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Pillar 0 – Positive Psychology

Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 7 - Conscious self-development

6 great books to start your Positive Psychology journey

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • July 27, 2021

Still haven’t decided which book to pick for this year’s summer holidays?  Here is a list of some of the intro Positive Psychology books that we can highly recommend!  This…

7 traps on the way to happiness
Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset Pillar 8 - The power of gratitude

7 traps on the way to happiness

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • September 26, 2019

The path of a happy life is full of traps. Now and then, some of these traps mess up our happiness a bit – and often we don’t even know…

The fragile balance of happiness that we regularly mess up
Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset Pillar 8 - The power of gratitude

The fragile balance of happiness

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • September 5, 2019

Brain trap #5: why getting just the right balance between the big picture and the moment is so damn difficult Did it ever happen to you that you are wonderfully…

Damn you, Joneses
Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset Pillar 8 - The power of gratitude

Damn you, Joneses: how comparison steals our happiness

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • August 29, 2019

Brain trap #4: how comparison is the best way to diminish your happiness Did you ever have an amazing day – just to get it trashed by seeing a acquaintances…

Try to predict what will make you happy...and probably you will be wrong
Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset Pillar 8 - The power of gratitude

Why we fail at predicting what will make us happy

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • August 22, 2019

Brain trap #3 or why we are notoriously bad at predicting what will make us happy Did you know that we humans are notoriously bad at predicting what will make…

Why everything is great and you are grumpy anyway
Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset Pillar 8 - The power of gratitude

Why everything is great and you are grumpy anyway

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • August 15, 2019

Brain trap #2: hedonic adaptation or how our brain learns to get used to good things a tiny bit too fast Do you ever have a feeling that your brain…

how our brain is messing up our happiness and what can we do about it
Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset Pillar 8 - The power of gratitude

How our brain is messing up our happiness….and what we can do about it

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • August 8, 2019

Brain trap #1: negativity bias or why our brain looks for bad stuff Our brain is all about survival. It will do anything it can to protect you from danger…

our favourite websites to read about positive psychology
Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 1 - Presence & Mindfulness

5 of our favorite webistes about positive psychology

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • August 1, 2019

Are you looking for new great places to read about psychology and positive psychology? Here are five of our favourite places, that we can deeply recommend. Greater Good Science Center…

Pillar 0 - Positive Psychology Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset

Please don’t pursue happiness, try this instead!

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • May 9, 2019

A lot of talking these days about “pursuit of happiness”. (I confess, we are also guilty of sometimes saying that :D) Let’s have a peak into the meaning of the…

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