Persevering with your goals, mastering skills and achieving short and long term goals leads to a sense of accomplishment. Accomplishment is an essential element of wellbeing, so how can it be developed? [Read more…]
PERMA – M is for meaning
In positive psychology meaning is an essential element of wellbeing. For us to feel that life has meaning, we need to feel our actions are valuable and worthwhile, that we belong to and are working towards something which is greater than ourselves. So what are the benefits of establishing meaning in life and how can we discover meaning? [Read more…]
PERMA – R is for relationships
Positive relationships with our friends, family and colleagues are an integral element of wellbeing. As social beings we need to connect, feel affection, friendship and love but if relationships really are so essential to wellbeing how can we nurture them? [Read more…]
PERMA – E is for engagement
When we use our highest strengths to meet a challenge we are in a state of flow, Martin Seligman describes the feeling of flow as, “being one with the music, time stopping, and the loss of self- consciousness during an absorbing activity”. Full engagement in an activity supports us to develop, learn, create and flourish. [Read more…]
PERMA – P is for Positivity
How do you react when others encourage you to be more positive? Your response is likely to sit somewhere along a scale ranging from annoyance to wondering why increased positivity seems to be so popular. So does the evidence show that positivity is good for you? [Read more…]
