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Psychology has changed its focus in recent years, moving away from a diagnostic focus on mental illness to the holistic study of mental wellbeing and what makes humans flourish and thrive. As Alice said, 24 character strengths have been identified and these fall under 6 broad virtue categories.

Wisdom

• Creativity

• Curiosity

• Judgement

• Love of learning

• Perspective

Courage

• Bravery

• Perseverance

• Zest

• Honesty

Humanity

• Love

• Kindness

• Social intelligence

Temperance

• Forgiveness

• Prudence

• Self regulation

• Humility

Justice

• Teamwork

• Fairness

• Leadership

Transcendence

• Appreciation of beauty and excellence

• Gratitude

• Hope

• Humour

• Spiritually

You are not meant to be amazing at all of these things, no one is but…

“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not eliminating our weaknesses”Marilyn Vos Savant