Continuing our series on PERMA, Martin Seligman’s model for flourishing, we look at Relationships, the third of the five sources of well-being: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and purpose, and Accomplishment. We need relationships. We crave them. When they go wrong, we swear we do not need them and will be better off without them. Yet most people who divorce will marry...
As I mentioned yesterday, I would like to look at the latest model of human flourishing, PERMA, and what it means for how we can enjoy being married. According to Martin Seligman, wellbeing stems from five sources: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and purpose, and Accomplishment (PERMA). Yesterday, we looked at how to get more Positive emotion into our lives when our spouse...
Positive psychology researchers continue to study what we can do to lead more enjoyable lives. Martin Seligman tells us we flourish by adding Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and purpose, and Accomplishment (PERMA) to our lives. I would like to look at these to learn how we can enjoy being married over the next few days. Positive emotion comes from remembering our past...
We’re sporting another award today, this one a 2011 Hot Marriage Blog Award from The Generous Husband, a marriage blog with lots of good stuff for husbands. As you might guess, the author is married to the author of The Generous Wife. Together, Paul and Lori also write The Marriage Bed, with sex and intimacy tips for married Christians. Paul writes: Why Am I Just Finding this Great Blog...
I love that jingle: “What would you do for a Klondike bar?” As kids, we did all sorts of crazy things for the smallest of prizes. Better yet, we challenged each other to do things for a prize. Play is how children build the skills they need to survive life’s scarier moments. Play feels like fun to make sure they will engage in it. As a couple, we need to play together, too. It...
