Positive Emotion
These kinds of feelings — like joy, gratitude, and hope — help broaden your thinking and build long-term resilience.
What are positive emotions?
What dose E stand for in PERMA
Engagment
What communication skill helps partners understand each other’s feelings better
active listening
Finding purpose in your work or life reflects this PERMA element.
What is Meaning?
Feeling pride from reaching your goals is part of this element
What is accomplishment
This daily practice can help increase positive emotion by focusing on gratitude
What is keeping a gratitude journal?
How is engagement different from simple enjoyment or pleasure?
Engagement goes deeper than feeling good from an activity, it means your fully attentive.
What is a common cause of conflict in relationship
Miscommunication or unmet expectations
People often find meaning when they contribute to something bigger than themselves, such as this.
What is community, faith, or a mission?
Setting and achieving small goals can increase this sense of progress
What is motivation
Experiencing this emotion broadens our thinking and builds psychological resources
What is happiness
What role does engagement play in overall well-being?
It can help you be more present and involved in your life.
In relationships, this hormone is often linked to bonding and trust between partners
Oxytocin
In the workplace, leaders can connect employees to meaning by communicating this clearly.
What is the “why” or company purpose?
This type of goal - specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound - boosts success
What is a SMART goal
Leaders can foster positive emotion in teams by doing this after a project milestone
What is celebrating wins or expressing appreciation
How does engagement contribute to the “flow” state?
Being engaged helps you to have the right conditions to be in a “flow” state. The easier it is to get into flow, the better one will be able to preform mentally, physically, and emotionaly.
What is the name of the bias where people tend to view their won relationships as healthier and more satisfying than others’?
positive illusion bias
Meaning helps people stay resilient during challenges by providing this.
What is a sense of purpose or direction?
Leaders can build accomplishment by recognizing team progress toward this
What are performance goals
According to Barbara Fredrickson’s reasearch, positive emotions do this to our mindset
What is broaden and build out though-action repertoire
How can individuals increase their sense of engagement in everyday life, especially when facing routine or repetitive tasks?
By practicing mindfulness, setting goals, and finding personal meaning in you everyday life.
This term describes the gradual process where partners in a long-term relationship start to feel emotionally distant
emotional disengagement
Victor Frankl’s book “Man’s search for meaning“ explores this same concept.
What is the importance of finding meaning in life?
Accomplishment in PERMA connects to this concept of confidence in your own ability
What is self-efficacy