10 Proven Benefits of Gratitude
10 Proven Benefits of Gratitude In positive psychology research, proven benefits of gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experience, improve their health, deal with adversity and build strong relationship. The past year was surreal. Almost everyone went through huge changes ever since the […]
Affirmations as a Simple Way to Jumpstart Positive Thinking
Affirmations as a Simple Way to Jumpstart Positive Thinking Affirmations simple way to jumpstart positive thinking are short and straightforward statements intended to create self-change in the individual using it. I first learned of this from my Positive Psychology online course, but it’s only now that I remember that I had actually encountered these when […]
Awareness Meaning Therapy (AMT)
HOW AMT CAN HELP YOU: Awareness Meaning Therapy (AMT) emphasises the following fundamental principles and skills: Motivating and empowering clients in their struggle with personal problems and in the pursuit of meaning and happiness Tapping into clients’ capacity for seeking meaning and creating meaning in order to help them restore purpose, faith and hope in […]
A Positive Psychology Program for Inmates: Paving Paths for Reformation
A Positive Psychology Program for Inmates: Paving Paths for Reformation What is Positive Criminology? Positive Psychology Program is a concept introduced by Ronel and Elisha (2010), which consists of different theories and models. It focuses on individuals’ encounters with forces and influences regarding positive experiences through formal and informal therapy programs and interventions. Before you […]
How to Gain Sustainable Happiness?
Dr Itai Ivtzan Why is it that happiness is fleeting? How could it be that you feel great in the morning yet that contentedness fades away by the evening? If I would ask you about your happiest time during the last month your mind will probably wander to an event or a period of time […]
Positive Psychology Training— Why Your Organization Needs an Optimistic Team
Positive Psychology Training— Why Your Organization Needs an Optimistic Team “Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences” – Mae West This goes for our individual lives and our workplaces. But not every organization harnesses benefit from an optimistic work culture. This short Positive Psychology Course Topic will help organizations determine if they […]
Enlightenment
Dr Itai Ivtzan Enlightenment. The E word. The state of consciousness all spiritual seekers hope for. And yet wishing for enlightenment is a wonderfully paradoxical experience: craving the state of non-craving, trying for effortlessness. There is something fascinating about this conflict between “wanting” and the way it nullifies the state of enlightenment. And yet enlightenment […]
Why Is Happiness Fleeting?
Why Is Happiness Fleeting? Happiness and pleasure are not the same thing! Why is it that happiness is fleeting? How could it be that you feel great in the morning yet that contentedness fades away by the evening? If I would ask you about your happiest time during the last month your mind will probably […]
In the Grand Scheme of Things
In the Grand Scheme of Things In the grand scheme of things, that deadline at work or awkward situation probably isn’t as bad as you think. Slowing down your mind and assessing problems as they are in reality is very helpful for gaining more confidence in your abilities. “Peace, peace, peace,” I said in my […]