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Daniel Kahneman: Scholar. Professor. Nobel laureate.
Daniel Kahneman was born on March 5th, 1934 in Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine known today as Israel, while his mother was visiting family in the region. He spent his youth in Paris, France...
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Ed Diener: Dr. Happiness’ Life and Research
Known as “Dr. Happiness”, Ed Diener is famous for his research on subjective well-being, which includes happiness, life satisfaction and positive affect. To him, happiness is not a destination, it is...
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Has Dr. Itai Ivtzan Cracked The Code To Wellness and Happiness?
We are undoubtedly living in a time and age that places stress on human beings to an overwhelming degree. The human being’s faulty way of thinking allows them to believe that having more stress-free...
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Barbara Fredrickson Talks Science, Emotions, and Her New Course
“Many people are unaware that positive psychology is a science. What is positive psychology?“ Barbara Fredrickson: Positive psychology is both a movement and a science. The movement involves absolutely...
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The 5 Founding Fathers of Positive Psychology
After the Second World War, the focus of psychology was on treating abnormal behaviors and mental illnesses. Dissatisfied with this approach, humanist psychologists, such as Abraham Maslow, Carl...
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Michelle McQuaid’s 5 Simple Steps To Flourishing
Many people find the road to happiness after a long journey of struggle, but Michelle McQuaid (http://www.michellemcquaid.com/) had everything one could want in order to be happy. Yet, she felt this...
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The Psychology of Popularity: An interview with Dr. Mitch Prinstein
The following is an interview with Dr. Mitch Prinstein, a distinguished Professor of Psychology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prinstein is the professor of the online coursera...
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Listen to Dr.Tayyab Rashid talk about his experiences asking “What are you good at?”. It’s a question everyone should ask themselves and others. Who is Dr. Tayyab Rashid? Dr. Tayyab Rashid is a...
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: The Father of Flow
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish...
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What’s the best thing that’s happened to you today? For some people connecting with others can be a challenge. Verbal communication is crucial to “increased understanding, greater tolerance, and...
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Christopher Peterson: “Other people matter”
18th February 1950 – 9th October 2012 “Chris’s favourite saying was “other people matter‘ … that is how he lived his life” – Martin Seligman at Christopher Peterson Memorial. This article contains:...
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The Psychology of Humor: Interviewing Prof. Dr. Willibald Ruch
Professor Ruch, you have been researching humor for over three decades. What are you currently working on? We are actually aiming to fill a research gap which has existed for decades. While there...
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Jon Kabat-Zinn and His Work on Mindfulness Meditation
“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go,...
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Daniel Gilbert: The Expert on Predicting Happiness
“All important decisions—are based on predictions about how the different options will make us feel.” (Wilson & Gilbert, 2003) Daniel Gilbert is a Harvard psychologist and professor, author of New...
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Lea Waters’ Warning: Being Positive is Not For the Faint Hearted
In this provocative TEDx talk, psychology researcher Prof Lea Waters presents the impact of sharing positive news with others. Positive emotions are contagious and so if we choose to share positive...
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Philip Zimbardo: The Hero of Evil
No study of psychology would be complete without mentioning Philip Zimbardo. In addition to his status as Professor Emeritus at Stanford, he has served as the president of the American Psychological...
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Sonja Lyubomirsky: How To Achieve Life-long Happiness
“Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it’s not out there is that it’s inside us.” ― Sonja Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want...
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Paul Wong: The Meaning Of Life
“Just as physical health depends on proper nutrition, regular exercise, and clean air, so does mental health depend on meaning, love, and engagement in a supportive community,” says Dr. Wong Biography...
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David G. Myers: Christianity and Psychology
Dr. David Myers completed his PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1967 and is now a Professor of Psychology at Hope College, Michigan. He is Seattle native and married his wife,...
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Ryan Niemiec: Providing Strength(s) Around the World
Ryan Niemiec is licensed psychologist, researcher, author and a leader in the field of positive psychology. VIA Institute Dr. Niemiec is the Education Director of the VIA Institute on Character...
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