Perma Model of Wellbeing: The Definitive Guide
Perma Model of Wellbeing
The Definitive Guide
This is the Ultimate Guide to the Perma Model of wellbeing.
The Perma Model of wellbeing can be used by anyone of any age in any profession.
It can be extremely beneficial in your personal life too if used well.
So if you want to :
- Learn more about the building blocks of the Perma model and how to use them
- Learn about the plus in Perma and the benefits of it
- Learn about the uses of Perma at the workplace and its institutional applications
- Learn about its implications in public policy
- Learn about the measurement, development, and future of the Perma Model
Then you’ll love this guide.
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Chapter 2
Building Blocks of the PERMA Model and How to use it
Chapter 4
How can the PERMA Model be Used at the Workplace?
Chapter 5
Institutional Applications of the PERMA Model and the Implications for Public Policy
Chapter 6
The Measurement, Development and Future of PERMA+4
Chapter 1:
The Fundamentals
In the very first chapter of this Guidebook, I will talk about some of the basic fundamentals of Perma.
You will learn about Dr. Martin Seligman, the founder of the PERMA Framework, and what the PERMA model is and stands for.
Who is Dr. Martin Seligman?
Martin Elias Peter Seligman was born on the 12th of August 1942. He is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books.
Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of positive psychology and of well-being. His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Seligman as the 31st most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
Seligman is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychology. He was also elected President of the American Psychological Association in 1998. He is the one who devised the PERMA Model that I will proceed to tell you about.
What is the PERMA model?
What is human flourishing and what enables it? Dr. Seligman’s PERMA Theory of Well-being is an attempt to answer these fundamental questions.
There are five building blocks that enable flourishing – Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment – and there are techniques to increase each of them.
Different people will derive well-being from each of these five building blocks to varying degrees. A good life for one person is not necessarily a good life for another. There are many different routes to a flourishing life.
Positive Psychology is descriptive, not prescriptive. In other words, I am not telling people what choices to make or what to value, but research on the factors that enable flourishing can help you make more informed choices to live a more fulfilling life that is aligned with your values and interests.
Without further delay, let’s get into it.
Chapter 2:
Building Blocks of the PERMA Model and How to use it
In Chapter 1 we learned about the founding father of the PERMA , Martin Saligman, and what PERMA basically means.
As we just learned, in the PERMA Model P stands for Positive Emotion, E stands for Engagement, R for Relationships, M for Meaning, and A for Accomplishment.
These are the building blocks of the PERMA model. But what do I do with this knowledge? How can I use them, you may ask. Let me explain.
What are the building blocks of the PERMA Model?
The building blocks of the PERMA Model are Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishments. These five elements together make the PERMA Model.
Positive Emotion: This route to well-being is hedonic – increasing positive emotion. Within limits, you and I can increase our positive emotions about the past (e.g., by cultivating gratitude and forgiveness), our positive emotions about the present (e.g., by savoring physical pleasures and mindfulness), and our positive emotions about the future (e.g., by building hope and optimism).
Unlike the other routes to well-being described below, this route is limited by how much you can experience positive emotions. In other words, positive affectivity is partly heritable and our emotions tend to fluctuate within a range.
Many people are, by disposition, low in experiencing positive emotion. But not to worry.
Traditional conceptions of happiness tend to focus on positive emotion, so it can be liberating to know that there are other routes to well-being which I am about to discuss below.
Engagement: Engagement is an experience in which you fully deploy your skills, strengths, and attention for
