Sentences with phrase «savor positive»

Thus, we can savor a positive event before it happens by getting excited in preparation for it, we can savor the positive event as it occurs, and we can savor a positive event by remembering it.

Savor the positive — small victories, kindnesses given and received, and moments of connection, understanding, and grace.

If students dwell on or savor a positive event, then they are more likely to recall that event — along with the associated positive emotions — in difficult times.

Mindfulness, or being intentional about staying in the present moment, is associated with greater relationship satisfaction, as it allows you to savor the positive and be attentive to your partner.

Loyola University psychologist Fred Bryant has shown that savoring positive experiences can heighten your positive responses to them.

Place them where you can steal a glance when you need to savor the positives.

On the flipside of savoring the positive, letting go of the negative also has a place in emotion regulation.

Not exact matches

The research, including two new studies from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, also documents how expressing gratitude leads to other positive emotions, such as enthusiasm and inspiration, because it promotes the savoring of positive experiences.

So, hang in there and focus on positives when times are tough and savor the good when they are in abundance.

Intentional living means knowing exactly how you want to live your life, and then making conscious choices daily that support you in staying in the mindset where you look for and allow these things to happen: savoring every moment of your day (even just the small things, like someone letting you out in traffic, a beautiful ray of sun beaming across the sky, or a hug from your child or your partner), more laughter, and positive anticipation that things are unfolding in your life the exact way they should be.

Not only does love trigger these positive emotions, «it also broadens the momentary thought - action repertoire as people explore, savor, and play with the people they love» (p. 132).

It ties in so much: Bryant's three savorings, Kahneman's thoughts on shortcuts to decision - making, yogic ideas, Peterson and Seligman on character strengths condusive to savoring, Fredrickson's research on positive emotions associated with savoring... all this research seems very full and inter-related.

In his book Savoring Fred Bryant suggests ways to learn to savor or to mindfully engage in thoughts or behaviors that heighten the effect of positive events on positive feelings.

In comparison to the control conditions, savoring a specific past positive moment led to greater positive emotion in participants after the relational stressor.

In the relational savoring condition, participants were asked to recall and concentrate on a specific past moment during which they felt very positive about the relationship or particularly safe and loved.

Savoring: A New Model of Positive Experience.

In between appear all the usual suspects: savoring, resilience, gratitude, positive relationships, optimism, emotional intelligence, character strengths, mindfulness, mindsets, motivation, and so on.

Quoidbach, J. et al. (2010) Positive emotion regulation and well - being: Comparing the impact of eight savoring and dampening strategies.

Positive emotion regulation and well - being: Comparing the impact of eight savoring and dampening strategies.

While most people spend months anticipating and savoring summer vacations, BBQs, and chill time, for thousands of passionate positive psychology practitioners, this summer was also time for the peak emotional experience of attending the International Positive Psychology Association's Fourth World Congress in Orlando, positive psychology practitioners, this summer was also time for the peak emotional experience of attending the International Positive Psychology Association's Fourth World Congress in Orlando, Positive Psychology Association's Fourth World Congress in Orlando, Florida.

On the one hand, having a holiday dedicated completely to the savoring of romantic relationships seems a likely way to enhance and cultivate positive emotion, express gratitude, and even feel gratitude.

Deep themes of positive parenting as related to savoring, meaning, and living life with intentionality can be found.