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Overview of the field of Positive Psychology as well as practical application and exercises for life.
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THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS:
Positive Psychology and You
Brian Smith McCallum, M.S., LPCHelen Kobrin, LPC, CADCNorth Shore Counseling
www.northshorecounseling.com
PSYCHOLOGY 1.0
Psychology 1.0 = Mental Illness
PSYCHOLOGY 2.0
Psychology 2.0 = Mental Wellness
“Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.”
-Martin Seligmanauthentichappiness.org
What is Positive Psychology?
1. What is the “The Good Life”?
2. What makes life meaningful?
3. What are people’s strengths?
Positive Psychology: 3 Questions
1. Positive emotions
2. Positive traits
3. Positive institutions
Positive Psychology: 3 Foci
H = ?
What Is Happiness?
H = S + C + V H: Enduring Happiness S: Set Point C: Circumstances V: Factors Under Your Control
Seligman’s Happiness Equation
10%
50%
40%
Happiness
Circumstances Genetics Activities
The Happiness Pie
Success does not lead to happiness.
Happiness leads to success.
Advantages of Happiness
Create and Cultivate Happiness
Three Good Things
Mindfulness
Savoring
Gratitude Letter
Strengths in Action
1. Think of 3 good things that happened.
2. Write them down.
3. Reflect on how and why they happened.
3 Good Things
1. Write a letter to someone, expressing gratitude.
2. Hand deliver letter to recipient.
3. Read aloud letter to recipient.
Gratitude Letter / Visit
1. Become aware.
2. Stay in present moment.
3. Notice thoughts and feelings . . . nonjudgmentally.
Mindfulness: A Process
Sharing with others
Memory Building
Self Congratulation
Absorption
Savoring
1. What are three objects that I see?
2. What are three sounds that I hear?
3. What are three objects that I can feel?
Mindfulness: Three Senses
“Everything can be taken from a [hu]man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”
- Viktor Frankl
Inspiration
“… flow – the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.”
-Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi
Find . . . And Go With The “Flow”
When Challenge Meets Skill
Discover Your “Signature Strengths”
Wisdom and Knowledge
Courage
Humanity
Justice
Temperance
Transcendence
Key Resource: Authentic Happiness
Key Resource: Values in Action Survey
Live Happy App (Apple / iOS)
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”
-John Stockdale, Vietnam POW
Stockdale Paradox
