Category Archives: Positive Psychology

Maybe at some point in the day, you find yourself gazing at the clouds beyond the curtains or slowly sipping onto your tea or brushing your hands against the soft fur of your pet or noticing the texture of what you are wearing or relishing the taste of what is over your tongue. And at […]

Shuddhaanandaa Brahamchari Last week I shared with you the details of Daily Morning Practice for Self Management. Needless to emphasise the need for self management in the modern times of today. This series is to help you contemplate on these thoughts and meditate. Today I am sharing with you the importance of right breathing for […]

Don’t let a lack of success hurt your self esteem. There are reasons for everything. Conventional wisdom suggest that is unacceptable to blame bad luck for a lack of success when you try something new.

Using the language of change, SFBT helps clients envision a future where their current problem is solved. It taps into their capabilities and inner resources. SFBT minimizes emphasis on problems and failures of the past, and instead focuses on the client’s strengths and previous successes. Once the client identifies a desired outcome, the therapist assists […]

Have you ever met some people who navigate through their lives so easily as compared to others who struggle at every single point? Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology, has spent decades of research trying to find out the secret of the former group of people.  The secret: They are optimists!  Seligman refers to […]

William Damon (Professor at Stanford University and a world’s leading researcher on the development of purpose in life) defines Purpose as a feeling something meaningful and you believe that it is adding something worth to the world. You have a purpose. When you have purpose you become motivated and energised.  Believes that it is a […]

In The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, written with Nan Silver, renowned clinical psychologist and marriage researcher John Gottman, Ph.D, reveals what successful relationships look like and features valuable activities to help couples strengthen their relationships. Gottman’s principles are research-based. He and his colleagues have studied hundreds of couples (including newlyweds and long-term couples); interviewed […]

The extraordinary yet simple norm of reciprocity demands that when others treat us well, we should also return the favour. Thus, when customers walk into a shop, you speak politely to them, offer them beverages, make them feel relaxed so that later they feel somewhat obligated to help you by buying what you are selling.