Positive Psychology: ‪Dr. Brené Brown‬‏

Sunday, July 24, 2011

‪Dr. Brené Brown‬‏ - YouTube

http://www.speakersoffice.com/brene_brown.asp Brene Brown shares stories about her studies on shame and vulnerability at The Up Experience event.

Dr. Brené Brown
Expert on Authenticity, Vulnerability and Courage!

Professor & Researcher at the University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work
TEDx Speaker & one of TED’s top 10 most viewed videos in the world
Author of The Gifts of Imperfection & I Thought It was Just Me (But It Isn’t)
Creator of DVD, The Hustle for Worthiness
Author of Connections, a psychoeducational shame resilience curriculum
Client List includes Google, Banana Republic, MorganStanley, St. Jude Children’s Hospital

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."