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 …

Are there positive ways to combat employee negativity? Are you interested in improving personal and organizational performance and at the same time personal and organizational well-being?
Over the long Christmas / New Year / …

Mind and Its Potential conference, held in Sydney on 2-3 December 2009, was an “opportunity to hear the world’s top scientists, psychologists, and philosophers explain how to apply the new science of the brain …

Your Holiday Strengths
Some people anticipate the holidays with excitement and enthusiasm. Some find it can be a stressful time with obligations to fulfil and busy schedules to juggle. Wherever you are along this continuum, …

In the positive psychology world, Dr. John Gottman is well-known for his 5:1 ratio of positive to negative language and how it can predict successful relationships.  But actually, much more than the 5:1 is important.  …

BOOK REVIEW: The Pursuit of Perfect by Tal Ben-Shahar (McGraw-Hill, 2009).
Acknowledgment: Many thanks to my colleague and friend, Tom Weirich who is also an AHC graduate and a member of Positive Workplace International (PWI). He …

Last month, a reader commented on a PPND article “research has shown that pleasure, engagement and meaning contribute equally to life satisfaction for Americans whereas engagement was only important for Australians.”

At last month’s IPPA Congress, I was inspired by Lord Richard Layard’s comment, “The highest thing in life is to uplift the spirit.” Unfortunately, not everyone we work with uplifts our spirits. Harvard Business Review recently featured a short article, “How toxic colleagues corrode performance.” What can be done about toxic colleagues?

The 4th Annual Australian Happiness & Its Causes conference appealed to people of all backgrounds, and so it attracted over 2,000 participants. Credible, high-profile and respected speakers and forum moderators presented their material in ways that were accessible to all.

Dr. Richard J. Davidson said, “I am committed to putting compassion on the scientific map.”

This heightened interest in compassion is also occurring in organizations, where people are paying more attention to how compassion can build thriving workplaces [...]