Positive Psychology: Power of Positive Thinking Is Psychology's Latest Focus

Intent

I have recently participated in a World Wide Intention Experiment, offered by author Lynne McTaggart. It was truly amazing to experience the process of thousands of other like minded people, all focusing on the same intent at the same time.

http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/participate

Practicing positive thinking (intent) for all of your life's circumstances/work is very useful as well.

positive mind set equals to higher achievement.

positive psychology has found its way in everyday life. despite the economic downtown when people are loosing job, your attitude to work and good human relation with co-worker can help you to stay above the water. research has shown that people who live a rough life are more prone to ageing than people who live good family life. To be happy is to stay positive and trying to see the positive aspect of life . money and material things doesnt contribute to permanent happiness and according to research , people who devote their life pursuing material things live less happy life.

maijor in application psychology

I like this essay and because i am a chinese,I do not understand it much well.But i will do my best^_^Good luck for you ^_^

To add

Know what else is "positive" and cute?

Bunny rabbits!

http://www.rabbit.org

Sounds corny, but seriously click on the link to the pictures and look at the bunnies.

A bunny a day...

: )

More musings

Katie wrote: "The Obama campaign was designed to prey upon the weak.Our economy was in a horrific downturn, and here comes obama to the rescue!"

Good point that people need to be careful not to treat someone like a guru, thus turning away from any possible faults (after all, wasn't Bill Clinton just a charismatically lovable...um...womanizing cheat and fibber while under oath?? laugh)

So yes, the "hope" thing was supposed to work precisely because it was the opposite of the mess of reality. But, you have to admit that it buffered much anxiety as many grew more patient thinking someone who really cared was now in charge.

Also, we just had someone run the "fear" campaign last time around, so that wouldn't have worked at all in the middle of a recession and an ongoing war.

Too, know that minorities suffer the worst in this economic downturn. Look at the BLS stats (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Many kids in poorer communities must at least see someone who made it, despite coming from the South Side of Chicago (it's not exactly crime free down there), and so that gives them some sense of hope. It's not bad, really.

Mostly, the campaign was about picking up all the disenchanted non-participants (young people), who tended not to vote before, and also, the middle-of-the-road political types who were tired of divisive politics. A positive and thoughtful strategy, I'd say.

I wouldn't say it was about "preying on the weak," though.

But everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion. I happen to like the way it was a totally different-from-usual campaign. Maybe cuz I studied pol-sci and like analysis of that type of stuff, but it seemed a very modern and successful type of campaign that encouraged younger people to get involved in the political process.

In regards to Angie's comment

My approach is this. The Obama campaign was designed to prey upon the weak.Our economy was in a horrific downturn, and here comes obama to the rescue! Are you wondering what made these people put all there trust in such a man, with not very much experience.It sure was a dare to make all these promises to the people. So what happens when the people see that their hero cannot provide everything? That is my question.

positive psychology

It is quite refreshing to hear that there are still people out there who prefer to use a more natural approach to happiness.

In my opinion, all the pills in the worls could not help you, unless you have the right mindset.

Thank you James Pawelski.

Universal conceptual framework for medicine, nursing and social care

Hello

Noting your focus here on psychology I champion Hodges' model a global conceptual framework that all disciplines can use whilst learning and practicing. The model supports integrated theory and practice and personal and group reflection. The public and carers can also be taught the model which includes four knowledge or care domains:

INTERPERSONAL

SOCIOLOGY

SCIENCES

POLITICAL

If anyone would like more information please contact me or see the site or blog 'Welcome to the QUAD':

http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/

Each care domain includes a unique links resource for example - SCIENCES:

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/linksTwo.htm

INTERPERSONAL:

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/links.htm

- which includes 'psychology', 'mental health', 'therapies'....

Best regards

Peter Jones

http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/

Hodges' Health Career - Care Domains - Model

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/

h2cm: help2Cmore - help-2-listen - help-2-care

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Martin Seligman is definitely onto something with this movement

I just read this and found it interesting, because it certainly seems that this is how the Obama campaign won the election in the midst of a horrific economic recession. Everyone who watched closely noted that the campaign was all about "hope" and the prospect of rising above the current realities. And whaddaya know? It worked!

Hope the media keep on this "nascent" field, because it appears to be long overdue. It is probably not popular to prevent medical or stress-related issues in the first place, because no heart surgeon wants to hear that he or she is not needed as much, because people are healthier, and no anxiety and stress disorder practitioner wants to hear that people are preventing meltdown by avoiding negative situations and focusing on things that make them happy. And yet America cannot afford to not focus on prevention; the healthcare system is broken and costs to become sick are just too high. So, for both physical and well-being related prevention, it's about time an entire movement was built around prevention.

Imagine how many new careers could be built around the model of prevention to take the place of those who are called in once it is too late?

Hope the media keep covering this movement. The old old outdated Freudian mumbo jumbo about how everything dates back to childhood has been noted by Seligman in his fabulous books about "Learned Optimism" and "Authentic Happiness," and I do believe that while no one in the mainstream takes those relic ideas seriously, few really realize that this new field has tons and tons of very real, scientifically-based empirical support to back it up.

Keep on this fabulous topic when writing about health issues. It's the wave of the future, and it's about time.

Psychology's fact created by me

As, psychology mean's study of psycho, whether professionally or practically in life. Psycho is a fear from the heart and bother's what gonna happen next in life and it can be both positive or negative, but the fact is that psycho in positive means, obviously it gonna create something good on your life and if it's negative psycho then definately it create something wrong gonna happen in life but it depend's upon time and conditions.