Positive Feelings

Anticipatory savoring can be a powerful force that influences our emotional landscapes and contributes to flourishing in life. Integrating some anticipatory savoring into every day can lead us to greater appreciation, positive emotions, closer ties, clear goals, and fulfilling life experiences.

Awe is the emotion we experience in the wonder and vastness of experiences beyond our understanding. It’s also the theme of the newest issue of MAPP Magazine.

In this updated edition of a valuable book, Ryan Niemiec shows how merging the awareness of character strengths with intentional mindfulness can enhance both practices. Because the book offers both a conceptual framework and activities grounded in scientific research, readers will know what to do but also why it works.

Embracing stress voluntarily through methods like cold exposure, paradoxical coaching, and humor-driven theater can lead to transformative personal growth and happiness.

How can you learn to hear your body’s voice in this noisy, distracting world? I’ve reviewed many books with this aim, but this one is the real deal.