Positive Psychology: ‪Healing Shame on LIVING SMART with Patricia Gras‬‏

Saturday, July 23, 2011

‪Healing Shame on LIVING SMART with Patricia Gras‬‏ - YouTube: "Dr Brene Brown is a nationally recognized speaker on shame, an emotion we seldom talk about, yet affects our lives profoundly. What effects does shame have on women and how does it differ from men. She outlines an empowering new approach that dispels judgement and awakens us to the genuine acceptance of ourselves and others."

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."