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Welcome to the Authentic Happiness Website! Here you can learn about Positive Psychology through readings, videos, research, surveys, opportunities and more. Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive.
The theory in Authentic Happiness is that happiness could be analyzed into three different elements that we choose for their own sakes: positive emotion, engagement, and meaning. And each of these elements is better defined and more measurable than happiness.
Jan 5, 2004 · A national bestseller, Authentic Happiness launched the revolutionary new science of Positive Psychology—and sparked a coast-to-coast debate on the nature of real happiness. According to esteemed psychologist and bestselling author Martin Seligman, happiness is not the result of good genes or luck.
Using practical exercises, brief tests, and a dynamic website program, Seligman shows readers how to identify their highest virtues and use them in ways they haven’t yet considered. Accessible and proven, Authentic Happiness is the most powerful work of popular psychology in years.
- Martin E. P. Seligman
Authentic Happiness. Where does our Authentic Happiness (Seligman, 2003) theory stand with respect to these three theoretical traditions? Our theory holds that there are three distinct kinds of happiness: the Pleasant Life (pleasures), the Good Life (engagement), and the Meaningful Life.
Jan 5, 2004 · In this national bestseller -- Martin Seligman's most stimulating, persuasive book to date -- the acclaimed author of Learned Optimismintroduces yet another revolutionary idea.
'A practical map for a flourishing life' (Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence) In this groundbreaking, heart-lifting and deeply useful book, Martin Seligman, internationally esteemed psychologist and the father of Positive Psychology, shows us that happiness can be learned and cultivated.
Aug 27, 2002 · The life-changing lesson of Authentic Happiness is that by identifying the very best in ourselves, we can improve the world around us and achieve new and sustainable levels of authentic...
May 1, 2004 · Authentic Happiness by the psychologist Martin Seligman chronicles the voyage of personal growth and discovery that led him to become an organizing force in what he terms the new “Positive Psychology” movement, which he describes as “a supplement to negative psychology, not a substitute” (p. 289). Seligman, whose previous scholarly ...
The life-changing lession of Authentic Happiness is that by identifying the very best in ourselves, we can improve the world around us and achieve new and sustainable levels of authentic contentment, gratification, and meaning.