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Martin Seligman



Martin E. P. Seligman, PhD, is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. He is known within the scientific community for his theories of positive psychology and well-being. He also developed the theory of “learned helplessness,” which posited that a subject would accept through continued adverse circumstances that they were powerless, even if the circumstances then changed. While it was later proved to be in reverse (that a subject’s default state is to assume a lack of control), the theory has led to many helpful approaches to treatment of depression and related mental illnesses.

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Three Good Things

Dr. Seligman explains the Three Good Things Exercise and how it promotes happiness.

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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

Known as the Father of the new science of Positive Psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enhances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr.

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Martin Seligman on Positive Psychology

Martin Seligman Interview on Positive Psychology.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhile you can’t control your experiences, you can control your explanations.

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Martin Seligman: Cure for Depression Coming

Positive psychology pioneer Martin Seligman explains why we don’t want to get rid of depression and anxiety altogether, and predicts a cure for the former within a lifetime.

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Helplessness: On Development, Depression, and Death

This volume demonstrates how learned helplessness develops and operates, and how it can lead to depression, anxiety, childhood failures, lack of motivation, and in extreme cases, sudden death. This is no “cure yourself” guide, but the theory Dr.

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Building Resilience

Seligman has spent three decades researching failure, helplessness, and optimism. He created a program to help young adults and children overcome anxiety and depression, and has worked with colleagues from around the world to develop a program for teaching resilience.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageAuthentic happiness derives from raising the bar for yourself, not rating yourself against others.

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Martin Seligman: The Habit That Predicts PTSD

Positive psychology pioneer Martin Seligman says people who are high catastrophizers – those who tend to assume the worst when something bad occurs – are three times as likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder than low catastrophizers.

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The Character Edge: Leading and Winning with Integrity

Character―the moral values and habits of an individual―is in the spotlight now more than perhaps at any other point in modern history. Politicians distort facts. Corporations cheat customers and investors. Athletes are caught using illegal supplements.

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