[Perna]

Great, free, website with lots of interesting tests:

http://www.authentichappiness.sas.up...u/default.aspx

[Gus1234U]

that is really thoughtful, and the best of new year gifts, Perna,, thanks a lot!

[bpd2]

What is very, very cool about Seligman's work is that the strengths are yours--you find which of the 24 (humor, appreciation of excellence and beauty, etc.) and you focus on using those strengths to improve your happiness. This isn't a Renaissance Man approach: the idea isn't to attain each strength. The idea is to find who you are and to use that to improve your life--and to find out your patterns of thinking and approaching a situation.

That's why it's called Authentic Happiness....it's your brand of happiness, and the way you reach it would be by using a different array of strengths than I do. This is good, good stuff.

[Perna]

Yes, I really love the character strength tests

[bpd2]

I have an album at my profile page with more about this--Seligman's Strengths and Virtues--if you want a summary of the work. I've been working with it for over 2 years in individual therapy, as an adjunct to "Turning the Mind" work, that is: trying to find alternatives to the spiral of depression or anger or shame.