Abimbola (Abi) Tschetter (MAPP ’22) is a enterprise author, editor, and
guide primarily based north of Seattle on Whidbey Island. She is an editor of
MAPP Journal, the publication of the alumni of the College of Pennsylvania
Grasp of Utilized Constructive Psychology program.

Abi’s articles are right here.

Meals and household are sometimes on the coronary heart of our vacation gatherings, traditions, and celebrations. Many contend that the latter, that’s {our relationships}, are central to well-being. However it’s simply lately that constructive psychology analysis means that meals could also be as nicely.

Within the latest subject of MAPP Journal, the alumni publication of the College of Pennsylvania Grasp of Utilized Constructive Psychology program, we’re happy to function a group of articles exploring these subjects and this month’s theme: Meals, Household, and Flourishing.

The mission of MAPP Journal is first to maintain College of Pennsylvania Grasp of Utilized Constructive Psychology Program (MAPP) alumni related, and second to share the wide selection of our functions of constructive psychology with a broader viewers to encourage collaboration and development within the discipline.

You will discover previous articles from MAPP Journal on-line and even older points within the MAPP Journal Archives. To have the most recent articles despatched to you by electronic mail, subscribe to the MAPP Journal.

The wonders of pie

Our sustenance: From scraps to soul meals, a constructive establishment

Soul meals is a lot extra than simply meals. It’s a triumphal narrative id. In this text, amid a heartwarming narrative of meals, religion, and household, Frank Jackson (MAPP ’21) explores the historic and modern function of meals within the Black group—as a storyteller, a logo of resilience and spirituality, a thread connecting previous to current and future, and sustenance for the soul.

Household Meal

Nourishing our bodies and enhancing relationships: The facility of shared meals

Michal Levison (MAPP ’22) contends that the shared meal, a transcendent human ritual, provides alternatives not just for bodily vitamin however maybe extra importantly, for relational nourishment. In this exploration, Levison backs her assertions with compelling analysis, provides a 4-part recipe to strengthen relationships, and tells shifting tales of how connections throughout a desk have actually saved lives.

Getting ready meals

Pathways to well-being by means of cooking for household and pals

When you’re stressing over the upcoming holidays and feeling extra overwhelmed than excited concerning the prospects of making ready vacation meals, this text is for you! Learn on for five fast suggestions from cook dinner and coach, Tracey Specter (MAPP ’18), about easy methods to have extra enjoyable and fewer stress as you cook dinner for others this vacation season. Be on the look ahead to Tracey’s upcoming cookbook.

Scrumptious Mexican Meals

Happiness is edible: Why happiness additionally comes from {our relationships} with meals

In Mexican tradition and around the globe, oft-cited proverbs generally hyperlink meals to flourishing. In this piece, by means of private vignettes and organizational anecdotes, Luis Pineda (MAPP ’14) shares how meals and consuming can operate as joyful and bonding practices that profoundly contribute to well-being.

Dr. Paul Rozin

On meals and flourishing | Reflections from Dr. Paul Rozin

Learn reflections from food-and-flourishing knowledgeable, Paul Rozin, PhD, in this text.  From his years of analysis on organic, psychological, and anthropological views on the variations in human meals decisions throughout cultures, Dr Rozin provides ideas of how we are able to leverage meals to advertise extra flourishing in life.

For extra on these and different real-world functions of constructive psychology, go to MAPP Journal. To subscribe to the MAPP Journal so that you simply get new editions in your electronic mail, click on right here.

References

Rozin, P., Kabnick, Okay., Pete, E., Fischler, C., & Shields, C. (2003). The ecology of consuming: A part of the French paradox outcomes from decrease meals consumption in French than People, due to smaller portion sizes. Psychological Science, 14, 450-454.

Rode, E., Rozin, P., & Durlach, P. (2007). Skilled and remembered pleasure for meals: Length neglect however minimal peak-end results. Urge for food, 49, 18-29.

Picture Credit

Buddies making ready a meal – featured picture courtesy of Kelsey Probability on Unsplash

The wonders of pie picture courtesy of Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Household consuming collectively picture by Jimmy Dean on Unsplash

Chopping greens picture courtesy of Alyson McPhee on Unsplash

Mexican meals picture courtesy of We the Creators on Unsplash

Paul Rozin image courtesy of the Heart for Well being Incentives and Behavioral Economics at Penn