Martin Seligman

What Would It Take to Get Us to Care About Torture?

Carol Smaldino | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Mental Health, Jane Mayer, Memo, Caring, Martin Seligman, Torture, Bush, Barbara Ehrenreich, Politics News

I am aiming the question first at mental health practitioners since the idea of helping people towards sanity and well-being has been supported by the...

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Mourning in America

Jason Stanford | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, David Corn, Learned Optimism, Martin Seligman, Jason Stanford, Barack Obama, Rick Santorum Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum Debate, Politics News

What happened to the Republican Party that used to have a lease on the White House because it owned optimism?

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Fail Thee Well

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Great Expectations, Character-Strengths, Tom Brunzell, Perfectionism, Dominic Randolph, KIPP Infinity School, Christopher-Peterson, Elizabeth Gilbert, Paul Tough, New York Times, Failure, Martin Seligman, Positive Psychology, Riverdale-County-School, Women News

What if the surest indicator of your future success -- of living a happy, meaningful, and productive life -- is how good you are at failing?

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What If The Secret To Success Is Failure?

New York Times Magazine | Paul Tough | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Education, KIPP Charter Schools, Student Success, Dominic Randolph, David Levin, Character Assessment, Standardized Tests, Character Evaluation, Standardized Testing, Christopher Peterson, Martin Seligman, Schools, School Tests, Student Evaluation, Urbanbaby, Riverdale Country School, Education News

Dominic Randolph can seem a little out of place at Riverdale Country School -- which is odd, because he's the headmaster. Riverdale is one of New York...

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Why The Founder Of Positive Psychology Thinks Happiness Is Overrated

nytimes.com | JOHN TIERNEY | Posted 07.17.2011

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By John Tierney The New York Times As the investigation of happiness proceeded, Dr. Seligman began seeing certain limitations of the concept....

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Happy Is as Happy Does

Dennis Whittle | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Martin Seligman, Positive Psychology, Psychology Books, Authentic Happiness, Flourish: A New Understanding of Happiness and Well Being, Books News

Artists create and critics analyze; few artists analyze well and few critics create good art. That was my reaction to Martin Seligman's new book Flourish: A New Understanding of Happiness and Well Being.

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OMB Orders Government Agencies to Monitor Disgruntled Employees -- What's Next?

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Resiliency Training, Military Resiliency, Earl Edwin Pitts, CIA Spies, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano Homeland Security, OMB Memo, Aldrich Ames, Wikileaks, Dr. Happy, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, Harold James Nicholson, Insider Threat, National Security, Omb, Learned Helplessness, Insider Threat Detection, Learned-Optimism, Janet Napolitano, Top Secret America, FBI Spies, Jacob Lew, Martin Seligman, Jacob-Lew-Obama, Resiliency Trainers, Robert Hanssen, Politics News

The White House and its paranoid Barney Fife bureaucrats have set their gun sights on the "insider threat" lurking within top secret America itself.

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The Secret Key To Happiness

Joe Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Martin Seligman Pleasure, Happiness Inspiration, Inspiration, Pleasures vs. Gratifications, Joe Robinson, Fulfillment, Pleasure, Martin Seligman, Joe Robinson Happiness, Gratification, Martin Seligman Happiness, Happiness, Healthy Living News

If there's one thing that people around the world agree on, it's that being happy beats being miserable. But what exactly makes us happy?

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Psychologists Profit on Unending U.S. Wars by Teaching Positive Thinking to Soldiers

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Positive Thinking, Afghan War, Barbara Ehrenreich, Psychiatric Drugs, Martin Seligman, Positive Psychology, U.S. Army, Bruce E. Levine, Impact News

While pushing drugs and teaching positive thinking earns mental health professionals money and brownie points with the elite, there is another path for mental health professionals working with U.S. soldiers.

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'Soul Of A Citizen' EXCERPT: Learned Helplessness

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Learned Helplessness, Political Frustration, Despair, Psychology of Happiness, Activism, Demoralization, Martin Seligman, Books, Soul of a Citizen, Books News

The reason many of us retreat from social involvement is not that we think all is well with the world. Rather, what leaves too many of us sitting on the sidelines is what psychologists call learned helplessness.

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Fort Hood: A Harbinger of Things to Come?

Bryant Welch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Hood, Military Shootings, The Psychology of Optimism, Nidal Malik Hasan, Military Mental Health, Psychology, Martin Seligman, Positive Psychology, Ptsd, Torture, Politics News

If we can identify the real problem that caused the tragedy at Ford Hood we can possibly prevent such episodes in the future. Our troops have been through enough.

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The Right Mental Health Care for Returning Vets: Neglecting Them This Time Will Be Dangerous

Bryant Welch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Positive Psychology, Military Mental Health, Martin Seligman, Ptsd, Politics News

If, as a nation, we do not provide appropriate care for returning veterans, terrorism will take yet another horrible toll on America by turning our own troops against us and against themselves.

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Who's Happy And Why?

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Edith Wharton, Jimmy Carter, Martin Seligman, With Purpose, Ken Dychtwald, Happiness, Age Wave, Table, Healthy Living News

We're caught up in the myth that by achieving and going up the ladder and having more stuff we'll feel full inside. Yet it isn't so.

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Positive Psychology: Hard Core 'Happiness' Nerds -- and Goldie Hawn

Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011

Instead of psychologists spending all their time focusing on anger, depression and fear, they've decided to research the other end of the emotional spectrum, via Positive Psychology.

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