In one of our Previous Lives on Mental Health Tuesdays we tackled what effects our mental state has on our lives on a whole. The focus was positive psychology.
What is positive psychology?
Positive psychology is a branch of psychology focused on the character strengths and behaviors that allow individuals to build a life of meaning and purpose—to move beyond surviving to flourishing. Theorists and researchers in the field have sought to identify the elements of a good life. They have also proposed and tested practices for improving life satisfaction and well-being.
How Is Positive Psychology Applied?
Identifying one’s character strengths (such as courage, humanity, or justice) is considered an important step on the road to the good and meaningful life envisioned by positive psychologists. There are also positive psychology practices one can try at home to promote well-being. For example, gratitude exercises have been studied by psychologists as a way to increase happiness over time. Just what the name sounds like, these involve such simple actions as writing down each day three things for which one is grateful.
Although the focus of positive psychology is on happiness and fulfillment, it is important to understand that this does not mean people are advised to push away their negative emotions altogether. People who are flourishing make room in their lives for such inevitable states of mind.
Mentioned in the video tagged below are multiple ways in which positive psychology can uplift your life. Also mentioned are how you can practice positive psychology to see results in your life. Optimism is mentioned as well it helps in maximizing your efforts in life so that your best is always put forward in confidence for hopes of a successful or positive future.
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