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12 Top Positive Psychology Courses You Can Take Online

Learn about the science of happiness from top scholars by taking one of these online courses.

Stop ruminating and find solutions instead

Move Beyond the Problem

To increase well-being, happiness experts Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan explain how to stop ruminating on the negative and find solutions instead.

Positive Psychology

5 Ways to Flourish

Incorporate these five pillars of happiness into your life to truly flourish.

Learning to flourish can help you go beyond happy

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Go Beyond Happiness

When we are truly flourishing, we go beyond happiness to live life to the fullest.

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Should We Aim To Be Perfectly Happy?

Researchers have found that both positive and negative emotions have their place when it comes to flourishing.

Education

How the Liberal Arts Lost Its Happiness Groove

In the 20th century the Liberal Arts became bogged down by nihilism and negativity, but it was not always this way; now a new “positive humanities” emerges.

Positive Psychology

Don’t Forget to Smile [Video]

Smiles are universally human; they are built right into our DNA. Check out this charming video from happiness expert Tal Ben-Shahar and our partners at Happier.TV.

Positive Psychology

The End of Bullying?

Bullying is a systemic problem in American schools. Positive psychologists, along with some incredibly inspiring teens, are shining a new light on the problem and promising new solutions.

Positive Psychology

With so much time and research devoted to what it takes to be happy, it would seem that pursuing happiness should be easier than ever. Yet not everyone is finding the happiness they desperately want. The good news is, the solution may all be a matter of planning …

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Find the Sacred in Everyday Life

In our fast-paced and commodified world, our overwhelming busyness and attachment to technology only serves to alienate us further. Could finding a space for the sacred be the antidote many of our modern maladies? Read on …