Positive Psychology in Practice

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Learn how to live well and thrive—with tools and insights from positive psychologyWe often view the path to happiness and fulfillment as a mission to fix ourselves and solve our problems—but positive psychology has proven that true, lasting happiness is created from focusing on what works: cultivating your strengths and virtues, enhancing positive feelings and experiences, and fully engaging with all that life throws at you. Positive Psychology in Practice helps you find your personal definition of happiness, using insightful strategies to tune into your virtues, cope with hardship, connect meaningfully with others, and live each day with purpose.Armed with more than 75 down-to-earth explanations of key positive psychology concepts (such as eudaimonia, Flow, and signature strengths and virtues) and proven, real-world strategies to set your own life in alignment with your values, you’ll learn easy, in-the-moment techniques to live better and find deeper, more meaningful, sustainable happiness. Then apply what you’ve learned through a variety of insightful activities, like journal prompts, quizzes, reframing exercises, and mindfulness strategies you can use again and again.Positive Psychology in Practice includes: A new approach—Examine what happiness means to you and explore the building blocks of positive psychology as you learn how to view the world with a more positive perspective.Journey to the center—Discover your authentic self through engaging exercises, like Finding the Flow State, Mental Subtraction, Maximize or Satisfice, and Cultivating Eudaimonia through Self-Acceptance.Real relationships—Learn how to create lasting, loving relationships using positive psychology activities that will help you feel appreciated, find compassion, build trust, and live with openness.Refresh your perspective and realize your true potential with Positive Psychology in Practice.

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A thorough and up-to-date guide to putting positive psychology into practice From the Foreword: This volume is the cutting edge of positive psychology and the emblem of its future. -Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Authentic Happiness Positive psychology is an exciting new orientation in the field, going beyond psychology's traditional focus on illness and pathology to look at areas like well-being and fulfillment. While the larger question of optimal human functioning is hardly new - Aristotle addressed it in his treatises on eudaimonia - positive psychology offers a common language on this subject to professionals working in a variety of subdisciplines and practices. Applicable in many settings and relevant for individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and societies, positive psychology is a genuinely integrative approach to professional practice. Positive Psychology in Practice fills the need for a broad, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art reference for this burgeoning new perspective. Cutting across traditional lines of thinking in psychology, this resource bridges theory, research, and applications to offer valuable information to a wide range of professionals and students in the social and behavioral sciences. A group of major international contributors covers: * The applied positive psychology perspective * Historical and philosophical foundations * Values and choices in pursuit of the good life * Lifestyle practices for health and well-being * Methods and processes for teaching and learning * Positive psychology at workThe best and most thorough treatment of this cutting-edge discipline, Positive Psychology in Practice is an essential resource for understanding this important new theory and applying its principles to all areas of professional practice.