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Positivity

Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive

by Barbara Fredrickson
Kimberly Farr
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We all know negativity; it looms large and is easy to spot. Negativity pervades your self-talk and your judgments. It bleeds into exchanges with your kids and your colleagues, eroding goodwill. Making matters worse, negativity breeds health-damaging emotions–like anger, contempt, and depression–which seep into your entire body. But what about positivity? Can it transform our lives? And what is positivity, anyway?
    
For more than twenty years, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson has researched these questions. Now, in Positivity, she shares how experiencing positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio to negative emotions leads people to achieve what they once could only imagine. She also reveals how the stunning new scientific discoveries about this powerful–though undervalued–state of mind can enhance your relationships, improve your health, relieve depression, and broaden your mind.

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  • Release date

    January 27, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415960462
      • File size: 262498 KB
      • Duration: 09:06:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The waves of possibility in Kimberly Farr's soothing narration are palpable from start to finish in this compelling guide to positive psychology. Her flawless reading embodies an impressive combination of 1950s optimism, maternal confidence, and determined helpfulness--all of which fit perfectly with Dr. Fredrickson's deft blend of scholarship and heartfelt guidance. A leader in the science of positive emotions, she unfolds research and its context not as an intellectual endeavor, but as a prelude to helping listeners expand their personal control and satisfaction. She proves how positivity broadens the heart and mind, and builds resources for the future. Her clear writing, avoidance of intellectual arrogance, and familiarity with the human condition make this one of the best audios ever from an academic psychologist. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 3, 2008
      Positive psychology pioneer Fredrickson introduces readers to the power of harnessing happiness to transform their lives, backed up by impressive lab research. The author lays out the “core truths” and 10 forms of positivity—joy, gratitude, serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement, inspiration, awe and love—in a book that promises to change the way people look at feeling good. Disdainful of Pollyannaism, Fredrickson remains realistic in her treatment and provides scientific evidence to illustrate her findings that maintaining a 3:1 “positivity ratio” of positive thoughts to negative emotions creates a “tipping point” between “languishing and flourishing.” The book includes compelling case studies, concrete tips, a Positivity Self Test and a tool kit for decreasing negativity and raising the positivity ratio. Although many of Fredrickson's methods and theories (notes on meditation and karma) will seem familiar to anyone versed in yoga or eastern religions, the scientific foundation of her arguments and additional online resources ( www.positivityratio.com
      ) offer readers a chance to experiment with positivity and very possibly lead richer lives.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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