http://positivepsychologynews.com Positive Psychology News Daily - Daily boost of research-based happiness. Authored by University of Pennsylvania graduates of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program (MAPP). Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:05:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a wellness consultant, one of the questions I get most often is “Wow! I love what you do! This is so important, and so needed in today’s world!  What kind of return on investment can a company expect for its wellness initiatives?” Up until last week, although ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/marie-josee-salvas/201003159920 How an adult responds to, and forgives, a child or adolescent  has lasting consequences. A constructive style of responding can foster self-forgiveness and learning in a young person, while a reactionary style can foster guilt, shame, and avoidance. When a young person has “violated the rights” of an adult, there is ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/john-yeager/201003119922 [caption id="attachment_9966" align="alignleft" width="179" caption="Out of Focus"][/caption] This academic year, I met a student who I will call James.  He is one of several high school and college student clients that were referred to me with new diagnoses of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and related organizational difficulties. Imagine struggling through school ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/sherri-fisher/201003109963 [caption id="attachment_9793" align="alignright" width="175" caption="Service Through Habitat for Humanity"][/caption] “How do you figure out which colleges will be best for your child?” a mother in the audience asked me recently.    “A good place to start is by asking your child to think about times in his life when he felt ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/christine-duvivier/201003099684 Imagine you are in the hospital following surgery. You have 70 staples holding things together, and they hurt. Your nurse sees that you are in pain and offers to take out 5 of the staples. Then he says you get to choose which ones. After he finishes, you ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/kathryn-britton/201003089839 [caption id="attachment_9621" align="alignright" width="136" caption="Kontiki Oscar 1950"][/caption] The countdown of the top 10 positive psychology films of 2009 is about to begin. These are films that both appeal to a wide audience and have important messages. Many are perfect for use in the classroom, the therapy room, and the coaching ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/ryan-niemiec/201003079471 [caption id="attachment_9753" align="alignright" width="130" caption="Movie Camera"][/caption] Is there any substance and meaning behind the choice of who wins an Academy Award? In an analysis of 1,132 films, Simonton found that the Oscars do matter; they provide meaningful information about creativity and achievement in the cinema and are more representative of ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/ryan-niemiec/201003059468 Last month I attended the 2nd Australian Positive Psychology Conference run by the Australian Positive Psychology Association (APPA) at Melbourne’s Monash University on 12-13 February. It came at the end of a long and busy week, I was tired, and I had little enthusiasm for leaving home ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/amanda-horne/201003039548 [caption id="attachment_9532" align="alignleft" width="341" caption="Looking for Inspiration"][/caption] Inspiration, or more precisely the lack of it, strikes fear into the hearts of many students faced with an assignment or test, a blank sheet of paper and a ticking clock. I can remember countless times, sitting nervously  in an exam hall, trying hard ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/bridget-grenville-cleave/201002269520 BOOK REVIEW: Rubin, G. (2009). The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun. Harper. On an apparently meaningless bus drive home, Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany: “I am not as ... http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/marie-josee-salvas/201002239298