Senia Maymin

Here is what will happen to you when you read George Vaillant’s book, Spiritual Evolution: During the chapter “Joy,” you may cry. During the chapter “Love,” you will want to call home to say Hi. You will be inside a colossal head fake – a situation in which you’re learning but it seems like you’re playing.

What can Positive Psychology say about being happy at work? Are there some people for whom happiness at work is easier? Are there actual ways to increase happiness at work? Yesterday, a few of us answered questions on a radio show with host and best-selling author, Karen Salmansohn.

When Shane Lopez opened the 2007 Gallup Well-Being Forum yesterday afternoon, he recounted many firsts, the first Courage Summit ever, a pre-summit workshop on teaching positive psychology, and the Gallup Global Well-Being Report. Keynote speaker Alan Krueger …

This is part two of coverage of the 2007 Appreciative Inquiry Conference. The main events were a panel on how to run an AI Summit, a keynote by Peter Coughlan of IDEO, and many companies presenting their results in using AI and strengths.

Cooperrider went broad, Buckingham went specific, and Seligman went cohesive: Cooperrider talked about strengths elevating an organization, Buckingham hit home the message that using strengths at work starts with the individual, and Seligman outlined findings of positive psychology that support the work of Cooperrider and Buckingham.

You wouldn’t use a paperclip to try to open a can. So why are you trying to use past skills to get a future job? Suppose I told you that with a small change in mindset, you could turn the paperclip into a can opener. Suppose I showed you a tool that would give you leverage toward getting the kind of job you really want.

You may be wondering, should I get out of a bad mood? Suppose that our answer is already, YES. Now, what do we do? Karen Reivich gave three suggestions for getting out of a bad mood and out of a downward spiraling mindset. These are practical and immediately usable. […]

Jennifer Aniston will be starring in a movie about Positive Psychology. The movie is expected to be called “Counter Clockwise,” and Aniston will play Harvard Professor Ellen Langer studying how to turn…

What do you do if you’re running a news radio station, and suddenly your new management which has heavy ties to the government comes in to tell you that you…

There is no Nobel Prize awarded in the field of Psychology.  But Psychologist Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University received the 2002 Nobel Prize … in Economics, making him the only Psychologist ever…

Welcome to February.  Has your life changed since the New Year?  Do you want it to? What is the #1 habit you want to create right now?  Do you want…

What is this part of the human belief system that wants us to do well, to succeed, and to feel great? It’s the most natural part of who we are. It’s not only ingrained in our bodies and central nervous systems, but it also shows in our beliefs, our actions, and our surroundings. It’s the part of us that has recently come to be studied in a new field called Positive Psychology.

Senia Maymin, Ph.D., is the coauthor of Profit from the Positive (McGraw-Hill, 2013).  Maymin has been featured in the media—including PBS’s This Emotional Life, Business Week, Public Radio International, and USA Today—primarily for…