Positive Psychology: tell yourself the story of who you are becoming.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

tell yourself the story of who you are becoming.

We all have a self-concept which is the story we have told ourselves over the years of our life. Most of us are no longer aware of the story we told ourselves and yet we continue you live the script written early in our lives. Mindfulness meditation lets you observe your mind in action and you see yourself thinking about things you thought you had left behind long ago. . They are behind the clouds of forgetfulness that mindfulness lifts.

MAKE YOUR STORIES POSITIVE.

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."