We can build a state of wellbeing with positive psychology | Gabrielle Kelly | TEDxAdelaide

‘Know thyself’ is the goal of the wise. But knowing ourselves can be tough.

In the age of the plastic brain, our private mental architecture can be more ready to respond to the knowledge of positive psychology. Through this knowledge we can exercise new psychological skills for our own benefit.

This is why the science of 'mental wellness' applied at regional or city scale can scaffold the evolution of human understanding and capacity.

Gabrielle Kelly is a deep-diving generalist: thinker, leader and change agent. As filmmaker, global digital media executive and strategist, she has relentlessly driven social change in the service of democracy, innovation and the positive evolution of society.

Gabrielle is the Director of the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre at SAHMRI, the South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute.

[SANKABISKEGAN]

I think my version of positive psychology is much better. It is this: all your positive or good or beneficial actions will produce a positive psychological effect. And it is innate for everyone.

[abramgruswitz]

How do practitioners avoid centering "positive emotions" around optimism and "positive thinking" at the expense of authenticity and healthy emotional processing? How do practitioners center eudaimonic well-being over hedonic well-being alone or avoid hedonia at the expense of community well-being?

[xokochamciexo]

if you could fix the audio it would be possible to watch 😩😭

[stacywashington]

The halting spy actually bare because elephant preferably puncture from a hesitant thread. classy, needless birth

[cringeproof]

This was a good overview but really no interesting new info