What is Positive Psychology?

This video was recently featured at the Western Positive Psychology Association Annual Conference and in the lobby of the Positive Psychology department at Penn State!

0:00 What is Positive Psychology
1:20 Well-being does not equal happiness
1:41 Flow
2:19 Mindfulness
2:41 Learned Optimism
3:30 Good Work
4:09 Practical Applications of Positive Psychology

Written and Produced by: Nick Standlea, former Research Associate at the Quality of Life Research Center under Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow.
Animation Technique Development Team: Nick Standlea, Jessie Franzetti, Jesse Standlea
Animation: Tyreece Smith
Voice: David Compton

Special Thanks to:
The Quality of Life Research Center

[fatimamedeiros]

The Positive Psychology is a great improvement in sciences nowadays, it's based on forgiveness, love and gratitude.

[Tianainflow]

So educational. I look forward to studying more about the field of positive psychology.

[deteacherb]

Incredible way of changing the way we see situations and life. Excited about exploring this further as a future educator! 

[ceschmid]

For what it's worth, I liked this little video very much.  It was very well done, concise and educational.  Well done and kudos to him/her/those that put it together.

[Wambutto]

"Anyone who says otherwise is selling something."

[LekkereDirk]

Excellent video. Thanks a lot for creating and sharing

[JamieJeffreys]

Excellent Summary! Well done! It perfectly represents my views and what I am trying to achieve in my new business! Thanks for the video!

[PrepgurusOrange]

The following are outstanding...
"Finding Flow"
"Flourish"
"The Evolving Self"

[EARTHOVISION]

Great video. Nice and clear. The more we all do our parts the better future for Humans and the planet :)

[gnistvideo]

Great video - much needed. I would really like to make a version available in Danish. Would this be ok with you - of course with due credit.

[JohnVasSan]

Hi, what can i do for you? Where is this going to take place?

[Mr.K.Wright]

Thank you for such a potentially transformational concept that I will immediately be applying as an educator! I have been engaged in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for almost 20 years; I am a study and practitioner of Zen principles; I am my middle school's PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention System) coordinator. Positive psychology contains the best elements of therapy, Zen, and PBIS! I am so excited to apply these principles toward my students' life-long success!!! Thank you again.

[TheWhisperingMinds]

wow..an amazing video to journey of positive psychology

[NPUEIERC]

It is good to know how positive psychology to work with people.

[thecareersguy]

excellent piece of work which I have shared. Thank you

[eszkovacs]

It is brilliant to have such a perfect short summary about decades of research. Sorry that the quality of voice makes the whole information somehow questionable. Positive Psychology is about the willingness to discover our strengths, willingness to take our life into our hands and open up our eyes to see the reality. I am working with the elements os PP since 10 years with business clients, and it works.

[ExitoAlfa]

Excelente and the graphics are amazing

[okokos]

I believe that under Csikszentmihalyi´s flow model the relaxation and boredom bits are in switched places. Anyways; thank for this nice vid!

[jodiecornell]

Great video :) so useful for me. Thanks

[elisegirard]

Excellent video !  Cela se rapproche beaucoup de l'approche du boudhiste sur la vie.  Pourquoi ce qui apparait simple est si difficile pour certain.  Est-ce manque de motivation de changer un conditionnement qui n'a plus sa place ?