<p>Prior to signing up for this course I had been vaguely familiar with the term "positive psychology".&nbsp; I had been exposed to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's work on Flow but only viewed it as a stand alone concept, not as just a piece to a more comprehensive approach to maximizing a student's potential.&nbsp; My student population is a little unique - active duty military members.&nbsp; Being exposed to PERMA has given me some new tools in preparing my population for the challenges they face in transitioning back to civilian life.&nbsp; It may or may not be widely known that we have lost more service members and veterans of the post 9/11 wars to suicide than to combat operations over the same time period.&nbsp; We have a lot of work to do to change that trajectory...utilizing the PERMA model is a good start.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>