Julie K. Norem, PhD, the Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. She is past president of the Association for Research in Personality and author of The Positive Power of Negative Thinking. Wellesley.edu/psychology/faculty/Norem
The power of positive thinking is deeply ingrained in our society. Platoons of self-help writers and life coaches encourage us…
