Happiness Card Deck Supplements

Positive Psychology has six elements: positivity, engagement, relationships, meaning, achievement, and vitality. The research indicates that having a positive affect, being engaged in our work and play, developing strong relationships, cultivating a life of meaning and purpose, meeting goals, and having good health contributes to our wellbeing and satisfaction with life.

Dr. Martin Seligman, one of the modern-day founders of positive psychology defines positive psychology as “the scientific study of optimal human functioning. It aims to discover and promote the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive.”

Unlike modern medicine and traditional psychotherapy, positive psychology is about building what’s right with you, not just fixing what’s wrong. 

Positivity is one of the elements of positive psychology, of thriving. And yes, positivity improves our wellbeing. But, positive psychology is NOT “happiology”. 

Happiness is simply one of the emotions expressed when a person experiences a positive affect. Likewise, positive psychology is not about pretending life is a bed of roses, rather, it’s about helping people build positive emotions while teaching them to work with their negative emotions. 

One of the key components of positive psychology is giving yourself the “permission to be human”, to experience the full range of human experiences and emotions while not repelling any of them. Negative emotions like anger, anxiety, sadness, guilt aren’t bad; they’re simply emotions. However, we become unhealthy when we stay stuck in our negative emotions (or avoid them). 

The good news? Positive psychology offers us tools and strategies to: (1) cope with life’s negative events, (2) enhance positive experiences, and (3) build the flexibility required to move through all of our human emotions. I’ve captured some of these strategies to create the card deck you purchased. But this card deck is just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, there are so many strategies that I’ve already begun creating an extension pack as well as a workbook because some strategies just can’t be distilled down to 8 lines on a card.:) 

The benefits of having a positive affect listed here will not surprise you but I hope reading these benefits emphasizes the impact that a positive affect can have on your success as well as the success of your organization.

* Stronger immunity

* Improved longevity.

* Increased community involvement.

* High quality romantic relationships.

* More friends and a stronger social support system.

* Enhanced ability to cope with stress and challenges.

* Decreased reports of pain, missed work, and suicide.

* Elevated creativity, curiosity, flexibility and originality.

* Receive more emotional and tangible assistance from coworkers and supervisors.

* Increased energy and involvement in social, recreational, occupational, and physical activities.

* Better income is significantly correlated to happiness and life satisfaction – even more so than education.

* More likely to secure job interviews, be evaluated more positively by supervisors, be more productive, show superior performance on the job and experience less burnout.

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Positive psychology aids us in moving north of neutral – being happIER, having more meaning in our life and being fulfilled.

No that isn’t a typo. The IER in happIER is intentional. You see, our happiness lies on a continuum. One end is depressive emotions while the other end of the continuum is joyful thriving.

I personally have the tendency to go towards the lower end of the continuum. And it’s sometimes difficult to think about pulling myself all the way up to happy.

But I learned tools, tips and strategies to increase my level of happiness – to be happIER in the present moment, even if it’s only a micro-movement forward.

And I say, any movement forward is to be celebrated.