Happiness

In this module we ask the question, what is  happiness?

We start by looking at the model of Authentic Happiness from Martin Seligman (2002) examining all the different aspects of the human experience linked to happiness and their relationship to our past, present and future. We start examining the basic concepts of hedonism vs higher happiness.

We then explicitly look at the concept of Hedonism vs Eudaemonia with a  large focus on Eudaemonia and how an alignment of our strengths values and behaviour can give us a meaningful life with purpose. Both hedonistic pleasures and eudaemonistic fulfillment can coexist and contribute to overall happiness, but we choose to focus on Eudaemonia and how we can positively impact our long term wellbeing.