This post contains a chapter on positive psychology originally intended for my book Build your Resilience (2012), which was eventually replaced with other material. It may still be of interest in its own right as an alternative perspective on resilience training.
Continue readingBasic introductory article about psychological (emotional) resilience-building with an outline of evidence-based guidance and the Penn Resilience Program, as well as information on the new book, Teach Yourself: Build your Resilience (2012).
Continue readingThis short article contains some examples of questions designed to help you identify your personal strengths and key positive qualities.
Continue readingThis short exercise uses a handful of questions to help you clarify your personal values and consider how they could be more fully integrated in your life.
Continue readingThis short article summarises some of the key concepts and techniques employed in resilience training with schoolchildren and military personnel, part of Positive Psychology, as described in Seligman’s book Flourish (2011) and elsewhere.
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