24.01.

2023

T H E
EUNOIA
P O W E R O F P O S I T I V E L I V I N G

Believe in the magic of the silver lining

H A P P I N E S S W E L L - B E I N G G R A T I T U D E
EDITOR'S SANJANA SINGH
(20214249)
NOTE

EUNOIA is a Greek word (εὔνοιᾰ="beautiful

thinking") for the goodwill generated by a
speaker between his audience and himself. Just
like the meaning of the word, this magazine aims
at finding the right path towards meaning of life,
by incorporating beautiful thinking from within.
This is done to help people identify happiness
from moment to moment. The theory of
positive psychology is based on the belief that
happiness is derived from both emotional and
mental factors.
"NOTHING CAN DIM THE LIGHT
WHICH SHINES FROM WITHIN"
MAYA ANGELOU
EUNOIA

CONTENTS
THE POWER OF POSITIVE THEORIES OF POSITIVE GRATITUDE
EMOTIONS PSYCHOLOGY

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Emotional Release: A perfect Gift to
yourself

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Follow-up Fun

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Three Paths to Happiness

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A List of Positive Emotions

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The Well-Being Wrap

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Theories of Positive Psychology

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Broaden & Built Theory: by Martin
Seligman

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THE NEW ERA OF POSITIVE Gratitude: Giving thanks can make you
PSYCHOLOGY happier

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PERMA Model

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Comfort Food: Food that gives us
happiness

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A Positive Ending
EMOTIONAL RELEASE: A PERFECT
GIFT TO YOUSELF
When we hear the question, “How are you?” our instinctive response is, “I'm
fine" — in spite of the fact that we may not be fine at all. Our society’s custom
and practice is to mask how we're really feeling and respond with the
standard, glib answer.

The challenge isn’t in expressing your positive emotions and the positive
feelings associated with them. It’s in your negative emotions and the resulting
negative feelings, which require more in-depth thought and practice.
Expressing these emotions will create a respectful emotional awareness on
both sides. You will demonstrate that you are aware of your emotions and
have the courage to be genuine in voicing them.

Every emotion has value and ability to teach us something. Recognizing the
full range of our mood allows us to appreciate the light and shade of life, and
truly value all aspects of human experience. Without moments of sadness, we
couldn't grasp the infinite value of love and contentment.
This particular magazine is dedicated to understanding the value of positive
emotions and how they open up our perspective and experience. It will talk
about joy and other positive emotions can help counter burnout, to the
enlightenment we can get from connecting with other generations.
 Engage those thinking gears in this test of

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positivity & amusement
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PERSONAL POETRY
FUN TIME: Quickly catch a of sheet of paper and a pencil!
You have to write your name vertically down the left side
of the paper, and next to each letter, write a positive or fun
word that starts with that letter and describes you best.
I'm doing it here with my name and you definitely have to
try it out with your name as well. Do try it with your friends
name as well!!

S- Sweet
A- Altruistic
N- Nurturing
J- Jovial
A- Amazing
N- Naturalistic
A- Affectionate

SNAPSHOT STORIES
You'll can quickly go through your phone's gallery
or snapchat memories and find a photo of a joyful
memory. Look at the photo carefully and think
about the moment, when that memory happened.
Now, just try feeling that burst of the positive
emotions of you feel within! You could also share
it with you acquintances.
 THREE PATHS TO HAPPINESS
Appreciating happy moments when looking back on them.

3) Meaning
1) Pleasure An individual leading a
An individual leading a life of meaning belongs
life of pleasure can be to and serves something
seen as maximizing that is bigger than
positive emotions, and himself. These larger
minimizing negative entities could be family,
emotions. 2) Engagement religion, community,
An individual leading an country, or even ideas.
engaged life is an aspect
of happiness focused on
active involvement in
activities and
relationships with others
that express our talents
and strengths and give
meaning and purpose to
life
A simple task of eating Being connected to
your favorite food, something "larger
watching a movie than the self", like
which fascinated you
practicing
for really long or taking Going a family trip or
a long nap after a spending weekends with spirituality or
hectic week are the friends, loved-one are performing the work
examples of pleasure examples of engaging you are passionate
in an individual's life oneself in activities; about, adds meaning
making them happy, promoting zestful and to our life.
content and fulfilled. healthy life. Involving in
anything we like or love
to do promotes engaged
happiness.
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 The Wellbeing
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The emergence of the

science of positive
psychology and its
application through
positive psychology
interventions (i.e.
strategies to increase
wellbeing) have created
new opportunities to
develop wellbeing in
individuals,
organizations and
communities.
According to Diener,
Subjective Wellbeing (SWB)
is “people’s cognitive and
affective evaluations of
their lives.” It matters to
individuals and society as a
whole as it is central to our
quality of life and offers a
more comprehensive
measure of a nation’s
wellbeing by extending the
concept beyond merely
material concerns and
considering individual
perspectives rather than
outsider judgments.

Mental health is critical to SWB and vice versa. Very crudely, mental
health can be considered the absence of negative psychological
symptoms and the presence of positive ones. What’s important to note
here is that the absence of illness and disease is not considered enough
for people to have good mental health, and it’s where SWB comes into
the definition. By recognizing the role of feelings such as joy, life
satisfaction, fulfillment, purpose, and contentment in life, we have a
more holistic mental health concept. In turn, we can better understand
how to facilitate its development in individuals and populations.
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 Broaden & Built
Theory of Positive
Emotions

According to this theory,

experiencing any positive
emotion should immediately and
temporarily “broaden” attention,
cognitive, and behavioral
responses. In general,
Fredrickson means that positive
emotions help us to become
more aware of our surroundings
and to take in more of our
external environment.

For example: During the ten day self

reflective activity, I experienced various
moments of joy like meeting my best
friend after so long, going on a family
dinner etc. After engaging in these
moments of joy, it created a desire to
explore new possibilities and express
the creative talents within myself. I even
engaged myself in various skillful tasks.
Hence, it can be aptly concluded that
positive emotions can broaden our
thought-action repertoires and build our
personal resources to increase well
being.
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gratitude is strongly and consistently
associated with greater happiness.
Gratitude helps people feel more
positive emotions, relish good
experiences, improve their health,
deal with adversity, and build strong
is derived relationships. Hence, The upward
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 PERMA Model
Martin Seligman developed a theory of wellbeing
called the PERMA model. The model comprises five
elements that create the foundation of a flourishing
life:
1. Positive Emotions;
2. Engagement;
3. Relationships;
4. Meaning;
5. Accomplishments.
Each of these elements has three properties:
1. It contributes to wellbeing;
2. People pursue it for their own sakes, not just to
attain the other elements;
3. It’s measured and defined independently from
the other elements.

While I spent time with my family

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positive (positive time with people we love helps in
receiving emotional support when
emotions character things get rough. Thus,
strengths)
interpersonal relationships often
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well-being, as per the PERMA
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 COMFORT
FOOD
Understanding the
relationship between the
types of food we eat and how
these foods influence our
happiness can play a critical
role in our daily lives.
Different types of food we eat
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Research has suggested that

diets that promote lasting
happiness are those abundant in
fruits, vegetables and other
unprocessed foods.
Also, processed foods can alleviate
the discomfort associated with
negative emotions but only for a
short term, research evidenced had
suggested that lasting happiness
lies in a healthy diet.
 POSITIVE
THOUGHTS GENERATE
POSITIVE
FEELINGS AND ATTRACT
POSITIVE
LIFE EXPERIENCES
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