Boost Your Well-being with PERMA Experiments

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Boost Your Well-being with PERMA Experiments

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2 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

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2 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Recognize the five elements of the PERMA well-being model.
Understand how 'Three Good Things' improves well-being based on psychological theory.
Apply your own 7-day well-being experiment using ChatGPT for personalized reflection prompts and Google Sheets.

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Ready to move beyond generic self-help advice that doesn't fit YOUR life? This course gives YOU the tools to assess and improve YOUR personal well-being through science and AI.

You'll learn to apply the PERMA well-being framework—Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment—to assess YOUR own strengths and gaps, and discover why 'Three Good Things' actually works psychologically. You'll use ChatGPT to conduct YOUR PERMA self-assessment and generate gratitude prompts tailored to YOUR specific life. Most importantly, you'll conduct YOUR own 7-day experiment using Google Sheets to track entries and ChatGPT to analyze patterns. Through realistic role plays where you apply PERMA to real situations, explain these concepts to skeptical friends, and coach dialogues where you navigate personalization challenges, you'll practice applying positive psychology in contexts that matter to YOU. Designed for anyone interested in improving their personal well-being. No psychology or AI background required.

Apply the PERMA framework to assess your personal well-being profile and understand why 'Three Good Things' works psychologically. Master ChatGPT prompting for diagnosing your PERMA strengths and gaps and generating personalized gratitude prompts tailored to YOUR life.

What's included

4 videos1 reading

Apply your gratitude knowledge in a structured 7-day experiment using Google Sheets for tracking and ChatGPT for pattern analysis. Learn to record daily entries and present your observations in a one-page reflection summary.

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3 videos2 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 18 minutes

From Understanding to Action: Setting Up Your Digital Tracking System7 minutes
Using ChatGPT to Analyze Your Week: Finding Patterns in Personal Data8 minutes
YOUR Well-being Journey Continues3 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Self-Tracking for Personal Insight: What the Research Shows10 minutes
Career Resources: Continuing YOUR Personal Development Journey10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Final Assessment30 minutes

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