Lynn Johnson's Page

I am posting this on my own website, and since it directly addresses my interest (mental health and disruptive interventions) I post it here.



Integrated Employee Health and Positive Psychology



WE KNOW A FEW THINGS about happiness. First, it can be changed, reliably and persistently. Second, the ways people try to increase happiness (buying Stuff, having more than the neighbors, and seeking pleasure or excitement) are all dead ends. Third, happy people are healthier and… Continue

How do we cheer ourselves when our spirits are low? Traditionally, cognitive therapists have tried to change the content of thinking. Clients are taught to challenge over-generalization and exclusion patterns that are thought to cause unhappiness. Now we get a new and refreshing view. Emily Pronin and Elana Jacobs of Princton University have shown that they can influence mood simply by speeding up the rate of thinking .



This is breakthrough. Can we change what we simply by changing… Continue