Happiness For Life and Vulnerable Young People

Can happiness, positive psychology and life coaching techniques help young people at risk of addiction and crime? Embody's course Happiness For Life is at the centre of an exciting project to put that question to the test.

In a nutshell the focus of Happiness For Life is to build and enhancing positives and existing strengths rather than fix what is broken. It might seem obvious (and it is common practice) that someone in a difficult life situation, suffering physically and mentally, has some problems to be solved, some hurts to heal, but positive psychologists argue that the elimination of negatives is not the same as developing positives (working on both fronts is wise).

There are of course many more sophisticated arguments to support positive psychology as an approach. What I will be hoping to see is that when someone is happy they are more motivated to change, they are more resilient and they are more able to reach goals. A second benefit from Happiness For Life is a critical understanding of what really makes us happy, lastingly.

Here’s where you come in. If you have any interest in this or want to have any input as a positive psychologist, as a worker with vulnerable young people at risk of harm or for any other reason please leave a comment below or get in contact more privately through the link in the top navigation. And if you have any experience or research that will support what we’re trying to do that would help too.

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