Members may wish to read more on Positive Psychology, wellbeing science and Positive Education. We suggest the following publications (listed in author alphabetical order):
Achor, Shawn
Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
Adam Smith, Jeremy, Newman, Kira M., Marsh, Jason and Keltner, Dacher (Eds)
Adams, Marilee
Teaching That Changes Lives: 12 Mindset Tools for Igniting the Love of Learning
Allen, Kelly-Ann and Kern, Margaret
School Belonging in Adolescents: Theory, Research and Practice
Argyle, Michael
Ashley, Charles
Outraged: why everyone is shouting and no one is talking
Aspinwall, Lisa
A Psychology of Human Strengths
Baumeister, Roy
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
Bear, George R
Ben-Shahar, Tal
Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life
Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness
Biswas-Diener, Robert
Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
Bolt, Martin
Pursuing Human Strengths: A Positive Psychology Guide
Boniwell, Ilona
Positive Psychology in a Nutshell
100 Ways to Happiness: Expert Advice to Feed Your Mind, Body and Soul
Brackett, Marc
Permission to Feel; Unlock the power of emotions to help yourself and your children thriveB
Brown, Brene
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Brandon, Catherine
Thinking skills for Peak Performance
Browning, Paul
Principled: 10 leadership practices for building trust
Brun, Pernille Hippe
The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: For Leaders of Change (with David Cooperrider)
Brunzell, Tom and Norrish, Jacolyn
Bryant, Fred
Savoring: A New Model of Positive Experience
Buckingham, Marcus
Cameron, Kim
Positive Organizational Scholarship
Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance
Carr, Alan
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths
Cleary, Timothy J.
The Self Regulated Learning Guide
Cloninger, C. Robert
Feeling Good: The Science of Well Being
Compton, William & Hoffman, Edward
Positive Psychology, The Science of Happiness and Flourishing (3rd Ed)
Positive Psychology: A Workbook for Personal Growth and Well-Being
Cooney Horvath, Jared and Bott, David
Cooperrider, David
Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change
The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: For Leaders of Change
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience
Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning
Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
Darewych, Olena
Positive Psychology Arts Activities: Creative Tools for Therapeutic Practice and Supervision
David, Susan
Oxford Handbook of Happiness (with Ilona Boniwell and Amanda Conley-Ayers)
Diener, Ed
The Science of Well-Being: The Collected Works of Ed Diener (Social Indicators Research Series)
Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology
Culture and Subjective Well-Being
Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
Handbook of Multimethod Measurement in Psychology
Duckworth, Angela
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Dutton, Jane
Energize Your Workplace: How to Create and Sustain High-Quality Connections at Work
Dweck, Carol
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Emmons, Robert
Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
Gratitude Works!: A 21-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity
Words of Gratitude for Mind, Body, and Soul
Easterbrook, Gregg
The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse
Feldman Barret, Lisa
Seven (and a Half) Lessons About the Brain
Fredrickson, Barbara
Love 2.0: Creating Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
Frisch, Michael
Froh, Jeffrey
Making Grateful Kids: The Science of Building Character
Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology: A Guide for Instructors
Fuller, Andrew
Furlong, Michael
Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools (Educational Psychology Handbook)
Gilbert, Daniel
Gillespie, David
Gillham, Jane
The Science of Optimism and Hope
Grant, Adam
Green, Suzy
Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice
Greene, Joshua
Positive Neuroscience (with India Morrison and Martin Seligman)
Grenville-Cleave, B et al (eds)
Creating the World We Want to Live In – How Positive Psychology Can Build a Brighter Future
Haidt, Jonathan
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived
Hanson, Rick
Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
Haybron, Daniel
Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being
Hefferon, Kate
Positive Psychology, Theory, Research and Applications (with Ilona Boniwell)
Howells, Kerry
Gratitude in Education: A Radical View
Huffington, Arianna
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
Huppert, Felicia
Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing
Jacka, Felice
Brain Changer: Good Mental Health Diet
Jefferson, Miranda & Anderson, Michael
Transforming Schools: Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication & Collaboration
Joseph, Stephen
Positive Psychology in Practice
Kahneman, Daniel
Kaplan, Janice
The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life
Kashdan, Todd
Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life
Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
Keltner, Dacher
Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
Kern, Margaret
School Belonging in Adolescents: Theory, Research and Practice
Kern, Margaret, Wehmeyer, Michael L (Eds.)
