Posts tagged with 'optimism'
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 …
Conflict: not too much, not too little - when to get real & problem solve in close relationships
5th June 2011
Yesterday, in the blog "Conflict: not too much, not too little - the importance of assertiveness in close relationships", I looked at a series of four research papers from James McNulty's lab at the University of Tennessee on the importance of appropriate assertiveness rather than excessive forgiveness when a couple …
Conflict: not too much, not too little - the importance of assertiveness in close relationships
4th June 2011
(this post is downloadable as both a Word doc and as a PDF file). I've recently written a couple of posts on conflict - "Conflict: not too much, not too little - some research suggestions" and "Conflict: not too much, not too little - how to make it constructive". Today …