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Burke J, Boniwell I, Frates B, Lianov LS, O’Boyle CA. Routledge International Handbook of Positive Health Sciences: Positive Psychology and Lifestyle Medicine Research, Theory and Practice. Routledge, 2024.
Bunjak A, Černe M, Schőlly EL. Exploring the past, present, and future of the mindfulness field: A multitechnique bibliometric review. Front Psychcol. 2022;13:792599
Brown SL, Vaughan CC. Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul. New York: Avery, 2009.
Brown KW, Ryan RM. The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological wellbeing. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2003;84:822-848.
Braman M, Anandarajah G, Apata O, et al. Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in the Clinical Practice of Lifestyle Medicine. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2026;20(1_suppl), 24S–38S.
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Blackett B. “A Positive Health Policy”: Sir Basil Blackett’s Address. The British Medical Journal, 1932;2(3732), 107–108.
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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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