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The Psychology of Wellness
By: T. Franklin Murphy | Established December 2010 (updated January 17, 2022)
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Flourishing Life Society: an exploratory journey of the psychological factors contributing to a flourishing life. 
The topic of flourishing has bounced around philosophical, medical, and religious circles for millenniums. And, here we are in 2022 still struggling with our existence. Perhaps, flourishing will never be universally resolved, but we can, however, flourish in our individual journeys.

I have spent the last fifteen years researching the psychology of wellness, delving into the specifics of human flourishing. Each new finding may resolve one question, but open up a whole new avenue for study. Along the way, through the countless articles and books, thousand of hours of thought, I quietly found my peace. May the Flourishing Life Society large and growing database of psychology and wellness articles help you find yours.
"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."
Adam Smith
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"'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that."
Robert Fulghum

Recent Article Additions to the Flourishing Life Society Database:

Wise Mind. Blending emotion and logic. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Psychology Definition. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Developmental Theory. A Psychology Definition.
Sadist. A Personality Type. A Flourishing Life Society image article link
Paraphrenia. Late onset Schizophrenia like symptoms. A Flourishing Life Society article
Death Instinct. Sigmund Freud's Death Drive Hypothesis. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Moral Reconation Therapy. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Dyadic Regulation. Regulating Emotions Together. A Flourishing Life Society research article link
"It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing."
Tom G. Palmer

Flourishing Life Society's Most Visited Articles:​

A Flourishing Life Society article link. Mental Health Breaks
Toxic Home Environments. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Greed and Desire. Finding Satisfaction with what we already have. A Flourishing Life Society article link
FLS Link. Entangled relationships. The Limiting Burden of Co-dependency
Unconditional Positive Regard. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Splitting: A Defense Mechanism. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Motivation. Tips for Staying Motivated. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Name Calling and Labels. Words that Destroy Relationships. A Flourishing Life Society article link
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Random Selections From the Flourishing Life Archive:
​Positive attitudes boost performance; but if our performance is ill designed we still fail.
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Self Enlightenment
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Protective Interpretations. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Accepting human limitations without imposing limiting beliefs.
We are pulled into harmful routines by emotion. We feel and then we react. Unfortunately, our reaction isn't always helpful. We need space to think and then act more appropriately.
Basic Needs. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Science cannot answer all the details of life, much remains undiscovered beyond the grasp of laboratories and imaging machines. This is the undefined center of life.
Emotional Safety. Courageously allowing vulnerable openness in relationships. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Betrayals are not only sexual. We can betray intimacy by divulging details, violating trust, and painting our partners as devils in disguise.
Emotional Abuse: Psychological Warfare Over Control. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Small emotions, poking through from the past, can avalanche into full blown hatred. We must catch the mislabeling of experience, make corrections and work towards building a relationship with love an intimacy.
Faulty Symbols of Success. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Uncertainty Avoidance. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Rest and Heal with Simply Being. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Self-Actualization. A Flourishing Life Society article link

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