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3 Steps to a Happier U!
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Happiness Revolution Group’s Intention: To build positive peak performing and
resilient individuals and communities
To build a HAPPIER World One Person at a TIME (HAPPINESS)
Then a SNOWBALL effect as each of us shares Positive Psychology with those around us (REVOLUTION)
What is positive psychology?Positive psychology is the scientific study of what people do right and how they go about doing it.
Happiness ≠ Denial of Unhappiness
Disease Model Health Model
Focus on weaknesses Focus on strengths
Overcoming deficiencies Building competencies
Avoiding pain Seeking pleasure
Running from unhappiness Pursuing happiness
Neutral state as ceiling No ceiling
Tensionless as ideal Creative tension as ideal
Neutral
neurosis, anger, anxiety, wellbeing, satisfaction, joydepression, psychosis excitement, happiness
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A brief history of positive psychology
1999– official “start” with Martin Seligman as APA president
3 Types of HappinessPleasant Life
Good Life
Meaningful Life
Positive emotionsHedonic wellbeing (pleasure)
Goal: increase happinessSensual pleasures Broader pleasuresConditioning
Eudaimonic wellbeing (self-realization and optimal functioning)Goal: fulfilling your potential
(finding your true self, cultivating personal growth
YOUR HAPPINESS DEPENDS
ON THESE THINGS
50%Genes
40% Intentional Activities
10% Circumstances
• Change your behavior
• Change your thinking patterns
SOME RESEARCH-BASED HAPPINESS INTERVENTIONS
Best Possible Self exerciseThree Good Things exerciseCultivate strength(s)Avoid social comparisonHeed hedonic adaptation effectsInvest in relationshipsReplaying happy life events (Focusing
on the positive)Savoring daily experiences
(mindfulness)
Best Possible Selves Exercise “Think about your life in the future. Imagine
that everything has gone as well as it possibly could. You have worked hard and succeeded at accomplishing all of your life goals. Think of this as the realization of all of your life dreams. Now, write about what you imagined.”
Do this for 20 minutes per day for three days in a row.
(Sonja Lyubomirsky adapted by Caroline Miller)
Three Good Things Exercise http://www.actionforhappiness.org/take-
action/find-three-good-things-each-day
Write down 3 good things and their causes for 1 week
Cultivate Strengthshttp://
www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
VIA Strengths Inventory – Free Use your strengths often
SOME RESEARCH-BASED HAPPINESS INTERVENTIONS
Best Possible Self exerciseThree Good Things exerciseCultivate strength(s)Avoid social comparisonHeed hedonic adaptation effectsInvest in relationshipsReplaying happy life events (Focusing
on the positive)Savoring daily experiences
(mindfulness)
Intention: To build positive peak performing and
resilient individuals and communities
To build a HAPPIER World One Person at a TIME (HAPPINESS)
Then a SNOWBALL effect as each of us shares Positive Psychology with those around us (REVOLUTION)