Positive Ageing – how to live well in later life

Ageing has a bad press and it’s about time that the fear factor was…

The Key to a Happier Future? Laying the Foundations for a Positive 2019

By Miriam Akhtar MAPP
I’ve never been much of a fan of New Year’s Resolutions…

A Felicidade. Porto, Dec 13-14

‘A Felicidade’ is an international congress on happiness and well-being taking place in Porto,…

Positive Psychology in Sports: The Surprising History of the Paralympics

This article appears on PositivePsychologyNews and can be found here.

The 2012 Olympic Games gifted…

Sustainable Well-being

Bristol is the European Green Capital for 2015. My home city has long been…

Does money buy happiness? BBC Radio Somerset

Miriam appeared on Emma Britton’s show on BBC Radio Somerset discussing the relationship between…

Positive Psychology for Overcoming Depression – in Czech!

It’s just been announced that Miriam’s book is coming out in Czech, following on…

The Happy City Initiative

I’m so pleased to announce that I (Miriam) have joined the groundbreaking Happy City…

Strengths-based approaches to young people

Miriam is speaking at the Cardiff Against Bullying conference on strengths-based approaches to working…

Reasons to be Cheerful

The days are dank and grey, the debts are piling up and the body…