The Power in Appreciating Beauty and Excellence
The Power in Appreciating Beauty and Excellence Appreciating beauty and excellence relates to the human tendency to feel powerful transcendent emotions when noticing beauty in the world. When I started my positive psychology program I learned about my strengths and the other strengths that I could work on. There was one strength that intrigued me […]
A Corporate Shift in the Making – Creating from within
A Corporate Shift in the Making – Creating from within Two positive psychology practitioners who have worked in a corporate shift world over the last 20 years take a look at the importance of creating practitioners in the workplace. They put a lens on the difference between finding yourself sitting in an environment that is […]
The Importance of Continuous Learning in Adulthood as you become a LIFE COACH– A Way to Success!
The Importance of Continuous Learning in Adulthood as you become a LIFE COACH– A Way to Success! Our focus shifts from growing and learning in adolescence to building a prosperous future as we enter adulthood. Our need for continued learning doesn’t stop when we reach adulthood. However— it only becomes more critical. To succeed in […]
Positive Psychology 2.0 Posttrauma: Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) and Posttraumatic Depreciation (PTD)
Positive Psychology 2.0 Posttrauma: Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) and Posttraumatic Depreciation (PTD) Post-traumatic growth (PTG) is where someone has been affected by PSTD and finds a way to take new meaning from their experiences in order to live their lives in a different way than prior to the trauma. There are two changes after a traumatic […]
The Day My Meditation Teacher Saved Us
The Day My Meditation Teacher Saved Us I vividly remember when my meditation instructor came to our rescue when she saw my friend (who was having a break down) and me. When he came to us, I immediately saw the benefits of learning about calming techniques through our meditation teacher training. My friend was about […]
Yoga Meets Positive Psychology
Ivtzan, I., & Papantoniou, A. (2014). Yoga meets Positive Psychology: Examining the integration of Hedonic (Gratitude) and Eudaimonic (Meaning) Wellbeing in relation to the Extent of Yoga practice. Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies, 18, 183-189. Error: Embedded data could not be displayed. This Yoga Meets Positive Psychology it was life-changing experience, filled with joy.
Breaking your Patterns
Dr Itai Ivtzan Why are we trapped in patterns that keep repeating themselves? Past experiences and conditioning have gradually created in your mind a list of rights and wrongs, a series of understandings, expectations, and attitudes that define your Ego Formed Self and shape its building blocks. When you face certain situations – at work, […]
Which Should You Pursue First, Success Or Happiness?
Which Should You Pursue First, Success Or Happiness? Enrolling in a life coach training institute, life coach taught me how to achieve happiness and success for myself. This article will tackle intensively topics of happiness and success as these two are the things that coaches will mostly deal with regardless of the specialization they are […]
Putting the ‘app’ in Happiness: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Smartphone Based Mindfulness Intervention to Enhance Wellbeing
Howels, A., Ivtzan, I., & Eiroa-Orosa, F.J. (in press). Putting the ‘app’ in Happiness: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Smartphone-Based Mindfulness Intervention to Enhance Wellbeing. Journal of Happiness Studies. Error: Embedded data could not be displayed. If the greatest mission of positive psychology is to enhace global flourishing, the potential of Smartphone Based Mindfulness […]
Creativity Problems: How Meditation Training Aids Art Creation and Problem-Solving
Creativity Problems: How Meditation Training Aids Art Creation and Problem-Solving You have probably heard of both mindfulness and art creation therapy? I found that it was easy to motivate others by providing examples and telling them to try out new things to solve problems or inspire creation for art, but to apply those to oneself […]