2423- Positive Psychology: Don’t Worry Be Happy

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2423- Positive Psychology: Don’t Worry Be Happy

Joining host Dennis McCuistion are Deborah K. Heisz, CEO/ Co-Founder of Live Happy, Executive Board member IPEN, International Positive Education Network, Michelle Kinder Executive Director Momentous Institute, and Megan McDonough, CEO Whole Being institute.

This is the second part of a two part series on Positive Psychology, and on this program, you’ll see how to apply the concepts to create true happiness and meaning in your life. You’ll also see how a school is using these concepts to increase the performance of kids.

Positive psychology is a subject we discussed on a prior program, but chances are you may not be totally familiar with the concept. I know that you’re familiar with happiness…. whether you happen to be happy or not. So, on this program we’re going to not only tell you about positive psychology; we’re going to show you how to achieve it and how others are using it to make significant differences in people’s lives.

How to live a well lived life is not taught in schools. We discuss what needs to happen, the actions which need to be taken so that a well lived life happens.

Happiness is more than a feeling or emotion. It’s about how do we have more satisfaction in our lives, how do we engage our strengths. It’s also about meaning- finding meaning in little things, sharing and having meaning and purpose in everyday life.

Research shows social- emotional wellbeing works. There is a direct link between empathy and academic performance. The capacity to understand and manage your emotions, your reactions and relationships are part of this model.

The Loyola study pointed out that if social/ emotional health and academics are happening together students show performance is 11 points higher on academic challenges. 90 % of high performers are also high in emotional intelligence.

And the SPIRE model of wellbeing allows us to look at life from a whole- being perspective:

Spiritual- it’s about meaning in life.

Physical- exercise and other wellbeing practices.

Intellectual- curiosity and being engaged.

Relational- relationships are a backbone of happiness and a #1 predictor of wellbeing.

To be loved by someone and be able to love them in return is important to wellbeing.

Emotional- we can increase our levels of positive emotions and build on our resiliency.

Life becomes a fuller measure of elevating ourselves to whom we can become, not just getting by.

This episode of McCuistion TV available on the C-Suite Network.