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Martin Seligman

Founder of Positive Psychology

Martin Seligman is a leading authority in the fields of Positive Psychology, resilience, learned helplessness, depression, optimism and pessimism. He is also a recognized authority on interventions that prevent depression, and build strengths and well-being.

Enjoy the video to know a beautiful story narrated by him…

What is "Positive" in Positive Psychology?

Positive: What we want in ourselves and in life & world around us. We all want to feel happy, surrounded by people who care for and make world a better place for us. In short live a meaningful life.

Positive Psychology

Happiness is a slippery concept. Sometimes it seems to us like the Holy Grail: mythical, wonderful, but probably unobtainable.

Positive Psychology suggests that happiness is more than obtainable. It is the natural result of building up our well-being and satisfaction with life. Professor Martin Seligman spent many years developing a theory of happiness. He wanted to identify the building blocks of well-being.

So positive psychology is based on these three major elements

Uses scientific steps to study these topic

Identifies what makes us happy

Concrete steps how to flourish

What is Well-Being in Positive Psychology?

Happiness is a slippery concept. Sometimes it seems to us like the Holy Grail: mythical, wonderful, but probably unobtainable. Positive Psychology believes that well being should be a balanced science which could be:

Definable

Measurable

Tested Happiness

Flourishing

Hence Positive Psychology suggests that happiness is more than obtainable. It is the natural result of building up our well-being and satisfaction with life.

Broadest meaning of Positive Psychology

To lead a meaningful life we need a balance of

Aiming for things we want and moving away from the things we do not want

Choose the things we don’t want to get the things we want deeply

These are complex choices to make and Positive Psychology gives us tools to make these choices better in an effective manner.

Well-Being Theory - PERMA Model

Professor Martin Seligman spent many years developing a theory of happiness. He wanted to identify the building blocks of well-being. He drew up a five-sided model of well-being called the PERMA model.

These are the five elements Seligman found essential to human well-being: Each of these elements is essential to our well-being and satisfaction with life. Together, they form the solid foundation upon which we can build a happy and flourishing life.

Our Well being Coaching Packages are based on the scientific technique of Positive Psychology. The packages will be for individual session or group sessions.