Our Advisory Board
We are Positive Voices
Positive Voices is proud to have leading authorities in the science of wellbeing on our Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman
Founder of Positive Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman is the father of Positive Psychology and former president of the American Psychological Association. He is a leading authority on resilience, optimism, pessimism, and well-being. In 1998, Dr. Seligman launched the positive psychology movement in his presidential address to the American Psychological Association, challenging the field to proactively study what makes life worth living. Since then, the field has attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants and has provoked tens of thousands of studies, which have led to meaningful, positive changes in business, education, government, healthcare, military, and other settings. READMORE
Dr. Gabriele Oettingen
Leading Goal Scientist
New York University & University of Hamburg
Dr. Oettingen is one of the world’s most respected motivation scientists. Her research focuses on “prospection,” which is how people think about the future. In her studies, she addresses how different types of prospection affect people’s thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and behavior. She has pointed out the perils of positive thinking and discovered a motivation technique called “mental contrasting”—which is an imagery-based self-regulation strategy that draws on nonconscious processes to help people master challenges in their everyday life and achieve long-term objectives..READ MORE
