positivepsychology | Dr Maike Neuhaus

Create Your Own Winning Formula for Success

3 Steps That Equal Powerful Self-Leadership Sometimes it can feel overwhelming – the terms, constructs, frameworks that help to guide us...

Understanding your strengths: why + how (incl. 5 strategies)

Meryl Streep once said, “What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength”. I treasure this quote because it’s about strengths: It...

The 9 positive psychology practices you can cultivate to lead yourself through a crisis

As an academic, I sometimes come across research papers that are brilliant, however, don’t reach the broader public...

Why I can't stand vision boards and what you can do to visualise more effectively

I’m probably going to make myself unpopular here, but I cannot stand vision boards. Here's why and what I suggest to do instead. Most of...

3 Strategies to maximise your potential

Are you the best version of yourself? Living your best possible life? Because it seems that that’s what everyone is talking about these...

Self-leadership explained: origin, concept & awesomeness (+4 reflection exercises)

If you asked me what baffles me the most about self-leadership, I’d say it’s that it’s still not a word we use in our everyday language.

New Year’s resolutions: 10 tips to make them work

When it comes to our goals for the new year, for most of us, participation in the virtuous cycle is short-lived. Here are 10 tips to win.