Positive Psychology
The science of what helps people do well: strengths, flow, gratitude and wellbeing. Summaries of Flow, The Happiness Hypothesis and more explain the research and how to use it.
Positive Psychology Library

Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change

Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change

Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being

Big Goals: The Science of Setting Them, Achieving Them, and Creating Your Best Life

Exceptional: Build Your Personal Highlight Reel and Unlock Your Potential

Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress into Strength

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Happy Ever After: A Radical New Approach to Living Well

Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

Happiness: Lessons from a New Science

How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact

Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down

If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t you Happy?

Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life

Me, Myself and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being

Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business

Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life

Positively Energizing Leadership: Virtuous Actions and Relationships That Create High Performance

Rise from Darkness: How to Overcome Depression through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Positive Psychology

Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully

The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World

The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want

The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being

The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom and Philosophy to the Test of Modern Science

The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life

The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does

The Shift: 7 Powerful Mindset Changes for Lasting Weight Loss

The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills

The Power Of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness

The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole Self – Not Just Your “Good” Self – Drives Success and Fulfillment

The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search For Meaning

The Strength Switch: How The New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish

U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life)

Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization

Toward a Psychology of Being