Barbara L. Fredrickson

World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson gives you the lab-tested tools necessary to create a healthier, more vibrant, and flourishing life through a process she calls "the upward spiral." You'll discover: -What positivity is, and why it needs to be heartfelt to be effective- The ten sometimes surprising forms of positivity- Why positivity is more important than happiness- How positivity can enhance relationships, work, and health, and how it relieves depression, broadens minds, and builds lives- The top-notch research that backs the 3-to-1 "positivity ratio" as a key tipping point- That your own sources of positivity are unique and how to tap into them- How to calculate your current positivity ratio, track it, and improve it With "Positivity," you'll learn to see new possibilities, bounce back from setbacks, connect with others, and become the best version of yourself. "From the Hardcover edition."

We all know love matters, but in this groundbreaking book positive emotions expert Barbara Fredrickson shows us how much. Even more than happiness and optimism, love holds the key to improving our mental and physical health as well as lengthening our lives. Using research from her own lab, Fredrickson redefines love not as a stable behemoth, but as micro-moments of connection between people—even strangers. She demonstrates that our capacity for experiencing love can be measured and strengthened in ways that improve our health and longevity. Finally, she introduces us to informal and formal practices to unlock love in our lives, generate compassion, and even self-soothe. Rare in its scope and ambitious in its message, Love 2.0 will reinvent how you look at and experience our most powerful emotion.

The Dalai Lama declared that “the purpose of our lives is to be happy.” Indeed, prioritizing positivity can boost your health and well-being in powerful ways. And when positivity resonates between you and others, it strengthens your relationships and communities, making them kinder and more compassionate, more supportive of everyone’s health and well-being.In this remarkable 15-lecture audio course, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson - celebrated professor, best-selling author, TED Talk Celebrity, and leading positive psychology expert - shows you how to enhance your awareness of fleeting states of emotional uplift to help balance your brain’s built-in bias toward the negative. You’ll learn how even subtle positive emotions - like enjoyment, gratitude, serenity, and awe - can expand your awareness and ignite upward spirals of growth within you.Dr. Frederickson, recipient of the Tang Prize for Achievements in Psychology, is the author of Positivity and more than 130 peer-reviewed articles in the field of positive psychology. Through her exceptional lectures, you will learn to challenge the reflexive habit of seeing emotions as “belonging” to individuals (e.g., your joy, her anger). You’ll find that emotions, especially positive emotions, can often more accurately be described as “belonging” to the collective, and see how this resonance of positivity might well be the most elemental building block of love.

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Suntem familiarizati cu negativismul. Il vedem peste tot si il simtim mai des decat ne-am dori. Ne intuneca judecata si ne face posaci si critici fata de noi insine si de altii. Ne afecteaza discutiile cu partenerul de viata, copiii sau colegii de munca. Hraneste toate emotiile negative care conduc la nefericire, depresie, tulburari de somn, furie, amaraciune si chiar afectiuni somatice.Dar ce putem spune despre optimism? Ce stim, cu adevarat, despre el? Cum ne poate transforma viata? Timp de mai bine de 20 de ani, Barbara L. Fredrickson a incercat sa raspunda acestor intrebari prin teste si experimente de laborator menite sa-i ajute pe oameni sa inteleaga optimismul si sa se foloseasca de aceasta sursa de putere. Reteta ei pentru o viata mai buna contine tehnici usor de aplicat ce limiteaza impactul negativismului asupra vietii noastre de zi cu zi, dar si instrumente practice pentru evaluarea si cultivarea emotiilor pozitive. Bazata pe cele mai recente informatii din domeniu, cartea reprezinta un adevarat ghid pentru depasirea obstacolelor, crearea de relatii mai bune cu cei din jur si o viata fericita.O reteta fundamentata stiintific pentru bucurie, sanatate si creativitate. Citeste zilnic unul–doua capitole sau oricat iti trebuie pentru a-ti risipi proasta dispozitie. Thich Nhat Hanh Cartea e plina de observatii profunde legate de comportamentul omenesc, dar si de sugestii utile despre cum le putem aplica in viata de fiecare zi. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson is widely credited with providing some of the strongest empirical evidence that positive emotions—as subtle and fleeting as they are—drive human resilience, build enduring personal resources, and create the passion-fueled habits that define healthy lifestyles. Her work also demonstrates why certain moments of positive emotional uplift matter more than others, illuminating the very foundations of meaning, transcendence, and love. Positive Emotions presents Fredrickson's groundbreaking research, tracing the arc of her career across five successive scientific breakthroughs.Each of the book's five sections opens with Fredrickson's stories, both personal and scientific, that paved the way to each successive breakthrough. Her stories feature her mentors, her community of scientific peers, her students, her serendipitous discoveries, as well as her motivations for sharing her discoveries outside of academia for lifelong learners seeking evidence-based paths to happiness. Reflecting on a career that has thus far spanned four decades, Fredrickson also shares lessons learned along the way regarding scientific methods and career development and candidly conveys for early-career scholars what she'd do differently if she were starting out today. Each section culminates by reprinting excerpts from three key articles that Fredrickson curated to best illustrate the scope of her and her teams' contributions. Taken together, these fifteen key scientific contributions solidify positive emotions as the tiny engines that drive human flourishing.