In the modern world, many believe that building well-being and alleviating suffering are one and the same and that making art alleviates suffering. But Martin and Mandy Seligman argue that this simply isn’t the case. Eminent psychologist and founder of positive psychology Martin Seligman and celebrated photographer Mandy Seligman dissect what it really means to build well-being, and how art can help us.
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Martin Seligman is a hugely influential American psychologist and author. His groundbreaking theories of positive psychology and well-being - especially of ‘learned helplessness’ - have made him one of the most referenced psychologists of the 20th century.
Mandy Seligman is an award-winning black and white photographer who began her career as a developmental social psychologist. She has spent the last thirty years traveling around the world with Martin Seligman spreading Positive Psychology.
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