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Wellness as a Business Process: PHWPC Day 2
By Marie-Josée Salvas  
March 16, 2010 – 3:18 pm | 4 Comments
Wellness as a Business Process: PHWPC Day 2

FROM YESTERDAY: The Psychologically Healthy Workplace Conference held in Washington, DC last weekend gave everyone concrete and reliable evidence to make the topic a priority. The conference showed that creating a psychologically healthy workplace …

No Worries, Andy! Immunize Yourself Against Job Anxiety
By Christine Duvivier  
February 9, 2010 – 11:45 am | 10 Comments
No Worries, Andy! Immunize Yourself Against Job Anxiety

Dear Student,
Don’t worry when people tell you it will be hard to find a job. What the doom-and-gloom folks don’t understand is that they have something as contagious as the H1N1 virus– anxiety. Like the flu, they are probably “carriers” without even realizing it. You can innoculate yourself.

Positive Psychology and the Chinese Mindset
By Yee-Ming Tan  
January 23, 2010 – 11:43 am | 15 Comments
Positive Psychology and the Chinese Mindset

In my workshops, I find that Chinese executives are receptive to positive interventions but something about Chinese culture gets in the way of their pursuit of happiness, and until these concerns are addressed, their …

Planning for 2010: How Daily Mental Time Travel Can Increase Happiness or Decrease Anxiety
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave  
December 26, 2009 – 5:00 pm | 6 Comments
Planning for 2010: How Daily Mental Time Travel Can Increase Happiness or Decrease Anxiety

“The future is looking a whole lot better”
It was the reference to that classic film “Back to the Future” in the title of this new piece of research on future thinking that first caught my …

Announcement: FIRST Book available in the Positive Psychology News Book Series
By Senia Maymin and Kathryn Britton  
December 15, 2009 – 4:20 pm | 3 Comments
Announcement: FIRST Book available in the Positive Psychology News Book Series

Dear Readers,
We have been racing the clock to get the first book in the Positive Psychology News Series out in time for the holiday season. It is now available on both CreateSpace and …

Happiness, Busyness, and Holiday Letters
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave  
November 27, 2009 – 11:41 am | 34 Comments
Happiness, Busyness, and Holiday Letters

In the paper, Communicating and Philosophizing about Authenticity and Inauthenticity in a Fast-Paced World, Becky DeGreeff, Ann Burnett and Dennis Cooley at North Dakota State University suggest that living life in the fast lane …

Towards Positive Relationships with Workplace Bullies
By Catherine Mattice  
November 2, 2009 – 12:27 pm | 24 Comments
Towards Positive Relationships with Workplace Bullies

Outcomes of Workplace Bullying
I was a victim of workplace bullying, along with 70% of the American workforce according to Schat and colleagues. After five years of abuse I’d lost much of my self-esteem and …

Back to School Resilience – Harry Potter Style
By John Yeager  
September 11, 2009 – 6:40 pm | No Comment
Back to School Resilience – Harry Potter Style

The new school year brings renewed hopes and aspirations for both students and teachers. It is an opportune time for teachers to appeal to the strengths of their students to help them …

Endurance as the 25th Strength
By Kathryn Britton  
July 7, 2009 – 11:21 am | 14 Comments
Endurance as the 25th Strength

The strength of Endurance belongs with the virtue Courage. With Endurance, people respond patiently and with acceptance to things they cannot change.

Hateful Humor, Hit Counts, and Positive Politics
By Dave Shearon  
June 17, 2009 – 10:56 am | 4 Comments
Hateful Humor, Hit Counts, and Positive Politics

Cruised any politics related web sites recently? Seen any angry, sarcastic, personal attacks wrapped in "humor"? I suspect that for many participants, there are very real consequences. What to do? I have two suggestions, one from my political experience and one from that great political philosopher, Walt Disney.

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