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Award-winning Research Launches Positive Neuroscience
By Denise Clegg  
August 24, 2010 – 2:07 pm | 3 Comments
Award-winning Research Launches Positive Neuroscience

The Positive Neuroscience Project has announced the recipients of the 2010 Templeton Positive Neuroscience Awards, $2.9 million given to 15 new research projects at the intersection of neuroscience and positive psychology. Read on to learn about the winning projects that explore a range of topics including how the brain enables humans to flourish, the biological bases of altruism, and the effects of positive interventions on the brain.

Money and Savoring: Another Positive Psychology Paradox?
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave  
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.

Netflix and Mae West on Positive Interventions
By Denise Clegg  
July 21, 2010 – 11:35 am | 6 Comments
Netflix and Mae West on Positive Interventions

Research shows we are more likely to sustain positive change by changing actions and patterns than by improving external circumstances. But that assumes we do them. Stephen Schueller is the first researcher to develop a structure for recommending positive interventions based on a person’s preferences for prior interventions.

5th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2010, Part 1
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave  
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.

Six Ways to Eat a Potato Chip – Part 1 of a Journey to Self-Regulation
By John Yeager  
June 11, 2010 – 12:42 pm | 7 Comments
Six Ways to Eat a Potato Chip – Part 1 of a Journey to Self-Regulation

Aristotle claimed that a virtue or strength is developed through action: “Brave people became brave by doing brave things.” He said there were six states of character development: brutishness, self-indulgence, weakness of will or caving into temptation, strength of will or mastering temptation, character excellence, and heroic excellence.

Healing Loss through Positive Psychology
By Sherri Fisher  
June 5, 2010 – 5:43 am | 8 Comments
Healing Loss through Positive Psychology

Kathryn Britton recently wrote about using positive psychology to deal with a sudden loss as she mourned her dear friend Linda. Grieving is an individual process, but while no two people have an identical experience of losing a loved one, there are several patterns that emerge. I’d like to offer some observations about how Positive Psychology is at work while people heal after a loss, even in the long term.

Letting Go (Part 1)
By Amanda Horne  
June 3, 2010 – 10:31 am | 12 Comments
Letting Go (Part 1)

Have you, or has someone you know, been annoyed, hurt, or wronged by another person? Are you still holding onto that hurt? Are you hanging onto baggage, giving power to the past, being held back …

The PE Kit: Five Tools for Countering Depression
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave  
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.

How Physical Activity Enhances Productivity
By Marie-Josée Salvas  
May 24, 2010 – 9:22 am | 9 Comments
How Physical Activity Enhances Productivity

There has been a lot of press about health, fitness, and obesity lately. It seems like everywhere we turn, there are new stats telling us why we need to pay serious attention. As …

Why Riches are not Equivalent to Happiness
By Timothy T.C. So  
May 18, 2010 – 2:27 pm | 4 Comments
Why Riches are not Equivalent to Happiness

To further elaborate on why the riches are not equivalent to happiness, I adopt the approach used by Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, of looking at happiness as moment-to-moment experience instead of general well-being or flourishing. When we break down happiness into moment-to-moment experience, riches do not necessarily make people happier. Why not?

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