Flourish : a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being
(2011)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
150.1988/SELIGMAN,M

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Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 150.1988/SELIGMAN,M Due: 2/18/2026

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Free Press, [2011]
©2011
EDITION
First Free Press hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION

xii, 349 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781439190753 (hc.) :, 1439190755 (hc.) :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

A new positive psychology. What is well-being? ; Creating your happiness : positive psychology exercises that work ; The dirty little secret of drugs and therapy ; Teaching well-being : the magic of MAPP ; Positive education : teaching well-being to young people -- The ways to flourish. GRIT, character, and achievement : a new theory of intelligence ; Army strong : comprehensive soldier fitness ; Turning trauma into growth ; Positive physical health : the biology of optimism ; The politics and economics of well-being -- Appendix. Signature strengths test

Explains the four pillars of well-being--meaning and purpose, positive emotions, relationships, and accomplishment--placing emphasis on meaning and purpose as the most important for achieving a life of fulfillment