Today’s article is by Ashley Davis Bush, a licensed psychotherapist and grief counselor who has just published a new book, Shortcuts to Inner Peace: 70 Simple Paths to Everyday Serenity, which shows how one can find inner peace, even amidst the most stressful, annoying, or challenging situations. Take a deep breath and enjoy . . . Neuroplasticity is, for good reason, one of the buzziest buzzwords in the field of [...]
Neuroplasticity: Healthy Shortcuts to a Happier Life
by Ashley Davis Bush on 20. Jan, 2012 in Book Reviews, Facts of Life, Guest Bloggers, Positive Psychology
Suffering, Addiction, and a Compassionate Way Out
by Paldrom Collins on 06. Jan, 2012 in Book Reviews, Guest Bloggers, Making a Better World, Positive Psychology
Today’s article is by a former Tibetan Buddhist nun, Paldrom Collins,who counsels individuals and couples to find more love, deeper peace and meaning in their lives and relationships. Along with her husband, George Collins, MA, she wrote the book “A Couple’s Guide to Sexual Addiction: Step-by-Step Plan to Rebuild Trust & Restore Intimacy.” Living in this constantly changing world can feel like being on a roller coaster ride with no end [...]
The Word on Wellness
by Don Ardell on 16. Dec, 2011 in Fitness and Exercise, Guest Bloggers, Mind-Body
Today’s article is from wellness expert Donald B. Ardell who wrote the landmark High Level Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs, and Disease and a dozen others since, plus 673 editions of his insightful Ardell Wellness Report newsletter. He has won numerous national and world championships in triathlon and duathlon competitions and has been given lifetime achievement awards by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the German Wellness Association and just this year, the National [...]
Lessons on our Media Culture from Penn State
by Leona Brandwene and Lorrie Peniston on 25. Nov, 2011 in Facts of Life, Guest Bloggers
Today’s article gives some inside perspective to the recent events at Penn State from two fellow UPenn MAPP (Master of Applied Positive Psychology) graduates. Leona Brandwene is a performance improvement coach and positive psychology instructor and Lorrie Peniston is a positive psychotherapist in Bermuda with Pennsylvania roots. Both are proud alumni of Penn State. “Penn State” elicits a broad array of emotional responses these days – but few are truly aware of how the [...]
A Reason to be Happy
by Dr. Robert Pennington PhD on 04. Nov, 2011 in Book Reviews, Facts of Life, Guest Bloggers, Positive Psychology
You think you’ve had a rough life? This guest post is by Dr. Rob Pennington,a psychologist and the author of Find The Upside Of The Down Times: How To Turn Your Worst Experiences Into Your Best Opportunities, which chronicles the lessons he learned after getting shot, fired, divorced, audited and remarried with a spouse who then passed away from a devastating illness. There is a lot we can learn from him. [...]
Spas Could Lead the Way in the Art and Science of Healing
by Sara Firman on 06. May, 2011 in Guest Bloggers, Mind-Body, Psychology of Spas and Wellbeing, Questions of Science
I am proud to welcome Sara Firman, BSc. MPhil. LMT, to The Psychology of Wellbeing. She is an independent spa therapist, consultant and writer who shares a her wonderful perspective on spa culture on her Vision Spa Retreat blog. Her unique perspective comes from working in clinical, spa and private settings as both a therapist and a manager in the U.K., Israel and the U.S. When I was writing my blog post on “The Science [...]
Did you Hear? . . . Positive Gossip
by Dr. Lynn D. Johnson on 04. Feb, 2011 in Facts of Life, Guest Bloggers, Positive Psychology, Wellbeing in the World of Work
Today’s article contains simple but powerful wisdom from Dr. Lynn Johnson, PhD, author of ENJOY LIFE! Healing with Happiness. For a great introduction to Lynn (and his dog Ruby,) visit his website http://enjoylifebook.com/ and watch the one minute video for a brief lesson on happiness. Homer Simpson once said, “If we aren’t supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?” If everyone knows gossiping is bad, why do people do [...]
The Happiness Diet: The Power of Positivity for Weight Loss
by Dr. Timothy Sharp on 14. Jan, 2011 in Fitness and Exercise, Guest Bloggers, Positive Psychology
Today’s article is by Professor Timothy Sharp, the Chief Happiness Officer of The Happiness Institute, in Sydney, Australia, devoted to enhancing happiness in individuals, families and organizations. His work was recently featured on an Australian reality television series entitled, “House of Food Obsessives.” Having spent many years working with people trying to find happiness (and achieve various forms of success) I’ve discovered that one of the main obstacles to happiness [...]
Open Your Mind with Open Monitoring Meditation
by kenjicrosland on 07. Jan, 2011 in Guest Bloggers, Mind-Body
Today’s article is by TeachStreet’s Kenji Crosland. TeachStreet is a website dedicated to providing local and online classes, as well as connections to reliable psychology tutors. The Psychology of Wellbeing is a featured blog on the TeachStreet website. You can learn more about TeachStreet’s educational community here. The philosopher and spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti once said that “observation without judgement is the highest form of intelligence.” Although the words themselves were [...]
Happy? Thank a Lawyer
by Daniel S. Bowling III on 10. Dec, 2010 in Guest Bloggers, Positive Psychology, Wellbeing in the World of Work
I am excited to present this fascinating look at the history of our relationship with happiness from Dan Bowling, a practicing lawer, consultant, executive coach and a research fellow at Penn’s Positive Psychology Center. Dan has been researching the psychology of law practice as it relates to wellbeing. You can read more about his work here, here and here. It may come as a surprise to you that lawyers and [...]
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