Relationships

15 Apr

Posted at 13:44h in Action Research, Character Strength, Positive Psychology, Relationships by

“Life is an experiment and the more experiments you make the better." -Ralph Waldo Emerson * How about a strengths experiment? * Enough about weakness! One of the major contributions to Positive Psychology in the past decade has been the VIA Classification of Strength and Virtue (Peterson & Seligman, 2004). This work has been published in response to the DSM – the classification of mental disorders (like depression and anxiety) that mental health professionals have used for so long. * So then what about STRENGTH? * Chris Peterson and Martin Seligman have identified twenty-four character strengths that are ubiquitous across time and culture—from Jesus’...

11 Feb

Posted at 20:13h in Relationships by

We are social-beings. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt calls us “hive creatures.” Like bees, we need each other for optimal functioning. Sometimes we are self-focused, other times we are other-focused. Like most things in life, we need a balance of both. Above all else, our deepest sense of our true self is continuously formed in connection with others. Research shows good relationships with others may be the single most important source of life satisfaction and emotional well-being. This is true across different ages and cultures. Conversely, when people recall bad events, the majority remark that those bad times have to do with relationship...

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