Hope is never further away than your next thought.

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About Dr. Dan Tomasulo

A counseling psychologist, author, and professor, Dr. Dan Tomasulo is the Academic Director and core faculty at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University.

He speaks about alleviating depression with positive psychology and hope all over the world.

Leading the way in hope theory and practice

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KEYNOTE: WORLD HAPPINESS SUMMIT
The Hopeful Mind: The Science of Learned Hopefulness for Positive Transformation

What others say

There are psychologists who can write and writers who can psychologize. But rarely have the two met on the page with such moving, profound results.

—Dani Shapiro
New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance and Devotion
“You won’t find a kinder, more thoughtful counseling psychologist than Dan Tomasulo. His words are the next best thing to a therapy session with him: grounded in science, filled with heartwarming stories, and brimming with hope.”

—Adam Grant, PhD
New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Think Again
“Dan Tomasulo is one of my very favorite positive psychologists. He is a teacher extraordinaire, and eager to share his knowledge in the most practical, clear way!”

—Angela Duckworth
Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania; New York Times bestselling author of Grit
“Dr. Tomasulo is a teacher extraordinaire. He empowers you with some of the best insights in positive psychology. He writes in an encouraging, clear, accessible voice on some of the most important research findings in psychology when it comes to choosing your emotional lot in life.”

—Lisa Miller, Ph.D.
Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University; Founding Director, Spirituality Mind Body Institute; New York Times bestselling author of The Awakened Brain; Foreword, The Positivity Effect
"By reading Dan Tomasulo, you will learn how to make a profound shift in perspective and set yourself free from the shackles of your mind. Tomasulo is one of the most thoughtful, compassionate humans I know—not to mention an extraordinarily sensitive and insightful clinical positive psychologist.”

—Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.
Host, The Psychology Podcast; Author of Transcend and Wired to Create; Foreword, Learned Hopefulness