What To Do When Life Gets Hard

Discover the evidence-based methods to staying positive even when your circumstances are difficult. I also share my own story of how and why I had to learn all about this.

You can get my book here: https://geni.us/DatingWithoutFear

Some research articles, if you want to dig deeper:
Catalino, Lahnna & Fredrickson, Barbara. (2011). A Tuesday in the Life of a Flourisher: The Role of Positive Emotional Reactivity in Optimal Mental Health. Emotion (Washington, D.C.). 11. 938-50. 10.1037/a0024889.

Dolphin, Kathryn & Gloria, Christian & Steinhardt, Mary. (2012). Coping profiles characterize individual flourishing, languishing, and depression. Anxiety, stress, and coping. 26. 10.1080/10615806.2012.708736.

Sheldon, Kennon & Lyubomirsky, Sonja. (2012). Achieving Sustainable New Happiness: Prospects, Practices, and Prescriptions. 10.1002/9780470939338.ch8.

Fredrickson, Barbara. (2013). Updated Thinking on Positivity Ratios. The American psychologist. 68. 10.1037/a0033584.

Michl, Louisa & Shepherd, Kathrine. (2013). Rumination as a Mechanism Linking Stressful Life Events to Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: Longitudinal Evidence in Early Adolescents and Adults. Journal of abnormal psychology. 122. 339-352. 10.1037/a0031994.

Quoidbach, Jordi & Gruber, June & Mikolajczak, Moïra & Kogan, Alexsandr & Kotsou, Ilios & Norton, Michael. (2014). Emodiversity and the Emotional Ecosystem. Journal of experimental psychology. General. 143. 10.1037/a0038025.

Isgett, S.F. & Fredrickson, B.L.. (2015). Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions. 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.26086-8.

Chou, Tina & Deckersbach, Thilo & Dougherty, Darin & Hooley, Jill. (2023). The default mode network and rumination in individuals at-risk for depression. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. 18. 10.1093/scan/nsad032.



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I'm Dr. Thomas Smithyman, a clinical psychologist making videos to help people improve their lives.

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