Boost Your Well-being with PERMA Experiments

Overview

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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.

Syllabus

Understanding PERMA and the Science of Gratitude

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.

Conduct and Analyze YOUR Personal Well-being Experiment

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.