Positive Psychology

Monday, August 28, 2017

Sandra Cinto, Brazilian contemporary artist, known for her sculpture, drawing, paintings, murals and installations #womensart

'Mushroom Medley' by photographer and artist Jill Bliss #womensart

This is what the highest point in the path of #Eclipse2017 totality looked like onBorah Peak, Idaho 12,500 feet http://bit.ly/2iCvFtN

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."