by Dr Deb | Jul 26, 2010 | inspiration, Personal Growth, positive psychology
As a Positive Psychologist and Coach I am very interested to see how this special will unfold. Tony Robbins is one of those guys for whom the answer, “Fine.” To the question “How are you?” is not good enough. He helps people achieve massive amounts of success. He is...
by Dr Deb | Jan 31, 2010 | Personal Growth, positive psychology
In their book The Resilience Factor, Karen Reivich, Ph.D. and Andrew Shatte, Ph.D. have a wonderful metaphor for examining the beliefs that go through your mind moment to moment. It is called the Ticker-Tape. Imagine the signs that display the Dow Jones Industrial...
by Dr Deb | Jan 19, 2010 | Personal Growth, positive psychology
I love this video that I have provided the link to, below. In many ways it is Positive Psychology applied to life! Positive Psychology is, on the personal level, about nurturing and building character strengths. When these strengths are well utilized, the ripple...
by Dr Deb | Dec 10, 2009 | Personal Growth, positive psychology, postive psychology interventions, well-being
The other day I offered the “Beautiful Day” exercise. One purpose of this positive psychology technique was, after writing out what a beautiful 24-hour period of time would look like, to see what aspects of your beautiful day you could implement into your life now....
by Dr Deb | Dec 8, 2009 | Personal Growth, positive psychology, postive psychology interventions
Here is a fun, simple, positive psychology intervention to help increase your well-being. I enjoy sharing this exercise with my Asheville psychotherapy clients and individuals who do phone coaching with me. “A Beautiful Day”* Instructions: write out what a beautiful,...
by Dr Deb | Dec 1, 2009 | Personal Growth, positive psychology, postive psychology interventions, well-being
The “3 Good Things” exercise, also known as the “3 Blessings” exercise, is a great Positive Psychology technique that has been well tested. It has been shown to increase well-being and decrease depression and anxiety. Martin Seligman,...
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