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Shifting the Paradigm of Positive Psychology: Toward an Existential Positive Psychology of Wellbeing

*This is an unrevised version of the paper. (This paper was co-authored with Richard G. Cowden, Claude-Hélène Mayer, & Victoria L. Bowers) Abstract Recent developments in positive psychology and wellbeing research highlight the tremendous capacity for individual...

Finding Happiness through Suffering

Happiness, how sweet the sound! It’s an inalienable right, a worthy life goal, and the yearning of every soul, yet oftentimes it leads to pain and ruin. Like moths flinging themselves into a flaming fire, many have ruined their lives in hot pursuit of happiness....

How can I be Free from my Struggles and Live a Happy Life?

Abstract This paper invites you to consider a more adaptive view towards happiness and suffering which may change your life. It suggests that the old paradigm of seeking pleasure and avoiding pain is no longer adequate in the current digital age, and a new paradigm of...

Towards a General Theory of Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Review of The Evolution of Life Worth Living by C. A. Soper

Abstract Soper’s pain-brain theory, based on evolutionary biology, represents a provocative breakthrough for both suicidology and positive psychology. The main thesis of the book is that the evolved way of choosing to live rather than to die in the face of unbearable...

The Best Possible Life in a Troubled World: The Seven Principles of Self-transcendence [亂世中活出最好的人生：自我超越的七項原則]

[This paper is a based on Wong’s (2022a) virtual presentation at the Positive Psychology in Cultural and Contextual Perspectives Symposium, delivered on April 26, 2022.] Abstract In a global village, it is not possible to develop a complete positive psychology without...