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3 positive psychology exercises

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Enhance wellbeing with these free, science-based exercises that draw on the latest insights from positive psychology.

Job Satisfaction and employee happiness

What Is Job Satisfaction and Why Is It Important?

Do you love your job? Over the last two decades, the importance of job satisfaction has significantly increased (Esser & Lindh, 2018). One of the [...]

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Using the Big Five Personality Traits (OCEAN) in Practice

When I became fascinated by the ability of endurance athletes to push their minds and bodies to their limits, personality was an obvious area to [...]

DBT Made Simple

13 Best DBT Worksheets & Techniques for Therapists

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a structured, evidence-based approach designed to help individuals regulate emotions, build healthier relationships, and develop effective coping skills. Originally developed [...]

Personality Traits

Do Personality Traits Impact Coaching & Therapy Outcomes?

As young people, we often feel desperate to display our individuality yet also find a group in which we feel secure. When I was a [...]

Character strengths classification

What Are Character Strengths & Virtues?

As a psychologist interested in exploring what drives human potential, I regularly return to one key insight: Our character strengths shape who we are and [...]

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How Does Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT) Work?

Avoidance. Avoiding memories, emotions, even people. It is an exhausting battle with the self I’ve often noted in my clients while working in clinical settings. [...]

5 Benefits of Compassion Meditation for Wellbeing

Compassion … such an important and powerful emotion. Compassion recognizes the shared human condition of suffering, flaws, and fragility. It involves feelings of kindness for [...]

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The Mind–Body Connection: Understanding Their Link

Our ancestors understood the deep and intricate connection between mind and body. More recently, that connection has been neglected and even denied (Levine, 2019). I’ve [...]

Positive CBT

What Is Positive CBT? Using Positive Psychology in Therapy

Many people are familiar with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and know that it is an effective form of talk therapy. CBT integrates cognitive restructuring and [...]

Aging Happily

Exploring the Science of Aging Happily

In the youth-obsessed West, many of us will have confronted an intriguing paradox around aging. While youth is equated with physical desirability and enthusiasm, middle [...]