APOSSIBLE — Positive Psychology: FAQs

The first three flexibility skills provide powerful support in staying the course. Defusion disempowers these unhelpful thoughts. Connecting with our authentic self helps us avoid the sway of pliance and becoming preoccupied by what others think of our progress,

When we taught people the growth mindset, it changed the way they reacted to their depressed mood. The worse they felt, the more motivated they became and the more they confronted the problems that faced them.

Having the will to be efficacious does not mean that we deny or disown feelings of inefficacy when they arise; it means that we do not accept them as permanent. We can feel temporarily helpless without defining our essence as helplessness. We can feel temporarily defeated without defining our essence as failure. We can allow ourselves to feel tempo