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Articles in Pathway 1 "Pleasure"

Cash to spare? How you spend it affects your happiness.
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave  
January 26, 2010 – 12:24 pm | 2 Comments
Cash to spare? How you spend it affects your happiness.

So you have some extra cash in your pocket. Do you spend it on the latest gizmo or on going to a restaurant with friends? How does your choice affect your happiness?
Money as …

Positivity of Sadness
By Timothy T.C. So  
January 19, 2010 – 9:58 am | 12 Comments
Positivity of Sadness

The emphasis of positive psychology on building the best things in life and making people’s lives fulfilling does not imply that we should ignore problems or dismiss the negative emotions that people experience. Positive psychology …

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, …

How to Maintain High Energy throughout the Holidays
By Marie-Josée Salvas  
December 16, 2009 – 8:35 pm | 4 Comments
How to Maintain High Energy throughout the Holidays

Article roughly 925 words.  Reading time 4 minutes.
Three years ago, “the most wonderful time of the year” became a much dreaded time of year for me. New family dynamics required 5 Christmases (tell me about …

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 …

Tonight, Dance without a Need for “Why”
By Sean Doyle  
August 30, 2009 – 10:29 pm | No Comment
Tonight, Dance without a Need for “Why”

Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living.
To which philosopher Iris Murdoch replied, “Lighten up, Socrates!” Well, I am paraphrasing a little. What Murdock really said was that people can lead moral lives …

Savoring and Enjoyment: Reflections from a Café in Buenos Aires
By Dana Arakawa  
August 15, 2009 – 9:50 pm | No Comment
Savoring and Enjoyment: Reflections from a Café in Buenos Aires
Meaning and Engagement make Australians Well
By Amanda Horne  
August 3, 2009 – 6:42 pm | No Comment
Meaning and Engagement make Australians Well

Last month, a reader commented on a PPND article “research has shown that pleasure, engagement and meaning contribute equally to life satisfaction for Americans whereas engagement was only important for Australians.”

Awe and Becoming Larger than Yourself
By Yee-Ming Tan  
July 23, 2009 – 3:52 am | No Comment
Awe and Becoming Larger than Yourself

Barbara Fredrickson shared an intervention called positive portfolio during the first Positive Psychology World Congress last month in Philadelphia. I came home inspired to start my own portfolio. In her book “Positivity”, Fredrickson identified ten …

(Film Review) UP: The Power of Now for New & Old Adventures
By Louis Alloro  
June 28, 2009 – 12:22 pm | 4 Comments
(Film Review) UP: The Power of Now for New & Old Adventures

Last week I saw (from the first row, and in 3-D) Disney Pixar’s Up , an animated film about life, adventure, and friendship. The film certainly pulled on my heart strings in a very “other-people-matter” positive-psychology way. The film also speaks to this month’s theme of fun and play. [...]

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