Positive Psychology

Powerpoint Slides: The Power of Mindset: Strategies for Resilience

Powerpoint slides from the Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference 2012 presented by Dr Robert Brooks.

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Powerpoint Slides Conversations That Inspire Us: Coaching to the Positive Emotional Attractor

Powerpoint Slides presented by Richard Boyatzis PhD,  at the Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference 2011

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When the job is a calling: The role of applying one's signature strengths at work

This study investigates the role of applying the individual signature strengths at work for positive experiences at work (i.e. job satisfaction pleasure engagement and meaning) and calling. A sample of 111 employees from various occupations completed measures on character strengths positive experiences at work and calling....

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Development and validation of the solution-focused inventory

Solution-focused coaching and solution-focused therapy are strengths-based approaches which emphasize people’s resources and resilience and how these can be used in the pursuit of purposeful positive change....

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Positive Identities: Narrative Practices and Positive Psychology

It is sometimes said that humans are story-telling creatures. We love films and novels, enjoy reminiscing about the good times, report stories of our workday, entertain our children with tales, and occasionally gossip. Stories are how we make sense of the day, of the world and--ultimately-- of ourselves. Positive psychology expert Dr....

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An experiential approach to teaching positive psychology to undergraduates

Positive psychology is not only a science but an applied science as well. As such the undergraduate classroom can act as a laboratory in which students can personally experience the interventions associated with this field....

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'Learning from success': A close look at a popular positive psychology course

This article is a case study of an undergraduate course in positive psychology taught by Dr Tal Ben-Shahar. The course has been taught three times between 2004 and 2008 in the Department of Psychology at the Harvard University....

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Integrating research training and the teaching of positive psychology

Faculty hoping to add a Positive Psychology course into the undergraduate curriculum as a regularly taught stand-alone course may face multiple hurdles: finding the time to develop the course and once it is developed attaining approval by departmental level as well as college level curriculum committees....

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Insight or data: Using non-scientific sources to teach positive psychology

Teaching positive psychology is a fascinating experience in part because many of the issues it addresses are fundamental questions about living....

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A possible physiological correlate for mental flow

The relationship between mental flow and physiological coherence was investigated in three tasks. Coherence is a state defined by a particular pattern of low frequency heart rate variability (HRV) which has been related to optimal performance and positive mental states. Flow is a pleasurable performance-enhancing psychological state....

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