Enlaces
Conferences
Nov 19, 08 Positive Psychology Forum (Health Care) (DC)
Nov 24-25, 08 Happiness and Its Causes (San Fran!)
Jan 24, 09 Science of Pos Psych to Improve Society (Claremont U.)
Recommendations for Positive Psychology Bookshelf
This is the definitive MUST READ: Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman | Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar | |
This is where a lot of the original research came from: Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman | The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz | |
This is like the non-textbook textbook: A Primer in Positive Psychology by Chris Peterson | Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain by Sharon Begley | |
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | The Resilience Factor by Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte | |
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt | Aging Well by George Vaillant |
Stumbling on Happiness by Dan Gilbert
* Mindset by Carol Dweck
What You Can Change and What You Can’t by Martin Seligman
Books Reviewed on this site
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky. | Review by Kathryn Britton. |
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge | Review by Denise Clegg. |
Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth by Ed Diener & Robert Biswas-Diener. | Review by Doug Turner. |
Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith. | Review by Senia Maymin |
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande. | Review by Kathryn Britton. |
New Passages by Gail Sheehy. | Aren Cohen article. |
Educating People to Be Emotionally Intelligent by Reuven Bar-On, J.G. Maree, and Maurice Jesse Elias, eds. | Dave Shearon book note |
Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients by Robert Biswas-Diener and Ben Dean. | Review by Emma Judge. |
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck. | Nick Hall discussion |
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Highly recommended and more academic books:
* Handbook of Positive Psychology edited by C.R. Snyder and Shane J. Lopez
* The Appreciative Inquiry Summit by James Ludema et al.
Where have our authors given talks?
- 2007 Appreciative Inquiry Conference (David J. Pollay)
- 4.18.07 – 4.20.07 Applied Positive Psychology Conference (Emma Judge, John Yeager)
- 2.22.07 – 2.28.07 Gratitude Cruise (Caroline Miller)
- Adolescent Meeting (Miriam Ufberg and Amanda Conley)
- 1.21.07 – 1.22.07 Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology Conference (Senia Maymin)
Where have our authors been published?
International Coaching Psychology Review – special issue: Positive Psychology (March, 2007)
- Sulynn and Kathryn Britton
- Jordan Silberman
- Dana Arakawa and Margaret Greenberg
Where have our Positive Psychology News Daily articles been reprinted?
On this links page, we will also be featuring our authors’ favorite links! Coming soon … including Author Websites, Positive Psychology sources of information, and Banners to link back to PPND.
Positive Psychology-related websites that our authors recommend:
http://www.goodworkproject.org/ (recommended by Miriam Ufberg)
Good News Network (recommended by Senia)
http://www.happinessclub.com/ (recommended by Senia)
Novgorod Psychological Portal (recommended by Senia)
Gratitude Club (recommended by Caroline)
No Regrets Zone (recommended by Caroline)
HAPPIER.com (recommended by Senia)
All Author Websites:
- Theano Coaching LLC
Kathryn Britton - Positive Psychology Reflections
Kathryn Britton’s blog - Clarity Partners Coaching & Consulting,
Eleanor Chin - Flourishing Schools:
Positive Psychology for Education,
Louis Alloro, Sherri Fisher, Dave Shearon, and John Yeager - The Greenberg Group,
Margaret Greenberg - Coach Caroline
Caroline Miller - The Center for Clinician Leadership
Peter Minich - The Momentum Project – How’s Your Momentum?
David J. Pollay - Student Flourishing
Sherri Fisher - Senia.com, Positive Psychology Coaching and Blog
Senia Maymin - Dave Shearon
Positive Psychology applied to lawyers and educations
More Information:
Tal Ben-Shahar speaks about his most popular class at Harvard undergrad on the Diana Rehm show (6-21-07): link.