Happiness + Connection – Optimistic Psychology Information

Abimbola Tschetter (MAPP ’22) is a enterprise author, editor, and marketing consultant based mostly close to Seattle. She is an assistant teacher for the Penn MAPP program and co-editor of the MAPP alumni publication. A former admission counselor, Abi is growing OurStory, a program that leverages the faculty admission essay to form optimistic private narratives in adolescents.

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Whereas reflecting on takeaways from over 30 years of analysis on the how and why of happiness, Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor of Psychology on the College of California Riverside, shared what she believes to be the important thing element of happiness: social connection. In her phrases,

“Maybe most important to bettering and sustaining happiness is the flexibility to attach with different individuals and create significant connecting moments.” 

Try the latest version of MAPP Journal, the alumni publication of the College of Pennsylvania Grasp of Utilized Optimistic Psychology program, for extra on happiness + connection. The September difficulty consists of our full interview with Dr. Lyubomirsky, plus articles on social prescription, the function of wrestle in thriving friendships, and a memorial tribute to Katie Wittekind, a MAPP alumna who beloved others, beloved to bop, and labored for the happiness of others. 

The mission of MAPP Journal is first to maintain College of Pennsylvania Grasp of Utilized Optimistic Psychology Program (MAPP) alumni related, and second to share the big selection of our functions of optimistic psychology with a broader viewers to encourage collaboration and progress within the subject.

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Katie Wittekind

In memoriam | Katie Wittekind (MAPP ’18)

This summer season, members of the MAPP neighborhood gathered to honor Katie Wittekind (MAPP’18), who died in a biking accident earlier this yr.

The rising tribute to Katie is the inspiration for this September difficulty on happiness + connection.

Learn reflections and remembrances from her household, colleagues, classmates, and Katie herself a few life nicely lived.

Taking part in collectively

Social prescribing can lead individuals to experiences that buffer loneliness and nurture well-being by the humanities, humanities, and neighborhood. In response to Paula Toledo (MAPP ’22),

“Social connection is a well being determinant, and wealthy and satisfying relationships are vital pillars of a happier and extra significant life.”

On this article, Paula  shares her private experiences and explores the skilled alternatives with social prescribing, an rising healthcare observe the place practitioners refer sufferers to non-clinical and social actions, together with music, motion, neighborhood and the humanities, to fight loneliness and promote well-being.

Climbers collectively

In response to Chris Baccash (MAPP ’22),

“the proper friendship, pursued for and from advantage is each helpful—in that it creates eudaimonia (well-being) which sweetens life—and compounds our social & experiential assets.”

Chris is aware of this from private expertise and thru his analysis on associates who face challenges collectively. This text explores his assemble of advantage resonance and the way he confronted very difficult conditions empowered by friendships. 

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky has been finding out how and why individuals can change into happier for over 30 years. Her analysis consists of cognitive, motivational, and behavioral processes in subjective happiness. On this interview, she displays on a number of the origins of the analysis of happiness, her present work, and the way we as academics, leaders, and oldsters can affect happiness in ourselves and others.

References

Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). The How of Happiness: A Scientific Strategy to Getting the Life You Need. New York: Penguin Books.

Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The Myths of Happiness: What Ought to Make You Completely satisfied, however Doesn’t, What Shouldn’t Make You Completely satisfied, however Does. Penguin Books.