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Values, goals & purpose

My strengths

Identify your top character strengths and plan a new way to use one each day this week.

About 12 minutes · 6 questionsPositive psychology
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Values, goals & purpose~12 minPositive psychology

My strengths

Identify your top character strengths and plan a new way to use one each day this week.

Why this helps

Psychologists Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman identified 24 character strengths valued across cultures. In one study, people who used a top strength in a new way every day for a week were happier and less depressed for six months afterward (Seligman and colleagues).

1. Strengths that feel most like me (pick up to five)

Check any that apply

  • Creativity
  • Curiosity
  • Good judgment
  • Love of learning
  • Perspective
  • Bravery
  • Perseverance
  • Honesty
  • Zest
  • Love
  • Kindness
  • Social intelligence
  • Teamwork
  • Fairness
  • Leadership
  • Forgiveness
  • Humility
  • Prudence
  • Self-control
  • Appreciation of beauty
  • Gratitude
  • Hope
  • Humor
  • Spirituality

2. A time I used one of these at my best

3. How these strengths help my recovery

4. Strengths other people have pointed out in me

5. A new way I'll use one strength each day this week

6. After the week: what I noticed

From the Workbook on Amity Connect, via RecoveryHome.comFor reflection and practice — not a diagnosis or a substitute for professional care. In crisis, call or text 988.amityconnect.com/app/workbook/strengths
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It comes from the Amity Connect workbook, built by the same team as RecoveryHome, and is free to print and share. It's for reflection and practice — not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for professional care. Content is never written or edited by advertisers. If you're in crisis, call or text 988.

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