Posts tagged with 'positive psychology'
Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: course questionnaires
10th January 2018
General details of this course have already been given in the blog post "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: an 8 week training". Before, during & after the course, there's encouragement to fill in questionnaires. This is suggested for at least three reasons. One is that when we measure something, we tend …
Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: an 8 week training
1st November 2017
A good friend & I have just been sorting out the practical details of running an 8 week course together on "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing", starting in January. Some aspects still need to be tweaked, but the basic publicity information runs like this: "If you want others to be happy, …
Recent research: articles from summer/autumn journals
23rd October 2017
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains well over 25,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
26 Positive psychology-relevant abstracts: July '17 newsletter
25th July 2017
Here is a downloadable PDF of these 26 abstracts. Chamodraka, M., M. R. Fitzpatrick, et al. (2017). "Hope as empowerment model: A client-based perspective on the process of hope development." The Journal of Positive Psychology 12(3): 232-245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1225115 Research on the relationship of client hope to successful therapy outcome underlines …
Recent research: articles from spring/summer journals
23rd July 2017
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains over 25,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant icon …
Recent research: articles from the winter journals
28th March 2017
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains close to 25,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Recent research: articles from late summer journals
2nd November 2016
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains well over 24,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
The building up specific strengths exercise: a personal & practical exploration
22nd August 2016
"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man" Polonius in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" I have been writing a series of blog posts about character strengths - most recently "Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character …
Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (12): building up specific strengths exercise
16th August 2016
(this blog post is downloadable as a Word doc and as a PDF file) I've recently written three blog posts on how we might use our character strengths more deliberately - see "Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (1 to 5): learning, spotting, relationships, and writing", "Twelve practical …
Recent research: articles from early summer journals
12th August 2016
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains just over 24,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …