PERMA-V: Positive Emotions

Specific Strategies:
  • Start each day by writing down three things you're grateful for
  • Celebrate small academic wins (completing assignments, understanding concepts)
  • Practice savoring positive moments on campus
  • Share good news with friends and family
  • Engage in activities that bring you joy outside of academics
Quick Mood Boosters:

5-Minute Activities:
  • Listen to uplifting music
  • Watch funny videos
  • Text a friend something positive
  • Step outside for fresh air
Daily Practices:
  • Morning gratitude ritual
  • Evening reflection journal
  • Random acts of kindness
  • Mindful appreciation walks

Videos Worth Watching

The positive effects of positive emotions

Positive psychology researcher Jennifer Stellar illuminates how truly awe-inspiring experiences may mean more than we realize for our physical and mental health.

Barbara Fredrickson: Positive Emotions Open Our Mind

Barbara Fredrickson discusses how positive emotions broaden our awareness of the world, allowing us to become more in tune with the needs of others.

How to increase your happiness

Dig into the benefits of practicing gratitude in your everyday life, and discover how being thankful can impact your happiness.

How to manage your emotions

Explore the framework known as the Process Model, a psychological tool to help you identify, understand, and regulate your emotions.

Emotion, Stress, and Health: Crash Course Psychology #26

So, it turns out we have an easy time reading emotions in facial expressions, but emotions can straight up kill us! In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses stress, emotions, and their overall impact on our health.

How to Be Happy Every Day: It Will Change the World: Jacqueline Way

The World Happiness Report states “Over 1 billion adults suffer from anxiety and depression.” How do we get to happy? Jacqueline Way, Founder of www.365give.ca shares a secret to happiness so simple a 3 – year old can do it

Richard Davidson: The Four Constituents of Well-Being

Dr. Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, explains what he sees as the four science-based keys to well-being

You Don't Find Happiness, You Create It: Katarina Blom

Why is it so hard to find that life of meaning, and connection, and happiness we long for? Why can't we just live in our "happy place" all the time?