Flourish : a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being

Summary: Explains the four pillars of well-being--meaning and purpose, positive emotions, relationships, and accomplishment--placing emphasis on meaning and purpose as the most important for achieving a life of fulfillment.

Record details

ISBN: 9781439190760 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781439190753
ISBN: 1439190755
Physical Description: print
xii, 349 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-320) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A new positive psychology. What is well-being? -- Creating your happiness : positive psychology exercises that work -- The dirty little secret of drugs and therapy -- Teaching well-being : the magic of MAPP -- Positive education : teaching well-being to young people. The ways to flourish. GRIT, character, and achievement : a new theory of intelligence -- Army strong : comprehensive soldier fitness -- Turning trauma into growth -- Positive physical health : the biology of optimism -- The politics and economics of well-being. Appendix. Signature strengths test.