Flourishing Scale Assessment

Flourishing Scale Assessment

Flourishing is about becoming alive with possibility and being remarkably resilient to hard times.  It’s more than just being happy as our behavior becomes creative, alive and uplifted as we live with meaning and purpose.  To find how you’re doing, below...
What Went Well Exercise to Help You Thrive

What Went Well Exercise to Help You Thrive

Research shows that gratitude is among the most powerful of emotions to help us thrive.  Unfortunately, we tend to think too much about what goes wrong and not enough about what goes right in our lives.  While it makes sense to analyze bad events so that we learn from...
The Positivity Ratio

The Positivity Ratio

I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to groups of coaches in the Washington DC Metro Area on the topic of, “Weaving Positive Psychology Tools into Your Coaching.”  We began the session using the “What Went Well” tool that I shared with you in a previous article. ...
What is Positive Psychology?

What is Positive Psychology?

Positive Psychology is foremost about focus – about focusing on what’s right, what’s working, and what’s possible. It’s differentiated from much of the history of Psychology, which is the study of what’s wrong with us and the mental illness of human beings....