Cultivating positive emotions

Positive emotions have the following effects:

• broaden people's attention and thinking

• build important personal resources and increase well-being

• are essential ingredients within resilience

• undo the after-effects of negative effects

10 positive emotions:

How to cultivate positive emotions?

• focus on the small things

• acts of kindness

• experience flow (optimal performance; time melts again)

• connect with others

• practice gratitude (noticing what others do for us)