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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.

Joyful Blessings Days: Intergenerational Gratitude Experiences
By Elaine O'Brien  
May 31, 2010 – 5:34 am | 15 Comments
Joyful Blessings Days:  Intergenerational Gratitude Experiences

How can we help people experience more gratitude and build cross-generational ties that enrich their lives? The Joyful Blessing Day design has emerged from monthly events at the Neptune Senior Center, where the “Feeling Great” dance-fitness class members are joined by high school students in an intergenerational workout followed by lunch. The Joyful Blessing Day approach combines music, savoring, and positive conversations across generations.

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.

Little Drops of Quiet
By Amanda Horne  
April 6, 2010 – 2:16 pm | 4 Comments
Little Drops of Quiet

Jenny Fox Eades and I had an interesting discussion about pausing, taking time, and using silence to consider what to say or do next. Jenny is a great supporter of little drops of quiet.

Gratitude in the Time of Downsizing: A Case Study
By Sean Doyle  
March 29, 2010 – 11:00 am | 8 Comments
Gratitude in the Time of Downsizing:  A Case Study

Florentino is in his mid-forties, and has worked for a fortune 500 company for the last ten years. For the first six, he worked hard and stayed late. However after several small events that caused him to question his role in the organization, he was passed over for a promotion. No one acknowledged his work, or talked with him about his progress. While he continued to do the minimum necessary for his job, by all measures, Florentino was disengaged and unhappy. How did he change that?

Which Comes First? The Inspiration or the Well-Being
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave  
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 …

For Women Only: Two Secrets about Men that Can Transform your Relationship
By Kirsten Cronlund  
January 14, 2010 – 3:02 pm | 17 Comments
For Women Only: Two Secrets about Men that Can Transform your Relationship

My dear friend, even though I do not write for Cosmo magazine, my advice truly could reignite passion and connection in your relationship. In my five years of post-divorce dating, I have gathered valuable information …

For Men Only: Two Secrets about Women that Can Transform Your Relationship
By Kirsten Cronlund  
January 14, 2010 – 2:41 pm | 40 Comments
For Men Only: Two Secrets about Women that Can Transform Your Relationship

For years, I have seen men roll their eyes and exclaim, “Women! I’ll never understand them!” I have always been at a loss for how to respond to this outburst, since I have always found …

Summing Up Positive Psychology
By Jeremy McCarthy  
December 31, 2009 – 1:35 pm | 11 Comments
Summing Up Positive Psychology

I’ve been thinking about how to sum up the main topics of positive psychology. Many people think of Chris Peterson’s three word summary, “Other people matter.” This phrase, powerful in its brevity, …

Rethinking Your Work (Book Review)
By Kathryn Britton  
December 13, 2009 – 8:02 pm | 7 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 …

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