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Vickery KO. Positive health and the relationship of man to his living environment. J R Sanit Inst, 1953;73(3): 229–238.
Van Zyl LE, Rothmann S. Positive Psychological Intervention Design and Protocols for Multi-Cultural Contexts. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019.
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Stahl B. Goldstein E, Santorelli S, Kabat-Zinn J. A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2010.
Snyder CR, Sympson SC, Ybasco FC, Borders TF, Babyak MA, Higgins RL Development and validation of the State Hope Scale. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1996;70(2):321-335.
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American College of Lifestyle Medicine – https:www.lifestylemedicine.org
Science of Wellbeing Course – https://www.cousera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being
Greater Good Science Center – http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/
Greater Good in Action – http://ggia.berkeley.edu
International Positive Psychology Association – https://www.ippanetwork.org
Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program – https://healthyliving.mayoclinic.org
Positive Psychology center – https://ppc.sas.upeen.edu
The Wholebeing Institute – https://wholebeinginstitute.com
Society of Behavioral Medicine – https://sbm.org.
Veterans Health Administration Whole Health for Life Program – https://www.va.gov/patient
centeredcare/explore/about-whole-health.asp
VIA Institute on Character Survey – Character Strengths – http://www.viacharacter.org
Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine – https://bensonhenryinstitute.org
Lee Kum Sheung (Harvard) Center for Health and Happiness, Harvard TH Chan School of Public
Health – https://www.hsph.Harvard.edu/health-happiness
Masters in Applied Positive Psychology – https://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduate/mapp
Stanford University – Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education: – https.www.ccare.Stanford.edu
University of Pennsylvania – Positive Psychology Center – https://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu
Yale University – Center for Emotional Intelligence – https://www.ei.yale.edu
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Green S, Palmer S.
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Kabat-Zinn J.
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Moore M.
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Journal of Happiness Studies: – https://www.springer.com/journal/10902
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