Category Archives: Positive Psychology

When we hear that a couple lives 3000 kms away or 11 time zones apart, our first instinct to offer sympathy. But have we ever looked at the bright side?

Think of anger like mental vomit. You don’t suppress vomit, you don’t throw up on somebody else. You simply go to the washroom and vomit. And after you have, you will feel fresh, unburdened and healthy.

In early research studies, It is found that grittier kids at the national spelling bee practice more than thier less gritty competitors. These extra hours of practice, in turn, explained their superior performance in final competition. These findings made a lot of sense. As a math teacher I had observed a huge range in effort […]

Negative emotions are not something you need to avoid or fight. Think of them as a power you’ve been blessed with, a power that lets you detect a possible problem in your life and guides you towards healing.

In the last two years, being positive has attained new significance… …yes, all of us shuddered listening to the term positive – Covid Positive! Once, we are Covid positive, we are robbed of all our positivity. Considering the social quarantine, medication, and painful recovery process, we become negative. Our psychology gets impacted severely which we […]

An often ignored but crucial part of living is how to complain constructively to those who hurt us. 

Some of the pain about feeling unattractive stems from the stories we hear about those who lie on the other end of the spectrum. They do not wake up each morning, hating their bodies. They don’t have to think about what goes on their plates, they don’t hesitate before speaking to someone, their opinions are […]

The concepts of Grit and purpose might in principle seen to conflict. How is it possible to stay narrowly focused on your own top level goal while also having the peripheral vision to worry about anyone else? if Grit is about having a pyramid of goals that all serve a single personal objective, how do other people fit into the picture?

From the eternity of time, we’ve been taught how happiness, joy, pride, excitement are positive emotions among others. And how sadness, hurt, anger, fear are the bad boys, among a whole lot of others. We were always asked to seek the positive gang and stay as far as possible from the negative emotions. I stay […]

The obsessive desire that often accompanies passionate love can degrade affection, tenderness, and the joy of appreciating  and sharing the life of another. It is the diametric  opposite of altruistic love. It arises from egocentrism that merely cherishes itself in the other or, worse still, seeks to forge its own happiness at other’s expense. This […]