Mattieu Ricard discusses Happiness. What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.
After training in biochemistry at the Institute Pasteur, Matthieu Ricard left science behind to move to the [...]
Mihaly Chsikszentmihaly discusses Flow.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. A leading researcher in positive psychology, he has devoted his life to studying what makes people truly happy: “When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.” He [...]
An interesting discussion from Dr. Martin Seligman. Fran suggested I check it out.
Martin Seligman founded the field of positive psychology in 2000, and has devoted his career since then to furthering the study of positive emotion, positive character traits, and positive institutions. It’s a fascinating field of study that had few empirical, scientific measures — [...]