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The Happiness Project (Book Review)
By Marie-Josée Salvas  
February 23, 2010 – 3:22 pm | 21 Comments
The Happiness Project (Book Review)

On an apparently meaningless bus drive home, Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany: “I am not as happy as I could be.” She also realized that the problem might not be the conditions of her life, per se, but with how she lived and perceived it. She wondered if she could change her life without actually changing her life, and made a year-long commitment to work on improving her happiness.

Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work (Book Review)
By Margaret Greenberg  
February 15, 2010 – 5:06 pm | 2 Comments
Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work (Book Review)

Researchers and practitioners seeking to bring positive psychology to the workplace have a new resource: the Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work* edited by P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, and Nicola Garcea. All …

(Book review) Positive Motivation: A Six Week Course by Dr. Kennon Sheldon
By Sean Doyle  
January 28, 2010 – 9:51 am | One Comment
(Book review)  Positive Motivation: A Six Week Course by Dr. Kennon Sheldon

How do we choose our goals? How do we decide how to spend our time and energy and where to direct our attention? These are the topics covered in another workbook in Robert Biswas-Diener’s …

Positive Psychology: A Textbook Review
By Sherri Fisher  
January 4, 2010 – 6:42 pm | 2 Comments
Positive Psychology: A Textbook Review

If you have wanted to teach an introductory course in Positive Psychology but did not know what textbooks to include on your syllabus, here is a brand new one to consider. It is entitled …

Holiday Gifts – Book Ideas from PPND
By Senia Maymin and Kathryn Britton  
December 18, 2009 – 6:10 pm | 3 Comments
Holiday Gifts – Book Ideas from PPND

Editor’s Note: Today, we want to share with you some books we are giving to our friends, in case they give you ideas for holiday gifts. These books include our favorite books about …

Why Am I Doing This? Martial Virtues (Book Review)
By Dave Shearon  
December 17, 2009 – 8:22 pm | 7 Comments
Why Am I Doing This?  Martial Virtues (Book Review)

Martial Virtues by Charles Hackney, PhD, is an obvious gift for anyone who practices the martial arts.  Anyone in a high-conflict profession can relate to it – lawyers, for example.  For all of us, however, the …

Rethinking Your Work (Book Review)
By Kathryn Britton  
December 13, 2009 – 8:02 pm | 5 Comments
Rethinking Your Work (Book Review)

“Can you imagine … looking forward to work every day? … Knowing that you make a difference and feeling good about the work you do?” So starts this book by Val Kinjerski about taking …

Self-Promotion for Introverts (Book Review)
By Timothy T.C. So  
December 11, 2009 – 12:38 am | 11 Comments
Self-Promotion for Introverts (Book Review)

We need to promote ourselves to advance in our careers.  We need to promote ourselves to remain employed during the financial turmoil.  Introverts often get passed over mistakenly. Nancy Ancowitz offers a solid dose …

Your Well-Being Balance Sheet: The Happiness Equation, a book review
By Sherri Fisher  
December 5, 2009 – 5:45 pm | 6 Comments
Your Well-Being Balance Sheet: The Happiness Equation, a book review

Are you looking for a way to personalize your well-being by adding and subtracting the research-based, positive psychology way? Don’t miss The Happiness Equation: 100 Factors That Can Add To or Subtract From Your Happiness, …

(Book Review) Positively Happy by Sonja Lyubomirsky and Jamie Kurtz
By Derrick Carpenter  
November 22, 2009 – 2:22 pm | 2 Comments
(Book Review) Positively Happy by Sonja Lyubomirsky and Jamie Kurtz

Another workbook in the series presented by Robert Biswas-Diener’s Positive Psychology Services, Positively Happy: Routes to Sustainable Happiness is a superb workbook.  Sonja Lyubomirsky and Jamie Kurtz have culled positive psychology’s best researched methods …

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