The definition for happiness is the mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from gratification to intense joy. Though this is a reasonable explanation‚ happiness can mean many different things to other people‚ for it is a concept that can vary significantly according to context or conditions. It is because of this variety of interpretation that psychologists emerged and tried to determine these distinctive concepts of happiness‚ in order to help
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Positive Psychology and Sex Name: Institution: Course: Date: Tutor: Positive Psychology and Sex 1.0 Role of emotions in sex and orgasm Brain scanning studies show that sex is a major turn off for women. The brain scans show that many parts of the female brain actually switch off. This shows that women lack emotional feelings during orgasms (Prause‚ 2009). A research was carried out on thirteen healthy partners. The research compared three states of rest; faked orgasm‚ stimulated clitoris
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that “happiness is when what you think‚ what you say‚ and what you do are in harmony”. Therefore‚ happiness can’t be forced. Happiness will be with us if we just let things go and keep cool. Martin Seligman‚ one of the leading researchers in positive psychology and author of Authentic Happiness‚ describes happiness as having three parts: pleasure‚ engagement‚ and meaning. Pleasure is the “feel good” part of happiness. Engagement refers to living a “good life” of work‚ family‚ friends‚ and hobbies.
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have better social relationships and more pleasant everyday lives. For example‚ very happy people have highly satisfying relationships with friends‚ romantic partners‚ and family members and that‚ compared to their less happy peers‚ they report more positive events and emotions in their daily lives relative to negative ones. Happy people are more extraverted‚ more agreeable‚ and less neurotic. Some studies have shown that subjective happiness is one of the key factors in subjective well-being and overall
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it means‚ believe in yourself you can accomplish everything. Almost everyone desires to be successful‚ everyone hopes to live a happy life‚ but how can we do that. I feel “believe in yourself” is the most important. “Believe in yourself” means a positive attitude. When you wake up in the morning‚ open your eyes‚ draw the curtain‚ enjoy the The great writer Emerson once said‚ “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” in first sunlight of the day. And tell yourself “Have a happy day”
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RESILIENCE Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity. (Yitzhak Berman)Children can move beyond trauma in their lives if they are resilient. Children facing trauma within their families and communities can be overwhelmed. Outside help though essential in times of trauma is not sufficient alone. Resilience is an attribute that involves optimism‚ learning from past expereinces‚ and the ability to approach adversity with some problem solving skills. Resiliency
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Introduction This essay is about resilience‚ the concepts of being at risk‚ and the 5 Cs of competence. In this writing we are going to discuss how one can use the mentioned concepts to evaluate one’s self and overcome challenges that life throws their way‚ using the song ROAR by Katy Perry as an example. We are going to explore and analyze the song to try draw a clear picture about of the concepts‚ and find out why Katy wrote such a song. About the song As mentioned above the titled “ROAR”
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Gratitude Gratitude in simple term can be explained as ‘The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness’. It should be distinguished from thanks‚ which is too often a matter of words‚ and not accompanied by a feeling of thankfulness or by those actions which indicate a grateful mind. The grateful man feels joy at the kindness of his benefactor and cultivates a respect that is akin to love. Being thankful means to me is to see everything as a gift
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Resilience Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. Many sports teams and athletes have showed resilience while playing whichever sport they play‚ but recently‚ Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played against each other in the U.S Open Finals. Towards the beginning of the match‚ Rafael Nadal won the first set 6 to 2. During the second set‚ Djokovic showed resilience by winning the set 6 to 3. He worked hard during the third set but failed to win‚ and
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QUOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Where there is smoke there is fire. Where there is gratitude‚ there is freedom‚ presence‚ inner health.Only free people feel gratitude for everything. Gratitude is the index of my inner freedom." "I rememer YOU with deep gratitude. I am even more grateful for what you left in my heart as you took leave of me." "When we meet in the sacred space‚ if I am privileged to light the lamp of gratitude in your heart‚ my own flame will dance for joy seeing you come more alive
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