https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr Discovering Positive Education - Geelong Grammar School en-us 2017-07-08 23:50:17 UTC 2025-10-13 03:32:51 UTC hello@padlet.com kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178314994 - Purpose provides an 'ultimate concern' for life and a sense of directedness - a deeper answer to the question 'why?'
- Understanding what gives us purpose has physical and psychological benefits. 
- Helping others is beneficial because it fulfils basic human needs - autonomy, competence and relatedness. ]]> 2017-07-08 23:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178314994 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315024 Understanding, believing in and serving something greater than yourself and deliberately engaging in activities for the benefit of others. ]]> 2017-07-08 23:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315024 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315033 A risk factor for depression, risk-taking behaviours, somatic complaints and poor social relationships. 
- A negative relationship exists between purpose in life and substance abuse, suicidal ideation and alcohol use. ]]> 2017-07-08 23:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315033 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315052 "Those who felt their life to be meaningful were less depressed and felt greater satisfaction with their lives, greater self-esteem and optimism, and more positive emotion"
- Stager 2006]]> 2017-07-08 23:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315052 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315109 Hedonic activities - leisure, rest, fun, enjoyment (short term benefits)
Eudaemonic activities - developing skills, learning, helping someone (long term benefits)
 Important to have a balance]]> 2017-07-09 00:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315109 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315148 True happiness, defined as Eudaemonia, is furthered more "by loving rather than in being loved."
- Aristotle 350 BC]]> 2017-07-09 00:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315148 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315362 With a partner:
1. Share a time you have helped others.
2. In what ways do you currently help others?
3. What are some other ways you can give help to others than resonate with you?]]> 2017-07-09 00:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178315362 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178316303 "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how"
- Friedrich Nietzsche]]> 2017-07-09 01:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178316303 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178316533 Jon Muth - Based on a true story]]> 2017-07-09 01:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178316533 kristin_fanto https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178316685 Know your values and pursue them in the service of others (more than oneself). ]]> 2017-07-09 01:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kristin_fanto/u0no8ng5oeqr/wish/178316685