The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Education – open acesss
Keyes, Corey L.M.
Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived
King, Laura
King, Vanessa
Knowles, Suzanne
Kralik, John
A Simple Act of Gratitude: How Learning to Say Thank You Changed My Life
Layard, Richard
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
Linley, P. Alex
Positive Psychology in Practice
Loehr, Jim
Lomas, Tim
Applied Positive Psychology: Integrated Positive Practice
Lopez, Shane
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology
The Psychology of Courage: Modern Research on an Ancient Virtue
Positive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Models and Measures
The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths
Making Hope Happen: Create the Future You Want for Yourself and Others
Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People
Lykken, David
Happiness: What Studies on Twins Show Us about Nature, Nurture, and the Happiness Set Point
Lyubomirsky, Sonja
The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want
Positively Happy: Routes to Sustainable Happiness
Mansfield, Caroline (Ed)
Cultivating Teacher Resilience
Mayer, Emeran
McCullough, Michael
Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct
To Forgive is Human: How to Put Your Past in the Past
McKay, Hugh
McMahon, Darrin
Miller, Caroline Adams
Getting Grit: The Evidence-Based Approach to Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose
Murray, Charles
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
Myers, David
Newberry, M, Gallant, A and Riley, P (Eds)
Niemiec, Ryan
Character Strengths Interventions: A Field Guide for Practitioners
The Strengths-Based Workbook for Stress Relief
The Power of Character Strengths: Appreciate and Ignite Your Positive Personality
Norrish, J.M
Positive education: The Geelong Grammar School journey
Ong, Anthony
Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology
Pawelski, James
The Eudaimonic Turn: Well-Being in Literary Studies
On Human Flourishing: A Poetry Anthology
Peterson, Christopher
A Primer in Positive Psychology
Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
Pursuing the Good Life: 100 Reflections on Positive Psychology
Quinlan, Denise & Hone, Lucy
Railton, Peter
Facts, Values, and Norms: Essays toward a Morality of Consequence
Rath, Tom
Are You Fully Charged? The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life
Reivich, Karen
The Resilience Factor: Seven Essential Skills for Overcoming Life’s Inevitable Obstacles
Robinson, Paula
Practising Positive Education: A guide to improve wellbeing literacy in schools
Roffey, Sue
Circle Solutions for Student Wellbeing
Positive Relationships: Evidence Based Practice across the World
Changing Behaviour in Schools: Promoting Positive Relationships and Wellbeing
Ryan, Richard
Self-Determination Theory: Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation, Development, and Wellness
The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation (Oxford Library of Psychology)
Sacks, Oliver
Schleicher, Andreas
World Class: How to Build a 21st-Century School System
Schwartz, Barry
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing
The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality, and Modern Life
Seligman, Martin E.P.
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist’s Journey from Helplessness to Optimism
Shatté, Andrew
The Resilience Factor: Seven Essential Skills for Overcoming Life’s Inevitable Obstacles
Sheldon, Kennon
Optimal Human Being: An Integrated Multi-Level Perspective
Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
Snyder, C.R.
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths
Steinberg, Laurence
The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting
Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
Lifespan Development: Infancy Through Adulthood
Steinebach, Chrisoph & Langer, Alvaro
Enhancing Resilience in Youth: Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Positive Environments
Stokoe, Rob
Global Perspectives in Positive Education
Stones, Samuel
Positive Mental Health for School Leaders
Tomasulo, Dan
Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression
Vaillant, George
Waters, Lea
Wells, Greg
White, Mathew; McCallum, Faye
Wellbeing and Resilience Education: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Education
White, Mathew; Murray, Simon (eds)
Evidence-Based Approaches in Positive Education: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Wellbeing
White, Mathew; Slemp, Gavin & Murray, Simon (eds)
Future Directions in Wellbeing: Education, Organizations and Policy
Williams, Paige
Becoming Anti-Fragile: Learning To Thrive Through Disruption, Challenge and Change
Winters, Eric