I love how you point out, right at the start, that positive emotions help us be more resilient so we can be stronger going forward. Yes! The Upward Spiral and awe are things I have written about several times and as you do, I look to positive psychology every single day. So glad I found you Shawn.
And... when I did my VIA strengths test, I made my whole family do it, too! I really thought my number one would be ZEST! I wanted zest so badly. It tuned out mine were: 1. love (ugh! was so ticked off and disappointed about that! How boring, I thought... 2. Perspective and 3. Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence.
Finding this out, and doing my CAPP, started me on a journey to my fully embrace who I was and bring these strengths to the world. Everything starting making more sense to me, even who I was.... I even have a podcast that is all about highlighting people, programs and orgs who spread and foster love (in all its forms) in the world, because what we focus on grows, so let's grow the positive. It's called :Love Sweet Love" (yes, as in the song...).
Ha. Ha. Ha. I know that feeling of wanting to get an A on something else! Funny enough, Zest is a strength for me and lately -- upon turning 50 -- I've been feeling my zest wane and one of my goals for 2025 is to get that back! Gotta love the changing, aging body.
Could not agree more!
I love how you point out, right at the start, that positive emotions help us be more resilient so we can be stronger going forward. Yes! The Upward Spiral and awe are things I have written about several times and as you do, I look to positive psychology every single day. So glad I found you Shawn.
And... when I did my VIA strengths test, I made my whole family do it, too! I really thought my number one would be ZEST! I wanted zest so badly. It tuned out mine were: 1. love (ugh! was so ticked off and disappointed about that! How boring, I thought... 2. Perspective and 3. Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence.
Finding this out, and doing my CAPP, started me on a journey to my fully embrace who I was and bring these strengths to the world. Everything starting making more sense to me, even who I was.... I even have a podcast that is all about highlighting people, programs and orgs who spread and foster love (in all its forms) in the world, because what we focus on grows, so let's grow the positive. It's called :Love Sweet Love" (yes, as in the song...).
Looking forward to reading more of your posts!
Ha. Ha. Ha. I know that feeling of wanting to get an A on something else! Funny enough, Zest is a strength for me and lately -- upon turning 50 -- I've been feeling my zest wane and one of my goals for 2025 is to get that back! Gotta love the changing, aging body.