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Articles by Bridget Grenville-Cleave

MAPP graduate from the University of East London with over 17 years experience in organizations, working as an independent business consultant and coach. Co-author of The Happiness Equation. My partner and I live with our young son in Gloucestershire.

Money and Savoring: Another Positive Psychology Paradox?
July 25, 2010 – 10:01 am | 4 Comments
Money and Savoring: Another Positive Psychology Paradox?

One of my fascinations with positive psychology is the existence of its many paradoxes. So as soon as I came across this new research report Money Giveth, Money Taketh Away, my eyes lit up. The researchers explored the widely-held belief that experiencing the best things in life undermines your ability to enjoy life’s little pleasures.

5th European Conference on Positive Psychology Part 3
June 30, 2010 – 8:18 am | 8 Comments
5th European Conference on Positive Psychology Part 3

The 5th European Positive Psychology Conference took place last week in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 23-26 2010. This article covers addresses on the last day, June 26, by Professor Ruut Veenhoven on differences in happiness between Denmark and The Netherlands, Dr. Alex Linley on the future of positive psychology, and Dr. Howard Gardner on the Good Work Project.

5th European Conference on Positive Psychology, Part 2
June 27, 2010 – 2:30 am | 2 Comments
5th European Conference on Positive Psychology, Part 2

The 5th European Positive Psychology Conference took place this week in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 23-26 2010. This article covers addresses on June 25 by Professor Wilmar Schaufeli on employee engagement, by Professor Henrik Hans Knoop on well-being at society as well as individual levels, and Professor Willibald Ruch on humor and a related intervention.

5th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2010, Part 1
June 26, 2010 – 10:14 am | 6 Comments
5th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2010, Part 1

The 5th European Positive Psychology Conference took place this week in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 23-26 2010. This article covers addresses on June 23 and 24, including opening talks by Professors Henrik Hans Knoop and Antonella Delle Fave, as well as keynotes by Professor Corey Keyes on building mental health as well as addressing mental illness and Professor Barbara Fredrickson on how positive emotions work and why.

Positive Psychology Responses to Depression
May 30, 2010 – 3:54 am | 2 Comments
Positive Psychology Responses to Depression

“Hands up anyone who studied emotional mountaineering at school?” was Dr Chris Johnstone’s opening question. Had we been taught how to overcome low, negative or otherwise troublesome emotions? Not a single hand went up. Nevertheless said Chris, it is possible to learn how to become more resilient and to find your power. (Second in the series about the 5th Annual Bristol Happiness Lecture, subject, Positive Psychology Responses to Depression).

The PE Kit: Five Tools for Countering Depression
May 27, 2010 – 2:51 am | 19 Comments
The PE Kit: Five Tools for Countering Depression

Keynote speaker, Miriam Akhtar, described the Positive Emotion Kit (PE Kit) approach to countering depression. To boost mood naturally and experience more positive than negative emotion, people can form personal PE kits by selecting interventions from five essential evidence-based categories.

Changing “What’s Wrong?” to “What’s Strong?” 10 Strategies (Part 2 of 2)
April 27, 2010 – 12:01 pm | 6 Comments
Changing “What’s Wrong?” to “What’s Strong?” 10 Strategies (Part 2 of 2)

In yesterday’s article, I described how clinical psychologists could expand the “what’s wrong?” model to include “what’s strong?”  Today, I give the specific ten strategies recommended by Tayyab Rashid of the University of Pennsylvania and …

Changing “What’s Wrong?” to “What’s Strong?” (Part 1 of 2)
April 26, 2010 – 2:51 pm | 7 Comments
Changing “What’s Wrong?” to “What’s Strong?” (Part 1 of 2)

Introductory classes in positive psychology often differentiate it from “psychology as usual” by arguing that the latter operates in the disease or deficit model whereas positive psychology operates in the health model. In other words, …

Are You a Half-hearted or a Whole-hearted Helper?
March 26, 2010 – 10:19 am | 13 Comments
Are You a Half-hearted or a Whole-hearted Helper?

Netta Weinstein and Richard Ryan at the University of Rochester have recently published research on the impact of doing things for others.
Their research looked at the link between well-being and autonomous helping on the one hand versus controlled helping on the other hand.

Which Comes First? The Inspiration or the Well-Being
February 26, 2010 – 7:29 pm | 11 Comments
Which Comes First? The Inspiration or the Well-Being

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 …

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