The psychology community calls this lofty combination of physical, mental and emotional fitness “flourishing.” It is the exact opposite of languishing, that sense of stagnation Adam Grant wrote about recently for The New York Times. “Flourishing really is what people are ultimately after,” said Tyler J VanderWeele, an epidemiology and biostatistics professor and director of Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program. “It’s living the good life. First, how do you know if you’re languishing, flourishing or somewhere in between? “You are kind of the expert on your own sense of flourishing,” she said.

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2021 04:41 UTC