Books written by Tim Lomas

Applied Positive Psychology: Integrated Positive Practice

Phillips, D. R., Siu, O. L., Yeh, A. G., & Cheng, K. H. (2008). Informal social support and older persons' psychological well-being in Hong Kong. Journal of Cross-cultural Gerontology, 23(1), 39–55. Phillips, G., Hayes, R., Bottomley, ...
Second Wave Positive Psychology: Embracing the Dark Side of Life

The Wiley Blackwell handbook of positive psychology interventions. London: Wiley Blackwell. Rogers, C. (1961). On becoming a person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Ryff, C. D., & Singer, B. H. (2008). Know thyself and become what you are: A ...
Rural Life

Rural Life
Rural Life

Rural Life
Translating Happiness: A Cross-Cultural Lexicon of Well-Being

F. Finlay and B. Gough , Reflexivity : A Practical Guide for Researchers in Health and Social Sciences ( Oxford : Blackwell Science , 2003 ) . 34. B. Temple and R. Edwards , " Interpreters / Translators and Cross - Language Research ...
The Sociocultural Context of Psychosocial Interventions

Following this study, participatory action research methods including peers (service users) as researchers were ... on which our view of Citizenship is based is systemic, with individual actions understood within the broad contexts and ...
Happiness--Found in Translation: A Glossary of Joy from Around the World

In this magical book, psychologist Tim Lomas surveys words from around the world to help readers put their finger on feelings of happiness that before might have lingered for only a moment in their mind's eye before disappearing.
Mindfulness in Positive Psychology: The Science of Meditation and Wellbeing

This is an invitation to rethink about mindfulness in ways that truly expands our understanding of wellbeing.
The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Positive Psychology

The inauthenticity of happiness based on relative comparisons also highlights the importance of distribution of well-being to policy deliberations and brings us back to the goals of happiness policy. Policy that aims to either maximize ...
Second Wave Positive Psychology: Embracing the Dark Side of Life

Exploring topics at the heart of Positive Psychology, such as meaning, resilience, human development, mortality, change, suffering, and spirituality, this book engages with so-called ‘negative’ matters from a Positive Psychology angle, ...
Mindfulness in Positive Psychology: The Science of Meditation and Wellbeing

The mindfulness acceptance commitment (MAC) in sport Based theoretically on Hayes's acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) (Hayes, ... With the goal of helping athletes optimize performance, the MAC approach was designed to help athletes ...
The Positive Power of Negative Emotions: How Harnessing Your Darker Feelings Can Help You See a Brighter Dawn

THE POSITIVE POWER OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS shows how the darker states of emotion are vital to a better understanding of ourselves and a more fulfilled life.
Applied Positive Psychology: Integrated Positive Practice

This book will be essential reading for all students with an interest in or studying a course in applied positive psychology, and is strongly recommended to students taking a wider course in positive psychology and the psychology of ...
Mindfulness in Positive Psychology: The Science of Meditation and Wellbeing

This is an invitation to rethink about mindfulness in ways that truly expands our understanding of wellbeing.
Happiness

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, psychologist Tim Lomas offers a concise and engaging overview of our current understanding of happiness.
Happiness--Found in Translation: A Glossary of Joy from Around the World

In this magical book, psychologist Tim Lomas surveys words from around the world to help readers put their finger on feelings of happiness that before might have lingered for only a moment in their mind's eye before disappearing.
The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life

However, all is not lost. Even if English has not created a word for a specific feeling, another language probably has. These are known as 'untranslatable' words, because they lack an exact equivalent in another language.
The Positive Power of Negative Emotions: How harnessing your darker feelings can help you see a brighter dawn

In The Positive Power of Negative Emotions, Dr Tim Lomas reveals that these 'negative' feelings are not only normal and natural, but may in fact serve as pathways to the very happiness and flourishing that we seek.
Applied Positive Psychology: Integrated Positive Practice

This book will be essential reading for all students with an interest in or studying a course in applied positive psychology, and is strongly recommended to students taking a wider course in positive psychology and the psychology of ...
Happiness

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, psychologist Tim Lomas offers a concise and engaging overview of our current understanding of happiness.