Surf & Positive Psychology Week

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Have you ever thought of recharging your batteries with some physical and mental activities?


But really, not just going to a yoga class or a run along the river…
Something like a one-week detox program in beautiful nature.
Or for instance, a week with surfing every day for your physical well-being and workshops in the afternoon about positive psychology – to work on your mind and soul.


This is what we offer in the Surf & Positive Psychology Week the last week of June (23-30 June). We will start our days with 2 hours of physical activity out in pure nature. Then a healthy breakfast to recharge the batteries for the afternoon where we’ll have the workshops with our friend, Ruud Crijns. His main topic will be positive psychology. 

What is Positive Psychology?


It is the scientific study that has our personal wellbeing as an object of study: what makes us thrive? It focuses on what makes us happy but also on how to deal with the negative things in life. Although it is a relatively new field of psychology, there is quite some research going on.

The goal of positive psychology is a lot different from the goal of traditional psychology: not just repairing and healing the person with problems but focusing on the positive aspects of a person as his strengths and wellbeing.

In this week, we will focus on the following topics:

  • Monday: intro positive psychology, positive emotions, wellbeing (PERMA-model)
  • Tuesday: strengths
  • Wednesday: relationships
  • Thursday: psychological capital: Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism (HERO)
  • Friday: open / topics to be determined participants, but for example: flow, forgiveness, (self-)compassion etc.