From The Desk of the Editor

Volume 5 Issue 7 July 2015

Positive Psychology: Scientific Explorations of Human Strengths

“What is wrong with the people?” question guided the thinking of most mental health professionals till the last decade. Now 21st century unfolds another question, “What is right about people?” It is the heart of positive psychology, which is the scientific and applied approach to uncovering people’s strengths and promoting their positive functioning. Martin Seligman, a Psychologist from University of Pennsylvania has ignited the recent explosion of interest in positive psychology. It is a science of positive subjective experience, positive individual traits, and positive institutions promises to improve quality of life and prevent the pathologies. It seeks a balanced, more complete view of reality that includes both the positive and negative. Spending mental energies on avoiding certain unwanted outcomes tends to make people reactive towards situations, while thinking of what we want to happen helps to keep the negative away. So let’s begin our journey in positive way and explore our hidden potentials!!