Flourish
by Martin Elias Pete Seligman · first published 2011
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…http://www.amazon.com/Optimistic-Child-Depression-BuildLifel... (this book is good for adults too, even if they are not parents) for more information about how "optimism" differs from "self-esteem." Seligman's more recent book Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being http://www.amazon.com/Flourish-Visionary-Understanding-Happi... is also helpful.
on “Ask HN: Why is our generation so depressed?” ↗Influenced by book Flourish by Martin Seligman
on “Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win” ↗Read prof. Martin Seligman's Flourish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman
on “Training Your Brain to Be (and Stay) Happy” ↗…woes, arrange for them to speak with whoever it is that is the cause of their woes in a safe space, rather than aggravating or papering over the lack of ethical calmunity care. Lastly, read Seligman's Flourish with them, and other works of positive, social, and cognitive bias psychology. The attempt to use diagnostic langauge in a root-cause-agnostic is fraudulent; please stop doing it. It causes far more damage…
on “‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’” ↗…woes, arrange for them to speak with whoever it is that is the cause of their woes in a safe space, rather than aggravating or papering over the lack of ethical calmunity care. Lastly, read Seligman's Flourish with them, and other works of positive, social, and cognitive bias psychology. The attempt to use diagnostic langauge in a root-cause-agnostic is fraudulent; please stop doing it. It causes far more damage…
on “‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’” ↗