Positivity and beyond - Practical Psychology for Happiness
What you'll learn
- 8 ways doing this course can make you happy
- Myths of Fulfilment
- Tips to make you happy
- Short-term strategies for happiness
- Medium term strategies for happiness
- Long-term strategies for happiness
- The PERMA Model applied
- The FLOW Model applied
- How Udemy students and Instructors can apply Positive Psychology principles to increase happiness
- How to apply Positive Psychology to a Workplace setting
- How to integrate Positive Psychology into Personal Development plans
Requirements
- Computer access
- The willingness to try out the numerous strategies imncluded
- The willingness to participate in discussions and share ideas
Description
This is a course about happiness, about fulfilment, about making changes. But it is also a course about thinking, applying and then giving feedback. Throughout you are encouraged to give feedback, having tried out some of the ideas and strategies - but also adding your own ideas and experiences.
This course (April 2025) includes details of changes you can make in your life :
Short term
Medium term
Long-term
The overall aim to increase fulfilment and happiness.
The course also covers – and you are encouraged to debate, to engage in discussion – some of the myths of what being ‘fulfilled’ means.
Also tips on increasing happiness.
The course concludes with a film created specifically to showcase two exercises to increase your sense of contentment and happiness.
Throughout the course (finally finished in April 2025) students are encouraged to share ideas, try out the exercises and report back and contribute to the group as a whole.
This is a course that involves to improve, to share and to grow.
Maybe – as it is stressed that you go slowly – you won’t finish the course quickly. That’s fine – there is a section explaining how just DOING the course will make you happy, bit by bit. To cement some of the ideas and strategies, Case Studies are included to encourage application – and discussion.
Special topics:
Topics
Positive Psychology for Udemy Instructors
Positive Psychology for Udemy students
Using Positive Psychology to build confidence when seeking employment
Debunking the myths of happiness
Applying the PERMA model
Enhancing Wellbeing by using the FLOW model
Integrating Positive Psychology into personal Development Plans
Applying Positive Psychology concepts in a Workplace Setting
Why me as an Instructor?
Primarily I am an educator having taught in a private University, Comprehensive schools, Grammar, the independent sector and at a Recovery College
I have 48 years experience in delivering courses, seminars and, of course, Udemy courses
I have 103 books on Amazon
My non-teaching experience includes 4 years in industry plus running a theatre and performing in other countries
In other words - a varied background! (See my profile for more)
Who this course is for:
- Educators
- Psychology students studying Happiness/Positive Psychology
- The individual seeking an improvement in contentment
- Anyone wanting more out of life and willing to try - and share ideas
Instructors
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 10,395 Reviews
- 252,137 Students
- 144 Courses
Studied at:
· University of Oxford (Philosophy and Economics)
· Oxford Brookes (Teacher training)
· University of Glamorgan (Business and Economics)
Qualifications
· Professional qualifications at Masters level
· Business and Economics degree
· Examiner for four major examining boards, at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level.
· Three teaching diplomas plus CELTA
· Qualified fitness trainer
Key academic positions held:
· Principal Oxford School of Learning
· Director of Studies: St Joseph’s Hall, Oxford
· Head of Economics: Cherwell Tutors
· Head of Business and Economics: Pipers Corner School, Buckingham
· Founder: Almost Random Theatre
I have experience in four main areas:
a. Teaching (40+ years of face-to-face experience)
b. Running businesses and conferences
c. Acting in films and theatre
d. Volunteering for a number of charities
Teaching/Instructor experience
Face-to-face: MBA students on a 1-1 basis; at University; Grammar, Comprehensive and F.E. College. This has included being Principal, Director of Studies; Head of Business and Head of Economics at various times in the past 40 years!
I have taught: Economics, Business, Sociology, Politics, English Literature and Psychology.
I have also run seminars for Teachers of |Psychology, Sociology, Businessman Economics.
I have run Therapeutic Art groups at Care Homes.
The success of my Business and Economics students has been featured in several newspapers plus I have appeared on BBC.
Running businesses and conferences.
I started Oxford School of Learning in the 1980s. From the college came Marketing Education Services, OSL Training and Saturday tutors.
In 201 I started Almost Random Theatre and have taken actors to Poland and the Czech Republic as well as running Drama days at schools.
Writing: my plays are sold to schools; I have 100+ books on Amazon; I used to write a regular column for The Guardian and BBC Bitesize.
Acting in films and theatre
My plays are sold to schools. I have performed at Oxford and Brighton Fringes as well as appearing in 100+ films, national TV advertising campaigns and role-played a hospital patient for Buckingham University’s medical degree students.
Volunteering
I have worked/am still working for Care Homes, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Dystonia Society, Stroke Association, Stroke Club, Talkback, Oxford Recovery College, Tandem, Age UK and Sport in Mind. I’ve given my tutorial fees to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Dystonia Society. I currently have a GoFundMe page to help lonely elderly people.
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 5,517 Reviews
- 144,000 Students
- 85 Courses
Almost Random Theatre is a theatre company started in 2012. After putting on plays at Oxford and Brighton fringes, taking actors to Poland and Czech Republic, selling plays to schools, putting on many short plays in Oxford, visiting 60+ schools and running 'drama days' it was decided to...slow down.
The theatre's main contribution now is helping with numerous Art Therapy courses.