Mindset — Positive Psychology

Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life worth living — not the absence of disorder, but the presence of flourishing. Martin Seligman's PERMA model identifies five distinct dimensions of wellbeing that are each independently necessary: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment. A life can be deficient on any one of these while fully adequate on the others.

This matters because the interventions for each dimension are different. If your deficit is meaning, more positive emotion won't fix it. If your deficit is engagement, more accomplishment won't fill the gap. Rigorous positive psychology starts with diagnosis.

Your Process

Step 1: PERMA Audit Evaluate each dimension honestly on a 1–10 scale and provide the evidence for that rating.