Comments on: The deep challenge to positive psychology: war http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/the-deep-challenge-to-positive-psychology-war/ positive about social media in business Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jo Jordan http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/the-deep-challenge-to-positive-psychology-war/#comment-1774 Jo Jordan Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:25:45 +0000 http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-1774 Have you been in a war situation, Joan? Have you been in a war situation, Joan?

]]> By: Joan http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/the-deep-challenge-to-positive-psychology-war/#comment-1772 Joan Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:01:24 +0000 http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-1772 Positive psychology isn't just about always being happy or all sugar plums. It is first of all a willingness to study the positive side of human behavior. Psychology traditionally only studied problems. War is definitely not the POSITIVE side of human nature. Yet, side by side with war (term from Barbara Fredrickson Ph.D.) are those who take risks and reach out to save others, those who build coalitions they'd never have considered before, those who share and take care of each other. From every crisis we hear -- if we look for them -- stories of heroism, positive humanity and can be inspired. That is what positive psychology is about. Positive psychology isn’t just about always being happy or all sugar plums. It is first of all a willingness to study the positive side of human behavior. Psychology traditionally only studied problems.

War is definitely not the POSITIVE side of human nature. Yet, side by side with war (term from Barbara Fredrickson Ph.D.) are those who take risks and reach out to save others, those who build coalitions they’d never have considered before, those who share and take care of each other. From every crisis we hear — if we look for them — stories of heroism, positive humanity and can be inspired. That is what positive psychology is about.

]]> By: May 2008 wrap-up: mess or dazzling facets of a diamond? « flowing motion http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/the-deep-challenge-to-positive-psychology-war/#comment-378 May 2008 wrap-up: mess or dazzling facets of a diamond? « flowing motion Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:25:15 +0000 http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-378 [...] The big even In Harare this May was waiting for the Presidential results to be announced. While Zimbabweans were waiting-and-waiting, and while the most horrible violence escalated, artists went ahead and held their annual Harare International Festival of Arts, with a catchy title, the Art of Determination. Pithy puns, in the midst of despair, and art that is timeless. [...] [...] The big even In Harare this May was waiting for the Presidential results to be announced. While Zimbabweans were waiting-and-waiting, and while the most horrible violence escalated, artists went ahead and held their annual Harare International Festival of Arts, with a catchy title, the Art of Determination. Pithy puns, in the midst of despair, and art that is timeless. [...]

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