10/05/2015 12:00:00 PMClaire FialkovMental Health Tips from William James College Faculty: Positive Psychology: Cultivating Strengths by Claire Fialkov, PhD, Core Faculty in the Clinical Psychology Department.

Positive Psychology is the scientific study of what makes life worth living by exploring the positive emotions, thought, behavior patterns, and relationships that contribute to human flourishing. Positive psychology is not about being happy all of the time, but rather about valuing positive emotions, engagement with life and activities, positive relationships, meaningful life experiences and accomplishment in your life. These factors contribute to well-being. Positive psychology has taught us that when we intentionally cultivate character strengths, such as creativity, courage, spirituality or love to name a few, we feel greater well-being because using our strengths is one way to fuel well-being.

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