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The Psychology of Healing Addiction, Abuse, and Trauma
Title: The Psychology of Healing Addiction, Abuse, and Trauma
The Lesson: Healing from intense emotional experiences does not happen overnight – it can literally take...
Positive Psychology Students Learn by Giving Free Hugs on Campus (WATCH)
We all enjoy a good hug every once in a while, but what about the more in-depth ways embracing affects our physical and emotional wellbeing?
Join a Free Online Course in Positive Psychology
The science of positive psychology, now in its twentieth year, offers evidence-based approaches to help people live meaningful lives. The studies in this field...
Oscar Buzz: The Top 10 Positive Psychology Films of 2010
Have you seen any good movies lately? If not, try one of these 10 best positive psychology films of 2010.
Whether or not they are...
Positive Psychology, Depression and the Economic Slow-down: A Mental Health Minute By Cristina Frick
No doubt it is a difficult time for many, as employers continue to cut jobs -- 345,000 in the U.S. last month. Given the...
Positive Psychology, Person-Centered Therapy, and Happiness
Mental Health Minute: A New Column By Cristina Frick... This new Monday Morning weekly column will showcase recent...
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The Economic Sky is Falling: Can Positive Psychology Help?
Perhaps because New York City is the financial capital of the world, anxiety about the economy is everywhere. In Starbucks people sit grimly reading...
First International Positive Psychology Summit: Psychologists Herald ways to Live Happily Ever After
A group of upstart scientists, scholars and researchers in the field of psychology have decided that it is more important to focus on what...
Good News in History, November 11
203 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most...
Good News in History, October 9
On this day, in Game 2 of the 1909 World Series, Ty Cobb stole home base. The details around this famous of all capers...
Counting on Fingers Really Helps Kids Improve Their Math Skills–By 40% New Study Shows
Some teachers consider finger counting a signal that youngsters are struggling with math, while others associate its use as advanced numerical knowledge.
Now, new research...
People Seen as Wise Share These Characteristics – All Over the World
Across different cultures and countries, people perceive the wisest members of society to be logical and reflective as well as able to consider other...
How LEGO Is Being Used to Reduce Stress, Combat Childhood Trauma, and Manage PTSD
All the pieces of your life do, or will, fit together, no matter how many are scattered across the floor. Much like LEGO bricks.
Those...
Good News in History, July 26
6 years ago today, Civil Rights leader and Congressman John Lewis' body was carried across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma with a military...
Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Post-Traumatic Stress – by Smelling Patients’ Breath – With 90% Accuracy
Two dogs have been trained to sniff out post-traumatic stress by smelling survivors’ breath—with an accuracy success rate following initial training of 90 percent.
Scientists...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
‘Old age’ Starts Later Than Ever in the Eye of the Beholder And in Yourself, Study Reveals
Middle-aged and older adults believe that old age begins later in life than their peers did decades ago according to a new study.
It's enough...
Good News in History, April 25
70 years ago today, Bell Labs finished the first functional solar cell, allowing for a panel of metal and glass to refract light and...
A Pat on the Back Statistically Improves Free Throw Numbers in Basketball–Demonstrating the Power of Touch
In difficult situations, physical touch like a hug or a pat on the back can reduce stress; so much so that researchers from the...
Good News in History, April 11
Happy 64th Birthday to Jeremy Clarkson, the journalist and television personality who hosted the iconic motoring show Top Gear. Since hanging up his BBC...