There are many different routes to a flourishing life. A good life for one person is not necessarily a good life for another. There are five building blocks that enable flourishing – Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (hence PERMA™) – and there are techniques to increase each.ĭifferent people will derive well-being from each of these five building blocks to varying degrees. Seligman’s PERMA™ theory of well-being is an attempt to answer these fundamental questions. What is human flourishing and what enables it? Dr. Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the factors that enable individuals and communities to flourish. Seligman was president of the American Psychological Association in 1998, one of his presidential initiatives was the building of a field called Positive Psychology. They want to grow their capacities for love and compassion, creativity and curiosity, work and resilience, and integrity and wisdom. People want to cultivate the best version of themselves and live a meaningful life. Human strengths, excellence, and flourishing are just as authentic as human distress. Suffering and well-being are both part of the human condition and psychology should care about each. We do not use the word “happiness” because it means different things to different people.) (The words “flourishing” and “well-being” are used interchangeably. Removing the disabling conditions is not the same as building the enabling conditions that make life most worth living. The skills that build flourishing are different from the skills that alleviate suffering. Relieving suffering, however, is not the same as flourishing. Since World War II, great strides have been made in the understanding and treatment of mental health disorders. Traditionally, a major focus of psychology has been to relieve human suffering. Penn Resilience Program and PERMA Workshops.
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