Staying positive is one step towards living a happy life, right? Signal Patterns, developers of psychology-based web and mobile applications, has created a new iPhone application that helps you stay in the right frame of mind so that you can be emotionally and physically happy in your life.
Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, the mind behind the Live Happy iPhone app and author of the book “The How of Happiness” is a veteran at applying psychological research to actual applications to be used in our daily lives. What the Live Happy application does is present a program for helping you retain a positive outlook, develop emotional resiliency and stability in the face of current trials and tribulations.
Some features of the Live Happy program include:
* Goal Setting/Evaluating/Tracking
* Expressing Gratitude Directly
* Keeping a Gratitude Journal
* Replaying Happy Days
* Keeping a Savoring Photo Album
* Envisioning Your Best Possible Self
* Nurturing Relationships
* Remembering Acts of Kindness
There’s a free version, which supports only a limited number of activities. And there is a premium version for $6.99, which includes unlimited activities as well as the option to “Ask Sonja” any question, which is then forwarded to Dr. Lyubomirsky.
As mobile gaming and communication devices become less discernible and the trend towards using gaming devices for emotional and physical health gains traction, it’s no surprise that Dr. Lyubomirsky has been able to promote an application such as Live Happy for the iPhone. The iPhone device itself is becoming more central to most aspects of our daily lives, from work to play to basic communication with friends, family and colleagues.
And there’s nothing wrong with having a little prompter for staying positive, right in your pocket, no matter where you go in life.