I recently gave notice at the job I have held for the last eleven months.  I place special emphasis on the word “job” because the actual day-to-day work in no way resembles the type of …

In his research on savoring, Fred Bryant calls out Freud and Skinner’s assumptions that people naturally experience pleasure in response to positive events. To some of us it might seem ridiculous…we’d wonder, how is it …

I had a month to write this article. I thought about what to write. A fortnight ago I checked to see what others wrote. Three days ago I sat down to write. The brief said …

I’ve just returned from my zillionth med school interview. And, for the zillionth time, I’ve tried to convince some hardcore basic scientist that positive psychology isn’t fluff. Try explaining positive psych to a genomics professor. …

Positive Psychology changed my life.  When I discovered Positive Psychology, I found an articulation of something that I had always been searching for.  I resonated with the concept of the three states of life—pleasant, engaged, …

January 24 is belly laugh day! 
What does that mean? On January 24th at 1:24pm (in whatever timezone you will be in at the time), laugh outloud and laugh loudly!  You will be joined by all …

Since early November, I have been giving a series of positive-psychology-based continuing legal education (CLE) seminars across Tennessee. Starting last month, I was also advertising for and interviewing candidates for Associate Director for the …

Every so often as an HR Executive I was lucky enough to attend a very special event that included dinner in a nice restaurant and a West End show. Although the food and the entertainment …

Today, the Boston Globe reported that Positive Psychology will be introduced to McLean Hospital.  The article writes,
McLean is putting together a proposal to create an institute that will aim to teach healthcare providers and patients …

Over ten years ago I came across a book that caught my eye.  At the time I did not recognized the author by name and I was not familiar with his work.  The title, however, …