A Story About Us

Over the last 40 years, the field known as “positive psychology” has become a serious and well-respected area of study, with significant data validating many of the solutions that have been created. Bryan introduced our group to research by the world’s leading positive psychologists, including Martin Seligman, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Christopher Peterson, Barbara Frederickson, and many more. This led our group to examine what was being done in the field of positive education, including the work being done by the University of Pennsylvania, the Geelong Grammar School, Kipp Charter Schools, and the Black Dog Institute. Positive education tools, like ours, focus not only on overcoming stress, anxiety and negative thoughts but also on building life skills, including grit, optimism, resilience, growth mindset, engagement, and mindfulness. Universities contributing research to the tools Take2Minutes uses include Duke University, The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, The University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Harvard, University of Wisconsin, University of Western Sydney, Centers for Confidence and Well Being, Czech Positive Psychology Center, University of California Berkeley, University of Birmingham England, Melbourne Graduate School, Claremont Graduate University, Stanford, University of Cambridge, Yale, Aarhus University, Anglia Ruskin University, Bucks New University, Case Western Reserve University, Claremont Graduate University, University of East London, North-West University, University of Lisbon, University of Sydney… and many more.