Loved the strength assessments piece... very informative and definitely a nice change of pace from negative mental illness focus of modern psychology. Lots of good take away in the book.

Review: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

I am reading a selection of books from the field of positive psychology. I selected this one based on my understanding that Martin Seligman is one of the founding fathers of the field. The first half ... Read full review

Review: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

I listened to the unabridged audio version of this book, which worked out well, as it's probably not something you need to focus 100% of your attention on. I really enjoyed the first few chapters ...

Review: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

What is the meaning of life? Seligman, the founder of positive psychology, lays out some of the best answers we have for this question using scientific research into the human condition. If you want ...

Review: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

According to this book, people have a set range of happiness which basically cannot be changed. The rest of happiness is a combination of circumstances (some of which cannot be changed) and things ... Read full review

Review: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

I loved this book. This book helped me to perfect the ability to "replace negative and all encompassing" thoughts with more neutral and more local thoughts. For example, one could say, "Everyone hates ... Read full review

Review: Authentic Happiness

My father gave me Dale Carnegie's How to Stop Worrying and Start Living to read as an anxious adolescent. Later I read Norman Vincent Peale. This book mentions how Norman Vincent Peale's positive ... Read full review

Review: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

One of the leaders of Positive Psychology on how what makes us happy, strangely, is our problems, but using our strengths to deal those problems. If a people-person feels trapped as a lawyer, then ... Read full review

Review: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

In his book Authentic Happiness, Martin Seligman argues for the importance of a positive outlook on life and valuing personal strengths versus personal weaknesses. The book is divided into three parts ... Read full review

Review: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

Is this authentic happiness? JDN 2456177 EDT 13:59. When I started Authentic Happiness, I had the highest hopes—that this might finally be the way out of my depression. When I finished reading it, I ... Read full review