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Learn about the core ideas and principles behind positive psychology, including research on what helps individuals and communities flourish.

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Positive-Psychology-Measures
Positive Psychology
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  • April 27, 2026

Positive Psychology Measures: How to Choose and Use Them

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Hope Theory
Positive Psychology
15 mins
  • October 15, 2025

Hope Theory: How Pathways Thinking Can Help Your Clients

Watching the news, I sometimes feel hopeless about how humans treat one another and the environment[...]
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Concept of flow
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26 mins
  • March 31, 2025

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi: The Father of Flow

Diving down through 30 meters of water on a single breath felt effortless — I was[...]
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Guide to increasing psychological capital
Positive Psychology
30 mins
  • February 10, 2025

Psychological Capital: Unleashing The Inner HERO’s Potential

When most people hear the word “capital,” they think of individual, organizational, or governmental wealth. Yet,[...]
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Episodic memory
Positive Psychology
17 mins
  • June 17, 2024

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[...]
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Positive Psychology Myths
Positive Psychology
14 mins
  • May 13, 2024

12 Myths & Misconceptions About Positive Psychology

Positive psychology is a fast-growing, emergent discipline within psychology. Technically, positive psychology is still in its[...]
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Bio psychosocial model
Positive Psychology
19 mins
  • January 26, 2024

Biopsychosocial Model in Action: 12 Tips & Resources

Humans are complex creatures. We are made up of more than skin and bones. We are[...]
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Polyvagal theory
Positive Psychology
19 mins
  • October 17, 2023

18 Polyvagal Theory & How to Use the Exercises in Therapy

Ongoing research suggests that a better understanding of the vagus nerve could revolutionize how we treat[...]
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Humanistic Psychology
Positive Psychology
33 mins
  • July 9, 2022

Humanistic Psychology’s Approach to Wellbeing: 3 Theories

Despite what the media may depict, people are innately good. That sounds quite nice, doesn’t it?[...]
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