Do you share inappropriate eating habits or behaviors with your friends?

How can you use your character strengths to break the cycle?

Review your character strengths (take the VIA 24 Signature Strengths at authentichappiness.org) and see which ones you can discuss and share with your buddies.

Successes and challenges. We all have them. What is getting in the way of your bariatric surgery success?

Give me a buzz if you feel stuck. I am always just an email or phone call away.

One of my “Friends of Positive Psychology Group” recommended this article and now I am passing it on to you.

Is Happiness Catching? – NYTimes.com

Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler say your friends – and even your friends’ friends -can make you quit smoking, eat too much or get happy. A look inside the emerging science of social contagion.

Sharing is caring and new research reveals that “Other people matter!”. (Positive psychology guru, Christopher Peterson)

Hugs,

Judy