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Don’t Freak Out on Friday the 13th: Stay Positive
It’s Friday the 13th for the second time in 2012. With one more Friday the 13th coming in July, for some superstitious people this is a scary time—but stay positive. Check out this TED talk
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The Origins of Positive-Constructive Daydreaming
Scientific American: Once accused of being absent-minded, the founder of American Psychology, William James, quipped that he was really just present-minded to his own thoughts. William James didn’t just live in his own head, but
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Positive Memories Sustain Us
Huffington Post: Emotional events are memorable. If I talk to people from my parent’s generation, they can all tell you where they were and what they were doing when they heard that President Kennedy had
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How finding beauty in ordinary life can make you happy
The Globe and Mail: I have a friend who is next to impossible to go for walk with in the spring or summer. “Look,” she will instruct, stopping dead in her running shoes. “See how
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Martin Seligman on positive psychology
Because psychology and psychiatry plunge into the ugliest depths of human behavior, most people tend to associate the disciplines with mental illness and unrest. While this is certainly a major component of both fields, by
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The First Step to Change: Focusing On the Negative
If you want people to change the current system, or status quo, first you have to get them to notice what’s wrong with it. That’s the idea behind a new study to be published in
