Positive Psychology: Step forward into growth

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Step forward into growth

"In any given moment we have two options: To step forward into growth or to step back into safety." - Abraham Maslow

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Positive Psychology
@PennPosPsychCtr

The University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Center - dedicated to helping people lead meaningful and fulfilled lives through research and practice.
Phliadelphia, PA, USA
ppc.sas.upenn.edu

Joined September 2013

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."