Posts tagged with 'strengths'
How to live well: 6th meeting - work, balance, practice, strengths & goals
10th October 2018
"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." Rumi "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Edison Last week's session of the "How to live well - a shared …
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 …
Strengths of character: head, heart & gut
6th August 2016
In June I went to the biennial European Conference on Positive Psychology running this year in Angers, France. I've blogged about this meeting - see, for example "European Positive Psychology conference: 1st day - a disappointing start & caution on over-selling mindfulness" and "European Positive Psychology conference: better 2nd day …
Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (9 to 11): jobs, reminders, and meditations
5th August 2016
(this blog post is downloadable as a Word doc and as a PDF file) I've recently written a couple of 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" and …
Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (6 to 8): supports, wellbeing, and new ways
28th July 2016
(this blog post is downloadable as a Word doc and as a PDF file) I have been writing about possible ways of building on the personal character strengths report you can get after filling in the 10-15 minute survey at "The VIA Institute on Character" website. For an initial set …
Twelve practical suggestions for exploring our character strengths (1 to 5): learning, spotting, relationships, and writing
20th July 2016
(this blog post is downloadable as a Word doc and as a PDF file) In his book "Tales of the Hasidism", Martin Buber writes "Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said 'In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me 'Why were …
European Positive Psychology conference: better 2nd day - culture and use of strengths
30th June 2016
I wrote yesterday about the "European Positive Psychology conference: 1st day - a disappointing start & caution on over-selling mindfulness" ... but today's conference presentations rapidly kicked my doubts about being here into touch. We started with a couple of fine keynotes ... Claudia Senik on "The cultural dimension of …
Resource activation: using clients' own strengths in psychotherapy and counseling - affirmation (2nd post)
25th May 2015
I wrote a post a few days ago entitled "Resource activation: using clients' own strengths in psychotherapy and counseling - background (1st post)" giving some of the research basis for suggesting this territory is very relevant for therapists who are pushing to help their clients more effectively. In order to …
Resource activation: using clients' own strengths in psychotherapy and counseling - background (1st post)
20th May 2015
A bit over two years ago I wrote a sequence of three blog posts starting with "New research suggests CBT depression treatment is more effective if we focus on strengths rather than weaknesses". This was triggered by the fascinating paper by Cheavens & colleagues "The compensation and capitalization models: A …