Positive Psychology For Dummies
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
Av Averil Leimon, Gladeana McMahon, Averil (White Water Strategies) Leimon, Gladeana Mcmahon
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.Why do some people achieve greater success and happiness than others? The key is positive psychology. For most of its history, psychology has focused mainly on the darker side of human behaviour - depression, anxiety, psychosis and psychopathic behaviour. In 1998, Martin Seligman became president of the American Psychological Association and inspired a movement to focus on the positives in human behaviour.Positive Psychology For Dummies: Taps into the burgeoning media focus on happiness and positive mental attitudeProvides key information on the origins, theory, methods, practitioners and results of positive psychologyDemonstrates how to understand what makes you tick, how to hone positive emotions and how to use positive philosophy for success in both your personal and working lives.Is perfect for a wide audience, from those wanting to get more out of their life, to psychology students or counsellorsAbout the authorGladeana McMahon is co-author of Performance Coaching For Dummies. She is regarded as one of the UK’s top ten coaches.Averil Leimon is co-author of Performance Coaching For Dummies. She is a business psychologist and a leading UK leadership coach.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2009-04-14
- Mått188 x 236 x 18 mm
- Vikt572 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor320
- FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
- ISBN9780470721360
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Averil Leimon is a leadership psychologist and international business coach who uses positive psychology on a daily basis. She is a founder member of the Association for Coaching and is one of the top ten coaches in the UK. Gladeana McMahon is a leading transformational and personal development coach and Vice President and Life Fellow of the Association for Coaching. She was named as one of the UK's top ten coaches by the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Observer.
- Introduction 1About This Book 1Conventions Used in This Book 2Foolish Assumptions 2How This Book Is Organised 3Part I: Getting to Grips: Introducing Positive Psychology 3Part II: Doing the Time Warp: Past, Present and Future 3Part III: What Positive Psychology Can Do For You 4Part IV: Positive Psychology in the Real World 4Part V: The Part of Tens 4Icons Used in This Book 4Where to Go from Here 5Part I: Getting to Grips: Introducing Positive Psychology 7Chapter 1: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life 9Putting the Positive in Psychology 9Looking for a message 9Being authentically happy 10Building an evidence-based case 10Measuring the good, the bad and the ugly 12Living a positive life 12Studying positive psychology 13Having positive experiences 13Recognising positive traits 15Building positive relationships 16Constructing positive institutions 16Making It Worth Your While 19Benefiting from positivity 19Chapter 2: Why Being Healthy, Well and Happy is a Really Good Idea 21Reaping the Health Benefits 21A happy heart 22Living the positive life 23Building immunity 24Assisting angry Andrew 26Creating healthy habits 27Living with Satisfaction 28Becoming a well individual 28Building societies with wellbeing 28AIMing for Happiness 32Attending to the good stuff 33Interpreting for the best 34Memorising effectively 35Part II: Doing the Time Warp: Past, Present and Future 37Chapter 3: Tackling the Past 39Dealing with the Past 39Mapping old issues 40Letting go – forgiving if not forgetting 41Knowing How to be Grateful 46Giving thanks 47Counting your blessings 48Adopting a Childlike Approach 50Being how you want to be 50Choosing the best life 50Chapter 4: Living in the Present 53Dancing in the Moment 53Creating your own energy 53The Johari Window 54Being mindful 56Laying ghosts 59Getting Into the Flow 62Being in the zone 62Boosting happiness and fulfilment 64Chapter 5: Planning for the Future 65Looking Forward Joyfully 66Anticipating the best 70Making positive thoughts happen 70Developing Optimism 71Taking the thinking questionnaire 71Thinking positively 74Perfect-world thinking 75Behaving constructively 76Focusing on What Matters 77Sorting out priorities 78Ditching the unimportant 79Leaving a Legacy 80Living with a purpose 80Making your mark on the world 81Putting it all together 82Part III: What Positive Psychology can do for you 83Chapter 6: Finding Pleasure in Life 85What Is Pleasure? 