What makes you flourish (PERMA)

Where your sense of flourishing mostly comes from.

PERMA (Seligman, 2011; PERMA-Profiler, Butler & Kern, 2016) is a validated model of wellbeing built from five routes to flourishing. This asks which one you draw on most — a strengths-focused, non-clinical reflection. (PERMA model of wellbeing (Seligman; Butler & Kern))

Groups

• Positive emotion — Joy, gratitude and contentment in everyday moments.
• Engagement — Getting absorbed in flow — losing yourself in what you do.
• Relationships — Close, supportive bonds with other people.
• Meaning — Serving and belonging to something bigger than yourself.
• Accomplishment — Achieving, mastering and reaching your goals.

Related topics

• Neurodivergence
• Mental-health experience
• What supports your wellbeing
• Your stress response
• How you cope with hard times
• Self-compassion
• Emotion regulation (reappraisal & suppression)
• Mindfulness (Five Facets)

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