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Happy July. Optional Theme: Nomination for 25th Strength

By Editor S.M. Editor S.M.'s website Editor S.M.'s email

Hmm...This month, the optional theme that authors may be writing about is “Nomination for the 25th Strength.” (Authors may write about this theme or anything else they like). There are 24 strengths in the Values-in-Action (VIA) strengths survey. In MAPP at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the assignments in Christopher Peterson’s course is to propose the 25th strength.

This is Your Brain on Pleasure, Engagement, and Meaning

By Denise Clegg Denise Clegg's website Denise Clegg's email

Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center announced the Templeton Positive Neuroscience Awards and a new research initiative aimed at understanding how the brain enables flourishing.
Supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, up to 20 two-year grants averaging $200,000 will be awarded to scientists worldwide pursuing research projects at the intersection of [...]

(Film Review) UP: The Power of Now for New & Old Adventures

By Louis Alloro Louis Alloro's website Louis Alloro's email

29up_6002Last week I saw (from the first row, and in 3-D) Disney Pixar’s Up , an animated film about life, adventure, and friendship. The film certainly pulled on my heart strings in a very “other-people-matter” positive-psychology way. The film also speaks to this month’s theme of fun and play. [...]

Beauty Sleep and Optimal Performance

By Marie-Josée Salvas Marie-Josée Salvas's website Marie-Josée Salvas's email

Are you a victim of sleep debt? If changing just one of your daily habits was enough to make you more alert, efficient, energetic, productive and motivated, would you implement that change? Here’s what you can do about it….

Stop Being So Serious… No, I’m Serious!

By Emiliya Zhivotovskaya Emiliya Zhivotovskaya's website Emiliya Zhivotovskaya's email

Something happens to many people when they hit adulthood. Life becomes serious. It loses that lightness and freedom it had during childhood. It is a choice (conscious or unconscious) that adults make based on how they interpret what happens to them and the actions they take.

Laughter is a powerful way to bring that lightness of being back into one’s life.

Food: Fun, Friends and Fulfillment: Positive Psychology and Paladares

By Bridget Grenville-Cleave Bridget Grenville-Cleave's website Bridget Grenville-Cleave's email

paladar1Who was it that said that the family which eats together stays together?

Sharing a meal with family or friends is as much a social event as it is a nutritional one. In some reports, shared meals are recognized as a sign of a strong social unit.

Does Sleep Really Matter?

By Marie-Josée Salvas Marie-Josée Salvas's website Marie-Josée Salvas's email

If changing just one of your daily habits was enough to make you more alert, efficient, energetic, productive and motivated, would you implement that change? This month’s theme is about humor, play and fun – an appealing concept, but often far removed from our over-scheduled, chronically demanding, not-enough-hours-in-the-day lives. According to William Dement, illustrious discoverer of REM sleep, “Sleep deprivation is the most common brain impairment.” University of Pennsylvania fatigue expert David Dinges reinforces: chronic sleep loss degrades nearly every aspect of human performance, including the ability to receive, process and act on information, he warns.

Hateful Humor, Hit Counts, and Positive Politics

By Dave Shearon Dave Shearon's website Dave Shearon's email

ds-protectedCruised any politics related web sites recently? Seen any angry, sarcastic, personal attacks wrapped in "humor"?

I suspect that, for many participants, both readers and bloggers, there are very real consequences.

What to do? I have two suggestions, one from my political experience and one from that great political philosopher, Walt Disney. [...]

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