85The law of diminishing returns 87Breaking free from the materialist trap 89Finding Real Pleasures 91Celebrating the ordinary 91Indulging in simple pleasures 92Having a beautiful day 93Sleepwalking through Life 93Waking up to smell the roses 94Taking stock of experiences 97Chapter 7: Engaging in Life: Using your Signature Strengths 99Analysing Your Signature Strengths 99Appreciating your strengths 100Understanding your strengths 100Considering your weaknesses 102Playing To Your Strengths 103Identifying your strengths and virtues 103Using your signature strengths daily 110Shoring up your weaknesses 111Finding Strengths in Others 111Recognising other people’s virtues 111Chapter 8: Developing Meaning in Life 113Is This All There Is? 114Rising above the humdrum 115Making your mark on the world 116Something Bigger Than Yourself 117Connecting with others 117Making a real difference 120Chapter 9: Becoming your Best 123Keeping Yourself Afloat 123Sources of resilience 124Getting through 126Building your personal model of resilience 128Having Fun 128Looking for joy in your life 129Living humorously 129Living Confidently 131Thinking Constructively 132Listening to the voices 133Building firm beliefs 133Taking Gratitude Further 134Seeing things afresh 135Practising thankfulness 136Experiencing Engagement 136The big five strengths 136Having self-respect and pride 137Making Your Life Count 137Choosing your destiny 138Living up to your values 138Chapter 10: Staying Healthy with Positive Psychology 141Living Like It Matters 141The healthy life checklist 142Developing positive good health 143Changing positively: The four-stage change model 144Building a personal happiness programme 147Overcoming Stress 149Understanding stress 149Taking a perspective on life, yourself and others 153Building your resources 155Learning to bounce back 156Part IV: Positive Psychology in the Real World 157Chapter 11: Making Relationships Work 159Getting to Know You 159Avoiding relationship pitfalls 161Acknowledging and using each other’s signature strengths 162Using Positive Communication 164Taking the emotionally smart approach 164Recognising your own feelings 165Picking up on the non-verbal signs 166Setting the climate control 168Keeping talking 169Looking at you, me and us 171Investing Your Time 172Planning the perfect date 172Celebrating together 173Creating carefree holidays 173Building great friendships 174Chapter 12: Becoming a Positive Parent 177Making Happiness a Habit 177Pleasing yourself! 178Being engaged 180Finding meaning 182Measuring Family Strengths 183Recognising the best in each other 185Defining the key elements of a happy family 190Being the Best Parent You Can Be 192Facing the good, the bad and the ugly of parenting 194Being a great step-parent 195Making Happy Children 196Celebrating success 196Building positive rituals 198Avoiding excessive materialism 199Chapter 13: Embracing the Extended Family 201Building Family Networks 201Making connections 202Getting On with the In-Laws 203Seeing the best 205Reaching a compromise 207Acknowledging the Elderly 207Developing wisdom 209Recognising change 210Extending the Family 211Chapter 14: Understanding Why Work Matters 213Providing a Structure 213Discovering how work can make you happy 214Using your time productively 216Right time, right focus 219Being a Shining Star! 219Considering you at your best 220Sharing the limelight 221Chapter 15: Being your Best in the Workplace 225Knowing Your Work Strengths 225Learning from the past 228Swapping round pegs and square holes 229Using your work strengths in unlikely settings 230Using Your Strengths Meaningfully 231Novel ways of using your strengths 232Measuring and Increasing Your Flow 233Knowing Your Signature Strengths 235Getting the Team Working Well 238Recognising strengths in others 238Using other people’s strengths to make what’s good even better 238Flourishing versus languishing teams 239Reviewing resilience questions 242Part V: The Part of Tens 245Chapter 16: Ten Top Activities 247Developing Gratitude 247Recognising Your Blessings 248Creating a Beautiful Day 249Learning to Worry Well 249Half An Hour a Day 249My Worry Journal 250Being Me at My Best 251Using Sentence Completion 251Recognising Different Facets of Yourself 254Discovering Your Purpose 255Learning to Be Optimistic (ABCDE) 255Undertaking Deliberate Acts of Kindness 256Chapter 17: Ten Useful Resources 259www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu 259www.centreforconfi dence.co.uk 259www.cappeu.org 260www.ippanetwork.org 260www.positivepsychology.net 260www.dalailamacenter.org 260Authentic Happiness by Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D 260Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth by Ed Diener and Robert Biswas Diener 261Character Strengths and Virtues by Christopher Peterson and Martin E.P. Seligman 261Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi 261Chapter 18: Ten Positive Inspirations 263Pay it Forward (film, 2000) 264It’s a Wonderful Life (film, 1946) 264The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film, 2007) 264Thank you for being a Friend, Andrew Gold (song, 1978) 265My Way, Frank Sinatra (song, 1969) 265Lean on Me, Bill Withers, (song, 1972) 265The Prophet, by Khalil Ghibran (book, 1998) 265Random Acts of Kindness: 365 Ways to Make the World a Nicer Place, by Danny Wallace (book, 2004) 266Who Moved My Cheese, by Spencer Jones (book, 1998) 266The Art of Happiness: A handbook for Living, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, (book, 1999) 267Index 269