“Best Possible Self” Exercises
Help Others Be Their Best SELF To be completed by the person receiving feedback My Name: Name of person giving feedback: My key realized strengths…
Category Positive Psychology Pillars
Strengths Exercises
Mindset: Psychological Flexibility Beliefs about life are mental models we hold about reality. We don’t distinguish between what we believe and what is real when…
Being Mindful of Emotion
{Harrison, 2017. The Foundations of Mindfulness: How to Cultivate Attention, Good Judgment, and Tranquility} Emotion at the Atomic Level: Valence and Action Tendencies “How does…
A Guide to Increase Positive Emotion: The Pleasant Life
Satisfaction with the Past, Optimism about the Future, Happiness in the Present Positive psychology coaching (PPC) is concerned with building the states that make life…
Happiness: The Goal We Rarely Talk About
The Idea in 100 Words (or less). People are motivated to initiate change when they face problems. Still, what they seek are happiness and fulfillment.…
Emotions, Moods, Sentiments, Passions
Emotional feelings arise when a person-situation or person-interaction is relevant to one’s wellbeing. The person processes the encounter consciously or unconsciously, which produces a perception…
Investing in Strengths
{Clifton & Harter, 2003. In Cameron, Dutton, & Quinn (Eds.), Positive Organizational Scholarship} Overview Our talents – naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior…
Human Strengths: Differences That Bring Us Together
{Cantwell, 2008. In Lopez (Ed.), Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People. Volume 1 Discovering Human Strengths.} Discovering and Capitalizing on Your Strengths: Personal Mini-Experiments…
Discovering Your Strengths
{Rettew & Lopez, 2008. Discovering Your Strengths.} {Bowers, 2008. Making the Most of Human Strengths.} {In Lopez (Ed.), 2008. Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in…
Needs, Needs Satisfaction, and Wellbeing
Enhancing Wellbeing: Needs, Resources, and Use of Resources This article aims to provide a valuable guide to improving your wellbeing. First, we specify six groups…
Engaging Our Positive Psychological Capacities
Confidence or Self-efficacy Confidence is your conviction about your abilities to mobilize the motivation, cognitive resources, and courses of action needed to successfully execute a…
Initial Inquiry: Strengths, Goals, and Your Best Possible Future Self
Strengths assessment Please complete the strengths assessment: Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) by going to (). The survey will take 30 minutes, and…