Meeting new people, lovable family quirks, and pretty mountains!

Positive 1 Met a wonderful person who is part of a new account assignment I got at work Positive 2 … More Meeting new people, lovable family quirks, and pretty mountains!

Help Choose IPPA Workshops

Positive Psychology giant, Dan Gilbert advises in his book, Stumbling On Happiness, that when when one is unsure of what … More Help Choose IPPA Workshops

Positive #1: I feel so amazingly blessed to teach Happiness 101.

This class is truly chock-full of outstanding people. They are engaged and enthusiastic. They stayed after! As I listened to … More Positive #1: I feel so amazingly blessed to teach Happiness 101.

Positive #1 It’s Happiness 101 Eve!!

I am so excited about the new class beginning tomorrow. I love teaching new people. It really feeds me. Thanks … More Positive #1 It’s Happiness 101 Eve!!

Positive #2 Met the neighbors.

We took pears, apples and oranges over to neighbors on the next street. Very nice people. It feels really good … More Positive #2 Met the neighbors.

Report from IPPA Conference, Day 3

Wow! What an absolutely amazing day! In case you’re just “tuning in”, today is day 3 of the 2nd Congress of the International Positive Psychology Association.
Here are the highlights:

  • Barbara Fredrickson (author of my #2 pick on Happiness, Positivity) talked about Love
  • Meeting Todd Kashdan and (what may be his last) talk at IPPA
  • Possible collaboration with positive psychologist and local, Lynn Johnson
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with a Positive Spin
  • Positive Computing
  • Meeting Jane McGonigal and using her on-line game to enhance Happiness 101
  • How much you think you can do something effects whether (and how hard) you try *
  • The use of strengths in therapy – the intermediate lesson *
  • Gala and the National Constitution Center *

* I will report on these tomorrow.

It was much cooler today. A blessing for my walk to my third download of information in the realm of positive psychology, a.k.a. Happiness! As I walked through City Hall in (literally) the heart of Philadelphia, I hummed a little tune. I was distracted by the richness and variety of the people as I walked. Per haps distracted enough by the suits, the homeless, the street venders, the skaters and the provocative dress, the song’s lyrics did not bubble to the surface until in the shadow of the Downtown Marriott. I murmured, “All you need is love. Bump-ba bump-ba bump. All you need is love. Bump-ba bump-ba bump. All you need is love, love – love is all you need.” As I realized I was humming a Beatles standard, I also realized that the topic of Barbara Fredrickson’s talk was “Love: A new lens on the science of thriving” Continue reading Report from IPPA Conference, Day 3