One thing that strikes me about the term “mental health” is that we often use it as a euphemism for mental illness. For example, many events around the country in… Read more »
A Recipe for Mental Health
Tag: Positive Psychology
Boost Your Wellbeing with Gratitude
Individuals and workplaces around the world are increasingly drawing on scientifically supported strategies from the field of positive psychology to bolster mood, wellbeing, productivity and effectiveness. Fortunately, some of the… Read more »
Harness Mood
This article relates to an increase in the number of workplaces drawing upon scientifically supported strategies from the field of positive psychology to bolster mood, well-being, productivity and effectiveness.
How Pets Can Boost Our Well-Being
How important is your pet for your well-being? Do you consider your pet to be a part of your family? Would you mention your dog or cat if you were… Read more »
Boost Your Well-Being with Acts of Kindness
Engaging in acts of kindness is one of the more reliable ways of boosting our mood. This is no surprise. We know that doing something to help others can make… Read more »
Advances in Positive Psychology
Last week I attended the fifth world congress on Positive Psychology in Montreal. Having attended all five congresses, I’m struck by the field’s rapid increase in reach, sophistication and evidence… Read more »
Think Healthy
An article reflecting some of the advances in the field of positive psychology in recent times, particularly about the way that the mind-body connection relates to the complex ways in… Read more »
What Do we Know About Happiness?
Many of us would say that what we most want in life is to be happy. But what does this mean? If we work extra hard to achieve goals, but… Read more »
Hard to Be Happy
This article examines what it means to be happy in the context of potential trade-off’s that have to be made in pursuit of happiness.
Power of Positive Psychology Pays Off
This article relates to a number of recent findings in regards to the how positive thinking affects our brain chemistry. It used to be thought that if people would benefit… Read more »