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An interview with Dr. Martin Seligman on Positive Psychology.

Beyond Suvival: Guilding Adversity with Hope -- Anabel Jensen, Ph.D.

OPTIMISM, a toolbox for teaching through language -- Marsha Rideout.

Growing Up Toward Life -- Doug Atkinson.

EQ and Optimism, Competencies and Constructs -- Josh Freedman.
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Beyond Survival:
Guilding Adversity With Hope

If I could only teach my child one lesson, this would be it. I would teach him/her this is the skill he/she will need to overcome disappointment, hurt, and despair. I would model for him/her with my words and actions that adversity can be gilded with hope; I would demonstrate that adversity brings gifts of growth (i.e., self-esteem, courage, self-reliance, etc.) which will be his/her parachute/safety net for the future. [more]

Growing Up
Toward Life

On July 11th, 1983, I was born in Burlington, Vermont. 38 days later, my father died of Leukemia, three years after his diagnosis. I have one picture that has been on the wall for as long as I can remember of my father holding me over his head with a wide grin and an expression that gleamed with joy. Not a day goes by that I don't wish he were here with me, and I still dream of a life where he is there. I've often wondered why he had me if he knew he was going to die and leave me alone with my mom and older brother. [more]

Interview with Dr. Martin Seligman

The way most people start to build optimism is to find out the costs of being a pessimist. As a pessimist, it’s always wet weather in the soul, they don’t do as well at work, and they get colds that will last all winter. They find themselves failing in crucial situations and their relationships go sour very easily. So when people have those kinds of hurts, if they can find that there is something useful in positive psychology, that’s where people start. [more]

Optimistically Speaking

There are three key ways optimists talk to others and to themselves. In this issue's EQ Toolbox Marsha shows how this distinction can be used to teach Optimism. [more]

Do One Thing Different

A fabulous book about breaking patterns, making change, and taking charge of your life! [more]

EQ and Optimism

Optimism means believing that positive results are likely. What does it take to create those results? On a "cognitive level," Dr. Seligman has explained the thinking clearly. What about emotionally? What are the emotional shifts and processes required to create this state? And what exactly is optimism in relationship to EQ? While Daniel Goleman, Six Seconds, and many others have chosen to talk about optimism as a part of EQ, the EQ scientists say otherwise. [more]