Kathryn H Britton

Habits & Health episode 18 with Kathryn H Britton, co-author of the book "Character Strengths Matter" and we discuss the importance of positive psychology and effective ways of making it work for you.

Topics discussed include:

• The work of Martin Seligman and Christopher Peterson in positive psychology and Character Strengths
• The structure of the Character Strengths Matter book
• Resilience
• What are character strengths?
• How to find out your signature strengths
• The Golden Mean
• The WOOP framework
• Chief Sitting Bull
• Looking at multiple sides of the same question
• Kathryn's writing workshops
• The creative part of writing
• Encouraging people to write about experiences during this pandemic
• Habits, planning and thinking
• Pythagoras and his wife Theano
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Links:

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