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Martin Seligman
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The PERMA Model: Seligman's Five Pillars of a Flourishing Life
The man who proved despair could be taught spent the next thirty years proving the opposite could be too. PERMA is what he came back with — and what it can't do.
July 14, 2026
What Learned Helplessness Is — And Why It Looks Like Patience
Learned helplessness looks like patience. Here is the cognitive mechanism behind it — and what Epictetus understood about it first.
May 23, 2026