Last month we encouraged you to try 5 Simple Exercises to Increase Happiness and Well-being from Martin Seligman’s book Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. Seligman is a practicing psychologist who has long studied the benefits of Positive Psychology. Flourish mentions several studies Seligman and others had undertaken to study the effects of positive thinking on longevity achieving amazing initial results. Since the book is now 15 years old, I decided to research the updated results of these studies to answer the question, does positive thinking result in a longer, healthier life? Updated Studies In Flourish, Martin…

Our recent post shared research covering 10 models on the meaning and pursuit of happiness. One of the models highlighted is from Martin Seligman’s book Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. Seligman introduces his PERMA model (Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Achievement) of well-being and shares many of his thoughts on Positive Psychology developed as a practicing psychologist. Seligman shares several evidence-based exercises in the book designed to increase long-term well-being and decrease depression. Here are five of his exercises proven to increase your happiness and well-being, and our thoughts and experience testing them. The "Three…