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Positive Psychology
What is Positive Psychology?
Positive psychology is the study of happiness. Psychology traditionally focused on dysfunction—on people with mental illness or other psychological problems and how to treat them. Positive psychology, by contrast, is a relatively new field that examines how ordinary people can become happier and more fulfilled.
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Can't Buy Happiness
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Discovering and creating a life that matters.By Todd B. Kashdan, Ph.D.
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The examined life.By Mark Matousek
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Emotional expertise for happiness and successBy Emma M. Seppala, Ph.D.
Finding Cloud9
Musings on discovering happinessBy Jamie Long, Psy.D.
Happiness in this World
Reflections of a Buddhist physicianBy Alex Lickerman, M.D.
How of Happiness
The scientific pursuit of happinessBy Sonja Lyubomirsky
In Love and War
Rethinking the way we treat ourselves.By Juliana Breines
