read >
Author: Peter sams28th September 2007
Many struggle with situations at work or home that cannot be altered or avoided. You may find yourself talking with friends and family about increasing levels of stress. It can feel like happiness is more illusive than ever before.Happiness is differe... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting11th June 2007
During the last fifty years, there have been spurts of positive income growth, purchasing power and an unbelievable increase in luxuries in the U.S. However, Richard Layard, a British economist says that we have been living on a happiness plateau.
The... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting24th May 2007
Do you want to increase your happiness set point and avoid the hedonic treadmill? Happiness is subjective. It can be defined as your personal opinion as to how pleasurable, satisfying or gratifying your life is.
Positive Psychology (founded by Martin... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting27th April 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Maurine Patten
Frequently, I hear people say this or that isn't "fair." Unfortunately, life is not always fair. It can be hard to know who and what to trust. We live in an imperfect world. If there is a need of proof of living in... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting07th April 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Maurine Patten
Are you tired of feeling like you are just going through the motions in life? How would things be different for you if you felt excited or passionate about your life? Feeling engaged in what you are doing is one of th... Read >
Author: Patten Coaching & Consulting16th November 2006
Did you know that psychologists have now come up with a formula for happiness?
They call themselves "positive psychologists" and led by Professor Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania, who has been described as the father of positive psycho... Read >
Author: Deanna Mascle06th November 2006
The most recent NexusEQ Conference included delegates from over 100 disciplines and 37 nations gathered in Holland to see how emotional intelligence improves leadership. On EQ.org, more and more practitioners are appearing from all over the world. Google... Read >
Author: Joshua Freedman13th August 2006
"Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice."
-Stephen Covey
My 19-year-old daughter has an old silver 1985 Volvo. Considering that it's older than she is, it's in remarkably good condition. One of the things that is not working, though, is the... Read >
Author: Kathy Paauw31st March 2006
In one study, Australian psychologist Allen Richardson conducted an experiment with basketball players, dividing them into three groups A, B and C. He advised group A to practise free throws on a basketball court for 20 minutes a day. He advised group B... Read >
Author: Anandrahi07th March 2006
Virtually every Olympic athlete shares the same goal: winning the gold medal. But the interesting finding from research by sports psychologists is that the most motivated and successful athletes set goals in a very specific way that is far more precise... Read >
Author: Stephen Kraus13th February 2006
Human psychology is always painted negative and as a study of negative human behavior; basically we perceive psychology as a sign of trouble, and thus attempt to correlate it to such destructive issues like depression, psychosis, unhappiness, mental disor... Read >
Author: Robert Kokoska17th October 2005
The Rebbe Nachman of Breslow often said, "Always remember-Joy is not merely incidental to your spiritual quest. It is vital."
As the years have gone by and I've been in the practice of psychology over 20 years, I have become more and more convinced ... Read >
Author: Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
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