Positive Emotion

The first letter in the PERMA model (Seligman, 2012) is P, for "Positive Emotion." Increasing the feeling of positive emotion can promote resilience and overall well-being. The exercises demonstrated in the infographics below provide step-by-step guidance for fostering 6 different positive emotions in your daily life.

Which positive emotion are you looking to cultivate?

1. Gratitude: Compose a text of gratitude to someone you care about.

2. Pride: Make a list of accomplishments you are proud of and also recognize and savor these moments and the hard work they took to complete. 

3. Joy: Think of an activity that made you joyful and try to recreate it with friends

4. Interest: Choose a topic you are passionate about and explore this topic with a friend.

5. Hope: Recall a time when you were successful, how did you get there? Can you apply this to the future?

6: Love: Savor a memory with a loved one and think about how it made you feel connected to and present with them. 

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