Body & Brain
Positive psychology articles related to the human body and brain. Which positive psychology theories and interventions can help us to improve physical and mental well-being?

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 [...]

20 Mental Health Activities, Games & Worksheets (& PDF)
Mental health and wellbeing are often the primary concerns of clients seeking a service from helping professionals. To establish trust and healthy boundaries for these [...]
Are Intrusive Thoughts Normal? 6 Ways to Handle Them
Imagine this: You’re in the middle of an important meeting, and out of nowhere, a bizarre, totally uninvited thought pops into your head, something like, [...]
Cognitive Distortions: 15 Examples & Worksheets (PDF)
As humans, we are hardwired to see what is wrong in the world around us, rather than what is right. Evolutionarily speaking, thinking this way [...]
60 Thoughtful Mental Health Questions for Clients
We all have our good days and bad days. It is becoming common to take a mental health day to manage stress and prevent burnout [...]
Sleep Anxiety & Its Impact on Mental Health
The mysteries of sleep are endless. During the subconscious state of human existence, a lot is actually happening: Human growth hormone is released, allowing our [...]
High-Functioning Autism: 23 Strengths-Based Daily Worksheets
Autism diagnoses are rising exponentially. A study by Russell et al. (2022) reported a 787% increase in UK diagnoses between 1998 and 2018. Similarly, 1 [...]
Treating Phobias With Positive Psychology: 15 Approaches
Phobophobia is a fear of phobias. That is just one in our list of 107 phobias. Clearly a person suffering from phobophobia has a lot [...]
How to Fuel Positive Change by Leveraging Episodic Memory
Some researchers believe that our memory didn’t evolve for us to only remember but to imagine all that might be (Young, 2019). Episodic memory is [...]
Theory of Mind: How We Learn to Understand Each Other
As psychologists, coaches, therapists, and humans, we spend a great deal of our time focused on what we and our clients are feeling and thinking. [...]