PERMA

Marty Seligiman

           Have you creative people lost your mojo during Covid?  Could you use a little help in regaining your motivation?  Try  PERMA 

Marty Seligman started it – learning more about him  from wikipedia 

Martin Elias Peter Seligman (/ˈsɛlɪɡmən/; born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of well-being and positive psychology.^[1] His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists.^[2] A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Seligman as the 31st most cited psychologist of the 20th century.^[3]

Seligman is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the University of Pennsylvania‘s Department of Psychology. He was previously the Director of the Clinical Training Program in the department, and earlier taught at Cornell University.^[4] He is the director of the university’s Positive Psychology Center.^[1] Seligman was elected president of the American Psychological Association for 1998.^[5] He is the founding editor-in-chief of Prevention and Treatment (the APA electronic journal) and is on the board of advisers of Parents magazine.

 The PERMA Model represents the five core elements of happiness and well-being designed by American psychologist and educator Martin Seligman. PERMA stands for Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishments.

• Positive Emotion – it takes a little more work to see the silver lining. – but there are tools to use to gain that positive Emotion.
• Engagement – being engaged in doing something exciting – sewing, quilting, crafts
• Relationships –see friends and have face to face conversations
• Meaning – Do meaningful work which is different for everyone.
• Accomplishments. –.Things we do because we love to do them.’

It’s a great model to check on yourself  – especially when you are feeling less than creative and without spirit.